Bridal Shower Activities

Group Activities

If your guest list is a small and intimate group of friends with similar interests, determine what bridal shower activities you would like to do as a group. If cycling is everyone’s passion, and the gift theme is cycling-related, then plan an afternoon of cycling, with a surprise stop at a local winery for sampling or a picnic at a park or beach. Arrange to have a support vehicle meet you with all the goodies and keep in touch by cell phone in case someone has a puncture.

Tea Leaves, Tarot Cards and Music

If your budget permits, or if you have a friend who’d be willing, have a teacup reader or a tarot card reader entertain the guests with her predictions, the funnier the better. For those wannabe American Idols, hire a karaoke machine and watch the fun. These activities would work well if the party room is large and the guests are extroverts.

Home movies of the bride and groom as children are a wonderful way to mark the passages in their lives and also relive some amusing moments. You’ll need to check with the couple’s parents and arrange a preview session in order to select the most appropriate clips.

If you have a musician in your midst, invite her to perform for the party, either as background music or as a featured soloist. The bride-to-be can suggest the selections or the musician can provide a list of special pieces from which she can choose. This would be especially delightful for a garden party.

Spa Experience

Consider an afternoon at a spa, especially if your gift theme is items for the bath. Each guest should pay for their own treatment, while everyone pitches in to pay for the bride-to-be’s treatment.

A relaxing session of facials and pedicures, followed by a healthy lunch of fruits and salads, will leave everyone feeling wonderfully rejuvenated and full of resolve to make this an annual get-together.

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