(CA.ARA) – Celebrating a friend’s
upcoming marriage with the time-honored tradition of a wedding shower
is a custom that has taken on new wrinkles over the decades. Many
wedding showers focus only on the bride, but if the groom and friends
will be in attendance, games are a simple, fun way to involve everyone.
If you’re throwing a co-ed wedding shower, a theme is a good
idea. One of the most popular ones is a Stock the Bar shower. You
can encourage guests to not only bring beverages like beer and wine,
but also bar accessories such as wine racks, martini glasses and
drink recipes.
“One of the most popular games played at showers these days
is the Play Dough game,” said Lisa Best, owner of Beautiful
Weddings By Me in Windsor, Ontario. “Every table gets three
packages of Play Dough and the guests have to make something with
them. The bridesmaids decide which table’s design is the best
one, and everyone sitting there gets a prize.”
Another
creative co-ed shower game is played with toilet paper. “All
the men in the wedding party are brought to the front of the room
and the guests dress them up with toilet paper,” said Best.
“Some people use the paper to make matching tuxes; I’ve
also seen ties and belts. It’s a very cute game.”
A bride can always use as much womanly wisdom as possible before
the big day. To share some of the marriage wealth, try a game of
“Words of Wisdom.” On each shower invitation, request
that each guest bring her own words of wisdom in the form of a song,
poem or saying. The saying can be about
marriage or life in general. For example, “Give a man a fish
and he’ll eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and you can
send him away for a whole weekend!”
Another fun game to play is a purse scavenger hunt. This one works
best at women-only showers. Divide the guests up into teams and
give them a list of items. Each item has a point value, and the
more unlikely someone is to have the item in her purse, the higher
the point value. Consider your guests when creating a list and be
sure to have a gift for the team with the most points.
A more risqué game just for the girls, “Where’s
My Pajamas,” is sure to add a personal element to your shower
-- without offending moms or aunts who may be at the party. It’s
also the perfect game for guests to get to know each other. Ask
each guest to bring a brown bag that contains her favorite sleepwear.
The bride then proceeds to guess who it belongs to. Whether it’s
an old T-shirt or a fancy nightgown, the guests will get an idea
of the other guest’s personality – funny, sexy, wild.
Whatever game you choose to play, keep it upbeat and happy, and
remember to try and involve all of the guests, even the ones who
are reluctant to bring their PJs.
This article courtesy of ARA Content
