Bridal Shower Ideas?

[Forevryoung]

I was invited to be a bridesmaid at my friends wedding so I need to put together a bridal shower for her. We are all college students so I need to keep the costs down. The happy couple are Disney OBSESSED .

I figure we need food, games, presents...

Anything else I am forgetting?? Any cool ideas?

 

[EthansMom]

One friend in college had a "Tea Party" Bridal Shower. The hostess made tea sandwiches, punch, and a cake. Since the party was during the summer, it was held outside -- a crisp tablecloth transformed the tables and a few balloons were just about the only decorations. Everyone enjoyed themselves with a lovely visit. No silly games or party bags -- just a very nice afternoon "tea".

 

[clh2]

A really fun game is to do "present bingo". Make a bingo-type grid. (5-across and 5-down) and have your guests write down presents they think the bride will recieve. As she unwraps the gifts, the players cross them off on their grid, until someone gets a "bingo"

 

[simba928]

I like the tea party idea. If you really wanted to make it Disney themed, you could do like an Alice in Wonderland/Mad Hatter theme.

 

[Daisy Duck 5]

I would also go with the Alice In Wonderland theme. Here is an idea I got from a website for a Mad Hatter Tea Party.
Recreate the Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland. Decorate with cutouts of hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs. Set a petite four candle at each setting. Provide wacky hats for all your guests to wear, and encourage fun, colorful attire. For favors, give out custom decorated cookies, or tubes of heart-shaped tea and sugar. If you're having a lawn reception, set up a game of croquet!
For the place settings you can use cards.
Heres the site http://www.beau-coup.com/whimsical-themes.htm

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

I did a "home spa" theme for one friend that was a really fun party. I found some "do-it yourself" spa recipies and books and then picked a few that seemed reasonable for us to do. Everyone brought their own robes and slippers, and I provided towels, headbands, and the supplies for making our own spa stuff. We had foot scrubs and soaks, facial ingredients, hand scrubs, and manicure and pedicure supplies. We also had index cards, stickers, ribbon and markers for people to write down their favorite recipes and decorate the cards to take home. I had candles out everywhere, I borrowed a table-top fountain, put out flowers everywhere (some in vases, some floating), and had quiet, relaxing music playing. We served lots of fresh fruit, veggies, smoothies, teas, and chocolate. We used stemwear to serve water and smoothies as an extra "spa" touch. I still have those "home spa" books, and now I use them myself!

I've had to do games at several bridal showers, and here's a couple that can work with most themes:

"When I was single...but when I'm married...": We had typed up this sentence: "When (bride's name) was single she___________, but when she is married she_________________." Everyone filled in the blanks, then handed the papers back to me. We then cut the sentances in half, so they read "When (bride) was single she______________" on one piece of paper, and "but when she is married she _________________." was on the other. We then handed out random slips of paper so each person had a start and an end of a phrase, but they didn't necessarily go together. At one party we had one person read their new phrase before the bride opened a gift, and at another one we used it as a mixer to have people find the people who matched their fragments. So for example, someone wrote "When Carrie was single, she always had a clean house, but when she is married Todd will mess it up." Someone else wrote "When Carrie was single, she flirted with all the boys, but when she is married she will only flirt with Todd." When we split up the sentence, someone got to read "When Carrie was single, she flirted with all the boys, but when she is married Todd will mess it up." We cracked up!

Purse scavenger hunt: you can do this one either individually or in teams. Have a list of items people might have in their purse, with points for each item. Then people have to hunt through their purses and get points for what they have. The person or team with the most points wins. Here's my list - you can customize it to fit the bride, so you could add in Disney things like 25 points for having a Disney dollar of any denomination, 25 points for a Disney Visa card, 10 points for a Disney key chain, etc.
5 Points:
·Picture of child – 5 points per kid
·Stamps – 5 points per stamp
·Pens – 5 points per pen
·Lip balm
·Credit or debit cards – 5 points per card
·Nail file or emory board
·Telephone calling card
·Wimpy mints (Tic Tacs, etc.)
·Kleenex
·Cell phone


10 Points:
·Lipstick
·Band-Aids – 10 points per Band-Aid
·Gum
·Mirror
·Antacids
·Nail clippers
·Dental floss
·Hand lotion
·Business card other than your own – 10 points per card
·Altoids or similar super strong mints


25 Points:
·Matches
·Wet wipe
·Chocolate
·Hand sanitizer
·Library card
·Address book
·Shopping list
·Toothbrush
·Expired grocery coupon
·Notepad


50 Points:
·$100 bill
·Postcard
·Silver dollar
·Antiperspirant/Deodorant
·Vitamins
·Computer disk
·Deck of cards
·1971 penny (use a penny from the year of the bride's birth)
·Salt or pepper
·Dry cleaning receipt