Non Lame Bridal Game ideas?

It's not necessarily a bridal shower game, but what about the purse game? I can't remember exactly how it's played, but a question is asked (who has a pen? who has something that starts with m? etc) and whoever has the most items wins.

That's all I can think of. I hate games LOL.

I want to know what the hell happened to parties where you go, there's good food, some nice music, and you mingle and enjoy a cocktail.

I personally hate all this game stuff. Can we not just interact anymore without an activity?

Bingo during the gift opening is a good idea!

Following this thread because my family is also throwing me a shower and has asked me to supply some ideas of games to play.

@8815....the way I've always played Bingo at a shower was that the guests receive a blank Bingo card that they fill in with items (I always cheat and pull up the registry on my phone) and mark off the square as the gifts are opened.

Im with mm on that one. I HATE the game part and will do everything in my power to get out of them. Can you suggest no games and just get everyone a small gift for attending instead of the games? Gawd! I hope nobody throws me a shower......with dreaded games...... lol

I loved one of the games at my shower!

They bought a back of wooden kitchen spoons (the cheap packs from walmart) and had everyone write a piece of advice on a spoon, but not sign it, and then I had to decide what my favorite advice was. I love the idea, and I love all my spoons, I might frame them in a shadow box and hang it up.

@MrsCheapskate....that was suggested by my FMIL and I was ok with that until I went to a shower a couple months ago that had none. IT WAS SO INCREDIBLY boring with nothing to do...doing them at least breaks up the afternoon for 15 minutes here and there and lets everyone have a break from idle chitchat. Up until I went to that shower I was all for not having

I personally prefer an activty over a game - pottery painting, etc.

But if anyone tried to wrap me in toilet paper, I'd probably smack the hell out of them. Don't touch me. With trash.

I just went to a shower on Saturday that had an interesting game, it was called left and right

so the person throwing the shower has a "story" about the wedding day, and there is a gift on each table. One person starts it but holding the gift and the "narrator" reads the story, every single time the story say the words "left" or "right" you pass the bag in that direction.

"....Then Maltese remembered she LEFT (pass to the left)her dress RIGHT (pass to the right) by the front door!"

Whoever has the bag at the end of the story wins.

Haha, we had fun with the tissue veil at the last bridal shower we went to

AND this is why I'm not having a shower. Yawn! bore

Don't play games

Don't do the gift opening thing. No one want to watch someone open gifts for 2 hours

Food, lots alcohol(this is from someone who don't drink so that say alot), background music, a Jesus wept and a amen and it's over.

ETA: Keep it short no more than 3 hours hopefully 2.

I'm not a fan of games at bridal showers either. I do like Elle's idea of having people decorate something with advice--but that's more of an activity than a game.

I've been to one where they did a "he said/she said" game. Get 5-10 facts from both you and FH- and have everyone guess who said what. Make them funny and it gets more fun!

There were some funny things they both gave- some about their childhood and some we all got wrong. It was cute.

@JuliaT....this isn't my party to plan, I'm just helping my mom out and giving her ideas like she asked. And honestly, since I have had to endure so many damn boring showers that take up my sacred Sunday afternoons, I will totally be playing these stupid games just to pay everyone back that had me play them at their shower!

Just don't have games. We didn't and honestly I haven't been to a shower with games in some time. As long as your have good food and drinks you're set.

Lol Maltese, maybe because its a payback thing you could pick the worst games youve played at all your friends showers and use them. Oh for sure you have to play my personal favorite where you hold a shallow bowl over your head that is filled with rice and pick out as many super tiny safety pins you can find in the rice, in one minute. I never find any, and the entire bowl of rice ends up in my hair and scalp.....fun times there, i tell ya! There's a minute of my life i will never get back! Lmao

I was dreading the games but my bridesmaids came up with two that I actually enjoyed!

For the first, my MOH emailed me and H separately and asked us to answer the same ten questions. Then she picked one of our answers for each question and guests had to guess which of us said it. It was fun and my guests got really into it - they were debating over her answer key!

The second, one of my bridesmaids cut out a bunch of celebrity's faces from magazines and pasted them on top of wedding dresses. Each celebrity had a number, and guests had to write down their name and the wedding-themed movie they were in.

Both games were entertaining, but also SHORT!! I appreciated that. Left more time for socializing.

Danie, do ou remember the 10 questions?

When I hosted my sisters, I knew it would be a lot of ederly people from the community and aunt and cousins so we wanted quick easy little movement games. First we did a he/said/she said which was a lot of fun. Next one of the bridesmaids walked around with a tray full of wedding themed items and then left the room. Then each guest had to write down what the bridesmaid was wearing that day. It was fun because as the people were studying trying to remember everything on the tray, they really were stumped when they had to write down what she was wearing. Last we played a game where I asked the bride a bunch of questions about the groom that he had already answered for me and every time she got one wrong she had to put a marshmallow in her mouth. My sister did good and only ended up with about 3 marshmallows but I've seen it played where the bride can barely talk. We were all done in about 20 minutes and every one enjoyed the low key games.

Here are a few games I've seen at my friends bridal showers that I actually enjoyed:

1. Everyone gets a blank index card and writes down their celebrity crush. All the cards get put into a basket. The bride picks a card at random and has to guess who's celebrity crush it is, then that person gets a prize. Repeat as necessary based on how many prizes you want to give out. My friend correctly guessed that Ronald Reagan was her grandmother's celebrity crush. (The purse game was also played at this same shower, which was also fun.)

2. This may interfere with Bingo, but I think its a nice alternative. As you open your gifts, your mom sets an egg timer to a random number of minutes. When the timer goes off, whosever gift you have gets a prize. Repeat as necessary based on how many prizes you want to give out.