Shower Games

Here is a good idea: buy a scrap book and use a Polaroid camera. As guests arrive as well as during the shower the guests get their picture taken with the bride to be and place it in the scrap book with a place for the guest to sign their name. The pictures are a documentary that shows who was there as well as the fun you all had. The bride will really love the idea of nice memories of her shower. With the rest of the pages in the scrap book, fill them with picture's of the shower games, and the fun time that you had. Also this isn't really a game, but it is a good wedding shower ice breaker. Go around the room and have each guest spend no longer than 30 seconds telling everyone who they are and how they know the bride and groom. This will loosen everyone up for the games:

Fold Over:
On the first line of a long sheet of paper, write a sentence referring to the bride as if you were beginning a poem (like "Scott and Rebecca met at school"). Attach the paper to a clipboard and pass it to a guest, instructing her to compose a line right below the first, continuing the verse ("She was pretty and he was strong"). This guest folds the paper so that only the newest line shows, and passes the clipboard to the next guest, and so on. When the paper has circulated to every guest, the maid of honor should retrieve the paper, unfold it, and read the funny poem to the bride.

Comments the Bride-to-be Makes:
Have someone in charge of writing down all the comments the bride-to-be makes as she opens her shower gifts. Then after the presents have been opened, have someone with great expressions read them back to the bride. These are supposed to be some of the comments she'll make on the night of her wedding (like oh, it's so cute; my mom has one of those and uses it all the time; do you think they would mind if I exchanged this, I've already got one!) Lot's of fun, especially for a young bride.

Clothespin Game:
The clothespin game is where everyone, upon arrival, is given a clothespin and has to pin it on their clothes where it is plainly visible. Then you make up a rule like, "No one can cross their legs" or "you are not allowed to say the word "wedding" or "you can't use the word 'pretty' in describing a gift the bride receives" whatever rule you want. If a guest catches anyone breaking the rule, they can run over and take that person's clothespin. The person at the end of the shower, or whenever, with the most clothespins wins a prize.

Toilet Paper Gown:
You can pick the future mother-in-law and mother to volunteer for this game. You make two different teams, one team for each mother and then you dress them up in a wedding dress using only toilet paper. This is a timed game. The bride or a committee of bridal party members can judge. Winning team gets a prize!

What's in the Bag?:
This game is similar to the game Memory. Fill a bag with related items - kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff, etc. and pass the bag among the guests. Everyone gets 30 - 60 seconds to look at the contents of the bag before they have to pass it to the next guest. Once everyone has had a look, ask the guests to make a list from memory of what was in the bag. The person with the most correct answers, wins the game!

12 Questions For the Groom:
Prepare before the shower by asking the groom 12 questions, such as when and where was your first kiss? How many children do you want? What nickname do you call her? Then at the shower sit the bride-to-be in front of all her guests. Begin to ask her these questions. For every one she gets wrong she is to put a piece of bubble gum in her mouth and chew it. I hope she knows her guy!

Wedding Win Lose or Draw Kit:
Pictionary with only wedding related words and phrases. Like "tie the knot", "honeymoon" etc. Break the party into two teams. One person draws while the rest of her team guesses what she's drawing. Use an artists easel and a large pad of paper with big markers.

Two Truths & A Lie:
Each guest must introduce herself and then tell the group three things about herself:  two are true, one is a lie. Then the remaining guests must each guess which statement was false. When each guest has placed her bet, the "liar" must confess to her lie. The truths are often way wackier than the made-up lies

Words of Wisdom:
Tuck a pretty blank card into the shower invitations and include a note asking guests to inscribe the card with their advice for a happy marriage. They should come to the shower prepared to read their card to the group. Their words of wisdom, encouragement, and well-wishing can be in the form of a recipe, a poem, a humorous anecdote, and so on. Encourage guests to be creative. After all the cards have been read, the maid of honor can compile them in a scrapbook for the bride.

Name Game:
Before the shower, make a list of pairs that belong together (for example: Mork & Mindy, chips & dip, peanut butter & jelly). Write down names (one half of a pair) on labels, post-its, or sticky nametags. As the guests arrive, slap a tag to their back so that everyone else can see their name but no guest will know his or her own identity. Have guests mingle about posing yes-or-no questions to each other. Examples: "Am I a fictional character?" "Am I living?" "Am I a food?" Their mission is to determine who they are, and to pair up with their "other half". The game doesn't end until everyone finds his or her partner.

Purse Raid:
This classic shower game requires that every guest bring her purse to the shower. Before guests arrive, the maid of honor creates a list of objects that are likely to be found in guests' purses. Items can be ordinary (lipstick, powder, credit card) or crazy (used tissue, underwear, a condom), but they should start out ordinary and become increasingly more obscure. At the shower, the maid of honor calls out the items on the list and the first guest to produce each object wins a small prize.