Fun Bridal Shower Games

My daughter did not want to spend any of her time opening presents during her recent bridal shower. Instead she wanted all gifts to be unwrapped so they could be set up on tables and viewed by everyone.  This created a slight problem because bridal shower games were basically created so that guests are not too bored during the "present opening." I loved the idea of my daughter not opening the presents because I personally find that part of showers excruciating, but I still wanted there to be some fun games to play. Actually I needed guests to play some games because I intended to do a small auction during the party (I got that brilliant and fun idea from my sisters recent bridal shower and I loved it!).  

This is the front of my daughters invitation.

And this is the back where we ask for unwrapped gifts!

The auction I made had about 20 gifts to give away so we gave everyone about 20 tickets as soon as they arrived. We did this simply by putting the 20 tickets in the mason jar mugs everyone would get to drink from but you could easily just hand them out which is what they did at my sisters shower.  This was not enough tickets though and that is why games were necessary! Winners could earn more tickets! More tickets = more chances to win a prize gift.

​NOTE: nobody would go home empty handed even if they did not win one of the auction prizes because guests could keep their mason jar mug and they also received a mini dream catcher favor - See how the mini dream catcher favors are made here!)

Mugs with about 20 tickets for the auction inside! Labels are for guests to write their names on.

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• Libby Mason Jar Mugs
• Craft Gift Tags shown on the mugs (Twine included!)
• Crochet tablecloth
• Pink Auction Tickets

A picture of the auction table. The gift prizes are displayed for all to see and guests can put their tickets in the brown paper gift bags behind. We had the bride to be pull the tickets during desert time!

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So basically since we needed to give out more tickets I came up with these two simple fun games (Thank you to Pinterest for the general ideas!).
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The first game is a matching game of famous 'love quotes' from movies.  There is a free MS Word document download below.  We had a mix of ages at my daughters shower so the movies I used spread over a long period of time.  Feel free to change them as you see fit and enjoy!  

Here are the two games we played. They were distributed to guests to work on during lunch.

The second game is a multiple choice 'test' about the bride and grooms lives.  again, there isI have a free download for you below (MS Word document) where you can cut and paste in your own questions and answers.  Don't forget to put the brides name and the date of the shower at the top too! 

Both games were given out during lunch time for the guests to collaboratively work on.  Toward the end of the lunch I gave out the answers and guests graded their own answers. They were rewarded an extra ticket for every correct answer!  It's all in fun so nobody checked for honesty or not, because well, who really cares?

During desert the bride pulled a ticket for each prize gift and they were distributed to the winners to take home! So simple!

Everyone had great things to say about the games and the way the shower was run. The bride to be had quality time to be with all the guests during the shower and I have had many people share with me how wonderful and relaxed everything was. In my eyes that spells S.U.C.C.E.S.S.!! But most importantly, my daughter was truly happy and enjoyed herself immensely. What more could a mother ask for?

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