Bridal Bliss: Planning the Perfect Bridal Shower Games

Add some unexpected fun to your hens’ shower game ideas. These games will have you and your besties in stitches with laughter and provide the perfect opportunity to bond and get to know each other better, and show how well the bride-to-be knows her future hubby-to-be.

We have compiled a list of the most popular bridal games for your group to enjoy. Have fun!

Bridal Shower Bingo

Bridal Shower Bingo is one of the most popular games for any hens do. It involves creating bingo cards with common wedding-related items or events. Wedding-related subjects for the cards include facts about the bride, groom, the engagement ring, groomsmen, how the engagement and proposal transpire, and their ideal honeymoon. It’s super easy to play, much like bingo. Guests are provided markers, such as stickers, pens, or small candies, to mark off their cards as they hear or see them mentioned during the shower. The first person to get a line or full house wins a prize, which could be something small and fun, like a scented candle a gift card or ideally, a bottle of champers.

How Well Do You Know the Bride?

You may have known the bride-to-be since high school, but do you know everything about her? This game will reveal all. To play the game, you need to create a list of questions about the hen such as her favourite food, hobbies, or childhood memories, what is her middle name, how did the bride and groom-to-be met, and what is her favourite TV show or movie, favourite colour, and her first job, to name just a few of the options of questions you to add to the list to ask. It’s a super easy, super fun game to play, and all you need is the question list, which is distributed to the hens group with the answer sheets or cards to write their responses, and pens or pencils. The winner is decided by who gets the most answers correct.

Toilet Paper Wedding Dress

One of the most hilarious games for a bridal shower is the Toilet Paper Wedding Dress game. To play, it’s simple: Divide the guests into teams and give each team rolls of toilet paper in which they may attempt to make a wedding dress. One person from each team is nominated to be the model who will wear the toilet paper wedding dress, and each team is given a set time limit to create a wedding dress using only toilet paper and any accessories provided. Then, the big moment arrives when each team must put on a runway-style show, where the chosen model is encouraged to strike a pose! Then, it’s up to the bride-to-be to judge the best design. This game is so much fun, but remember, you’re going to need toilet paper—lots of it!

He Said, She Said

This is a great guessing game as it shows how well the hens besties really know the bride-to-be and the groom-to-be. Prepare a list of statements made by the bride and groom who have answered separately. These can be a mix of serious, funny, and light-hearted questions such as “Who is the better cook?”, “Who takes longer to get ready?” and more. Guests must guess who said each statement. Hand out answer sheets and pens to all the guests so that they can write “He Said” or “She Said” on their answer sheets based on who they think made the statement or answered the question. After all the statements have been read by the hen, she’ll who said what, with the guest with the most correct answers winning the prize, which is entirely up to the hen as to what that is.

Advice for the Bride

This is a really lovely bridal game, where the hens best friends are provided with note cards and ask them to write down their best marriage advice for the bride-to-be, wisdom, tips, and heartfelt wishes from their loved ones. To play, set up a dedicated area at the bridal shower where guests can sit down and write their advice. Decorate it to match the bridal shower theme with flowers or banners. The guests’ advice can be serious or fun and include such topics as how to make a marriage work, keeping the romance alive, and their loved ones’ own stories or experiences that have been valuable in their marriages. Collect the cards and present them to the bride as a keepsake, which we’re sure she’ll treasure for years to come.

Memory lane

Another really sweet bridal game you can play involves sharing your best memories of the hen over the years. Ask guests to write down their favourite memories with the bride with topics including when they first met the hen, their funniest experience, and special moments and adventures they took with her. You can also include a piece of advice or a wish for her as she navigates her future life into married life. The bride then reads each memory aloud and tries to guess who wrote it. This game is both heartwarming and fun. After the shower, collect all the memory cards and compile them into a scrapbook or album as a keepsake for the bride, and you can add photos and decorations to make it even more special. “Memory Lane” is a heartwarming game that the bride-to-be will treasure for a long time to come, as it’s a testament to how much her nearest and dearest care about her.

These are just a few bridal shower game ideas. You can also try Bridal Pictionary, where you prepare a list of wedding-related words or phrases. Or then there’s the much-beloved, “What’s in Your Purse?” Where you create a list of common and unusual items that might be found in a purse. 

Whichever game you decide to partake in, all of these will create the perfect bridal shower and provide long-lasting memories for years to come.