Bridal shower games: 25 ideas to liven up the party and have a lot of laughs

The bridal shower is a very special moment for the bride, as she welcomes family and friends to help her in this new phase. To welcome guests, nothing better than bridal shower games, which enliven the crowd and are great for making people interact.

Whether it’s a women-only or men-only bridal shower, everyone can join in the fun. Here are some fun ideas for your bridal shower to be even more amazing:

1. Guess the gift

This is the traditional game in which the bride must guess what is inside the gift package. If she gets it right, the person who gave the gift must pay a punishment chosen by the bride, if the bride doesn’t get the guess right, the person who gave the gift can give the bride a punishment.

2. Modern bridal shower game: who am I?

For those who want to bet on a modern bridal shower, this game is perfect to replace the traditional gift guessing. To play, the guests receive a paper when the tea arrives, so they can write their main characteristics, tastes or even something that she always says to the bride. Then they glue the paper to the gift. When the bride takes the gift, through the sentence she will try to guess whose gift it is. If the bride doesn’t get it right, she gets the punishment, if she gets it right, she can punish the guest.

3. Bridal shower questions game: interview about the groom

The tea organizing team should collect some information about the groom. On the day of the tea, the bride must answer all the questions correctly, about the anniversary of the groom and the couple, the groom’s favorite color, favorite food, musical taste, facts about the groom’s family, etc. Use creativity to ask random questions, the intention is that she doesn’t get everything right so that the guests can have fun painting the bride or making her pay punishment every time she gets it wrong.

4. Spell against the sorcerer

At the beginning of the party, ask the guests to write a punishment for the bride on a piece of paper. They should put their name on the back of the paper and keep them in a box. Then, each guest must draw a paper, and instead of the bride paying the punishment, the guest who wrote it must do so. For example, if the guest has written for the bride to do a sensual dance, she will have to pay the punishment herself.

5. Recognize the story

This is a very fun game that makes the bride remember good times she had with each guest. On a piece of paper, each friend writes down a funny situation that she has lived with her fiancée. Then she puts the paper in a box. At the time of the party, the bride takes one paper at a time, reads the story and tries to guess who the friend was who wrote it. If she guesses, the guest gets up, delivers the gift and pays a punishment. If the bride doesn’t guess who wrote it, the guest can give the bride a punishment.

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6. Sewing thread

Before starting the tea, each guest should cut a piece of sewing thread, the size they want and keep it with them. At the end of the tea, after making the joke to reveal the gifts, each guest tries to wrap the bride’s waist with the thread she cut. The one who gets the size of the bride’s waist right, wins a toast. It can be chocolate, or a special souvenir prepared only for those who hit the challenges.

7. Challenge: paper dress

Organize guests into teams, ideally 3 to 5 people, depending on the number of people. Each team will choose one person to be the bride, and they will have to assemble a dress and produce this bride, all from toilet paper. The organization of the bridal shower will give each team some rolls of toilet paper so that they can create a wonderful paper dress with a total time of 5 minutes. When the time is up, each team must present their dress to the bride and the bride will choose which one she liked best. The team of the chosen dress will win a toast from the bride.

8. Bridal shower game with men: he or she?

A few days before the tea, the organizing team should ask the bride and groom a few questions and write down sentences with things they said or told on paper. The ideal is to capture funny and random quotes about the bride and groom’s customs, tastes and thoughts. Make several small papers, some with the groom’s lines and others with the bride’s lines, fold the papers and put it in a box. On tea day, one person from the team takes one paper at a time, reads it to the guests and they have to guess if the groom or the bride said that sentence. Whoever makes a mistake pays a penalty.

9. Declaration of love

This game can be played in two ways. Either the bride makes the declaration of love, or the guests. The ideal is to separate a box with several random objects, and the person should start their declaration of love. Someone must be in charge of the game to draw and show the objects. Whoever is making the declaration of love should try to fit the name of the object shown in the middle of their declaration.

10. Mixed bridal shower game: who is the groom?

In this game, the bride must be blindfolded. Then some men are placed around the bride and she must try to guess which one is the groom. She chooses men who are similar in height and profile to the groom, to confuse the bride. Men should not speak during the game, as the bride can recognize the groom by his voice. If they wish, they can circle around it to make play difficult.

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11. Bingo

For those who want to give away gifts during the bridal shower, bingo is a super fun way to cheer up the guests. At the start of the tea, hand out a bingo card to each guest and ask them to write down their guesses about what the bride will win. As the bride opens the gifts, whoever hits the gift scores a frame. In this way, whoever completes the card or the row, wins a gift.

12. Our story: bridal shower game with men and women

This game is similar to the declaration of love, but in this case, the bride and groom must tell their love story, one at a time. Some of the guests are chosen to show random objects as they try to tell the story of how they met and started dating, etc. Whoever tells the best story, chosen by the guests, wins the game.

13. Truth or lie

Another bridal shower prank idea with men. Choose a family member or childhood friend of the groom and a close friend or family member of the bride. Both will have to tell an unprecedented story about the bride and groom and the partner will have to say whether this story is true or a lie. It’s a bit of a controversial joke, so it’s best to avoid telling it if it’s something too embarrassing. The intention is to tell some funny story from the past that the bride and groom don’t know about each other.

14. The spice of love

In some plastic dishes, put a type of seasoning in each one, such as: parsley, chives, chicory, garlic, basil, etc. Then he sells the bride and she has to guess the name of each spice. If she misses, the guests can draw a punishment for her to pay.

15. X-ray

In a fabric bag, place some random kitchen utensils. The fabric cannot be transparent, but also not too thick as the guests will have to squeeze the bag to try to guess what is inside. Each guest can keep the bag for one minute and then move on to the next guest. When everyone has received the bag, they will receive a paper and a pen to write down what they think was inside the bag. Whoever hits the most objects wins the game.

16. Bride’s name

This is one of the most traditional bridal shower games. At the beginning of the tea, the guests choose a different and funny name for the bride. From then on, everyone will only be able to call her by her chosen name. Whoever errs, calling the bride by her real name, must pay a gift.

17. Celebrity

At the start of the tea, the organizers write a celebrity’s name on a post-it and stick it on the guest’s back. Then they must try to guess which celebrity they are, one at a time, with only questions that can be answered with “yes” or “no”. Each guest has the chance to ask five questions and anyone who doesn’t guess pays a punishment.

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18. Love counselor

Cut out heart-shaped papers and give one to each guest. In it, they must write a piece of advice about living together. Afterwards, the bride will have to read the advice aloud and try to guess who she wrote it. This game can become a beautiful picture or memory book for the bride, as she can hang the hearts with the advice on a wall, or stick it in a memory book.

19. Punishment ideas

As many games involve punishment, or also known as “gifts”, we have selected some fun punishment ideas for bridal shower games. Some options are: painting your face with paint or lipstick, dancing with a broom, wearing various pieces of clothing, telling jokes, singing songs in English, wearing costumes, imitating an animal, among others that make the crowd laugh.

20. I never

This game can be played with drinks such as sparkling wine, juice, soda, or with chocolate like confetti. There is a circle with the bride and the guests, each one with a glass in hand, either a drink or chocolates. One person at a time will say the following sentence: “I have never…”, and complete it with something they have already done, such as: “I never slept with makeup on”, and all those who are in the circle and have already done what the person said they never did, they should have a sip of the drink or eat some of the chocolates. Whoever reaches the end with the fullest glass wins a toast.

21. Classifieds

At the beginning of the party, each guest receives a sheet of paper for her to describe an object she wants to let go/sell, such as shoes, clothes, a watch, etc. She must write as if it were an advertisement in the newspaper classifieds, saying about its qualities, state of conservation, among others. Then, the guests sit in a circle to read their announcements, but in the game they must replace the name of the product with the name of the groom.

22. Bridal shower quiz game: who knows the bride best?

In this game, the guests must answer some questions that the tea organizer will ask about the bride, such as: hair color, birthday, favorite food, who the first kiss was with, etc. Whoever answers the most questions wins a prize.

23. Love Quiz: A game for the bride and groom

The groom and bride should have their backs to each other. Everyone should have a small board in their hands to write their answers. The organizer asks the couple a question and they have a few seconds to answer. Then they show what they wrote at the same time, and if one of them makes a mistake, they must pay a punishment.