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Bridal Shower Party Ideas...
Game Show Showers:
 | Throw a shower that
includes the groom's friends as well as the bride's in a game of friendly
competition.
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| Activity Ideas:
Have the bride's friends ask the groom questions about
the bride and vice versa. Award points to the guests whose questions
stump the bride and groom.
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| Gift Ideas:
Ask guests to bring gifts that involve both the bride
and groom, such as gift certificates for dinner, coupons to a movie or board
games.
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| Decorations:
Decorate with playing cards, poker chips, dice and other "game" pieces.
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| Favors:
Hand out decks of cards, books of trivia or other gifts
related to competitions.
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Outdoor Fun Shower:
| Let guests know of the
couple's favorite outdoor activities, and what they may need to complement
their camping gear. Set up a tent at a park or in the backyard and
provide blankets and lawn chairs for guests to relax in.
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| Activity Ideas:
Divide the guests into tow or three teams and have a contest to see who can
set up a tent the fastest. Also, see who can zip tow sleeping bags
together the fastest!
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| Menu Ideas:
Serve foods you would normally take on a camping trip:
brats or hot dogs, chips, soft drinks, marshmallows for toasting, baked beans,
etc..
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| Gift Ideas:
Coolers, canvas chairs and camping equipment make nice gifts, or guest could
pool their money to buy the couple their own tent. Outdoor games such as
badminton, croquet and bocci ball could also be good gift ideas.
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| Decorations:
Hang camp lanterns around the "camp site" shower area.
Serve the meal on metal speckle-wear dishes with camping utensils. Serve
cans of soft drinks in can coolers.
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| Favors:
Each guest can take home their can cooler as a memento of the shower,.
Prizes can include can of bug spray, bottles of sunblock, etc... |
Co-Worker Shower:
| Ask the bride's co-workers
to get together at the group's favorite lunch or after work spot before the
names on her paycheck changes!
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| Activity Ideas:
Have guest write their words of wisdom for the bride-to-be on a card, which
then will be made into a book for her to keep.
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| Menu Ideas:
Guests can go dutch-treat and order off the menu. Have a decorated cake
for dessert.
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| Gift Ideas:
Sentimental or funny gifts a married woman may need at
work, like a picture frame for the husband's photo, or personalized pencils,
notepads or coffee mug.
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| Decorations:
Create a banner for the bride out of work supplies, such as: computer paper,
adding machine tape, or anything that represents your work environment.
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| Favors:
Give each guest a small framed certificate to hang on
her wall at work that you have created on the computer. Have it say: "Mrs.
(Name) On the Job of Marriage for ____ Years!" |
Media Shower:
| Help outfit the newlyweds'
home entertainment center by asking guests to a media shower. Supply a
list of couple's favorite actors, musicians and television shows.
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| Activity Ideas:
Interview the couple and find out their favorite entertainers when they were
in high school and formulate a quiz for the guests to fill out. Rent a
romantic move. See who can still sing the love ballads they knew in high
school, or who can quote their favorite movie lines.
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| Menu Ideas:
Buttered popcorn, huge glasses of soda and theatre style candy in the boxes.
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| Gift Ideas:
Videos, CD's. personalized popcorn bowls, microwavable
popcorn, mugs with hot chocolate mix, or a wonderful blanket for snuggling on
the couch.
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| Decorations:
Unravel the film from old or blank cassette tapes, video tapes or 35mm camera
film capsules and string the curly, shiny film around the room as garland.
Find posters from movies, or photos of favorite actors and music groups and
display them at the party.
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| Favors:
Wrap up packets or microwave popcorn and candy for guests. For prizes,
give gift certificates from the local theatre to see a movie.
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