Rules: A team member will draw a card with a word or phrase on it, and then try to get their teammate to shout out the word without saying the word/phrase or any of the common “no-go” words also listed on the card. If you know that the couple had their first date at the movies seeing Mad Max: Fury Road, you’ll know to look for it in the cue cards. Our twists? Creating your own cue cards that relate to the couple so the game has an element of how much players know the couple. It’s a bit like charades, but with words instead of actions, which means lots of shouting and a fast pace. What it is: Okay, so the first of the bridal shower games requires a bit of prep, but if you’re a fellow lover of Taboo (everyone, right?), it’ll be worth it. Consider these games worthy of that “The Ladies Who Lunch” dress you finally got an excuse to wear. Here are a few bridal shower game ideas we’ll all actually get excited about playing. Having a manicurist, drag queens, yoga instructors, or even a braid bar are such a fun way to keep your guests entertained.” So don’t be afraid to consider alternatives.īut maybe you are planning a shower, and bridal shower games have been requested, but you don’t want… you know… awful ones. Jess Rutherford of Sentimental Fools, an event design and planning firm in Baltimore advises to know your crowd: “Bridal shower games can be a blast or a tedious chore depending on the bride or the game.” So don’t feel too much pressure to play games! As Jess says, “We LOVE the trend of performers or an activity replacing the need for games. Be prepared to adjust the game and its length in the moment depending on the crowd and their energy.

Large groups and too many rules are a recipe for disaster. According to Stacy Davidowitz, author, teacher, and former director at Tyler Hill Camp who has lead hundreds of games in the course of her career, it’s best to “keep it simple. So we asked around, for some of the best advice and actual games out there. Or participating in some torturous “relay race” that involves grabbing marshmallows out of trail mix with chopsticks. Or playing innuendo-laced word games about the honeymoon. The problem isn’t that I’m an anti-bridal shower game Scrooge, but more that I-and mostly everyone else-can’t quite manage to muster up a huge surge of excitement for, like, wrapping my friends in toilet paper “wedding dresses”. How Mad Should I Be that Our Friends Ignored Our Request to Keep Our Wedding off Social Media? How Do I Tell My Dad That I Don't Want Him to Give Me Away? My Friend Said I Should Sell My House To Afford Her Wedding I'm Going to Murder the Next Person Who Calls Me a Bridezilla

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