Favorite Bridal Shower Games/Activities? (Other than mimosas :D)

I hate games at showers. I haven't had mine yet but as a guest I always dread them. The only one that's okay in my book is putting the bride in the hot seat and make her answer questions the groom has already answered to see if they line up. Pretty much because I don't have to be involved whatsoever

Personally, I haatteee games of any kind at showers. The only game that I think is acceptable is Bridal Bingo (where guests fill out a bingo card with gifts they believe that the bride will unwrap), and even that's a stretch.

At my shower, the hosts made up a game packet. It had Bridal Bingo, Advice for the Bride, and some word jumbles and word match games. All of my guests looked so terribly uncomfortable, and some of my younger (more sassy) guests made the Advice page look like something from Penthouse.

I was at a shower a few weekends ago, and they did an Advice for the Bride sheet and one game. I don't know if there's a technical name, but every guest got a plastic diamond ring and you weren't allowed to say "Bride." If you did, the person who caught you go to take your ring. The guest with the most rings at the end won. That wasn't terrible. But nobody won because nobody said "Bride."

I agree that I am not a shower games fan at all. My mom asked if there was any that I wanted and we looked around a found a couple that sounded kind of fun, mostly because they didn't involve people running around or forced activity (one is a Disney couples matching thing and the other is a Disney love songs thing - my mom went with a Cinderella thing lol)... people can choose to do it or to not if they do not want to participate which I think was the key for me to be okay with it.

I'm not a huge fan of games, but at mine they had papers on the table for the guests to fill out if they wish, "My favorite memory of the bride to be" and "my advice for the bride to be"

I'll have to check out some pinterest ideas, Justine! And Nicole, I'm dreading this bridal shower, too lol. Showers are so awkward. Ugh

Another game hater here.

I work all week, I just want to sit, eat, drink, catch up with friends and watch you open gifts.

So maybe we should look for something other than games... That's a good idea..

If you are into POP culture, I like the celebrity baby name game. You match the ridiculous baby name to the celebrity parents! Kinda dumb but most of these games are just that.

Not a fan of games. Just eat, drink and socialize. Nobody is going to be bored.

There's nothing wrong with games at a shower. They have happened at every one I've been to, and I love them. It's definitely a "know your crowd" kind of a thing. I've seen bridal bingo and other prize games, advice trees and stuff. Check out pinterest!

I went to a baby shower this weekend where the only game was putting a kitchen timer on for 5 mins, and every time it buzzed, whomever's present was being opened got a prize. Fun game with no embarrassment and little effort

I usually don't like playing games....but my Maid of Honor and one of my bridesmaids planned my shower with their mothers and got a few game boards from Etsy. They ended up being a good ice breaker for all of the guests as many didn't know each other. They played "How Well Do You Know the Bride" and a wedding word scramble game and the prize was a bottle of wine with a custom bridal shower label on it.

I wasn't a fan of games, but when we had mine, no one paid attention during the gift opening. Which normally wouldn't annoy me but my own mother didn't pay attention and then she wanted to come over my house separately a week later to see what I got - if you wanted to know, pay attention *eye roll* I'm planning a bridal shower for next month and I think we settled on bridal bingo. Just as something so people are at least half paying attention to gift opening.

Mine was very "oh thank you Aunt Susie for the crockpot...Aunt Susie....mom, can you get Aunt Susie? ... mom...get Aunt Susie ...*finally pays attention* thanks for the crockpot!" on half the gifts.

I don't know if that is normal or not but everyone was really into the side convos to the point where I couldn't get anyone's attention to thank them. Even if we were opening their gift and we made a point to announce it before hand to try to get their attention. But I could've just had a weird crowd.

Not too big on games either but 1 that is always fun and makes people laugh and have a good time is there's pairs made up of 2s. They are given a roll of toilet paper, 1 gal is designated to be dress model the other makes her dress of toilet paper. The bride to be is the judge. Everyone always has a good time with that one

Not a huge fan of games but these are ok ones in my book

Someone should ask the groom a bunch of questions about the two of you and then ask u the same in front of everyone at shower . U can have a coupon board that goes to you if you guess right and put aside for him if you are wrong

Have papers on table and people who want can fill in their birthday and anniversary whoever is closest to yours at every table get a gift ( bottle of wine- candy - whatever )

Love the toilet paper dress idea and the kitchen timer idea; those would definitely be fun and would keep people involved. My family is kind of into doing goofy things like that, so I think they would have fun. Thank you, guys! Love the input from pro-gamers and anti-gamers alike

I love shower games! My favorite is always when you ask the bride and groom the same questions and have the guests guess who said what. It's always funny to see people's reactions.

I also really like the "what's in your purse?" game because I'm always surprised by how much stuff people carry around.

We had two "games" at my shower. None of the guests were required to participate, but I think they all did.

The first game was "guess the number of panties in the jar." My mom and BMs packed a mason jar with folded up panties from Victoria's Secret and each guest got the chance to guess how many were there. Then during the shower, I unpacked the jar and showed off each pair - I think I disappointed my mom a bit because I wasn't all that embarrassed by it. He he he The perons who guessed closest got a small gift bag.

The second game was what I'll call "the apron game." My BMs pulled me out of the room for a moment, and decked me out in a kitchen apron with dozens of random items pinned to it - a bead necklace, a jump rope, water bottles, you name it. I walked around to all the tables for a few minutes, then everyone had to write down as many items as they could remember seeing. The winner got a small gift bag.

No games. My sisters and mom (who are hosting) know that I'm not into that. Let's just eat, drink, and mingle. I don't even want to open my presents because I don't want to bore people. Games are lame IMO

I'm dreading opening presents... ^