{"id":34455,"date":"2014-03-06T06:10:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T19:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/10-bridal-shower-games-that-wont-make-your-grandma-blush\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:11:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:11:29","slug":"10-bridal-shower-games-that-wont-make-your-grandma-blush","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/10-bridal-shower-games-that-wont-make-your-grandma-blush\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Bridal Shower Games (That Won’t Make Your Grandma Blush)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While strippers, shots and suggestively shaped foods may be synonymous with hen’s nights, they’re not every gal’s cup of tea. Read on to see some fun bridal shower games!<\/p>\n

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For many brides-to-be, a quiet and comparatively tame evening at home, at a restaurant or at a day spa with her besties is preferable to a wild night on the town.<\/p>\n

But, just because you’d prefer a hen’s night that won’t make your grandma blush, doesn’t mean it has to be boring, uneventful or missing in all those fun, girly moments and conversations that are so very much part of a memorable hen’s night.<\/p>\n

“Whether you call it a hen’s night or a bachelorette party, the final ‘do’ held for the bride-to-be is about bonding with the ladies who are closest to her, be they gal palsof her own age or her mother, aunties and other females in her circle,” says Liz Morrow, Managing Director of Mi Emporium<\/a>, which specialises in fabulous (and a little bit cool) clothing and personsalised accessories for pre-wedding activities including hen’s nights.<\/p>\n

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“We’re long past the days when hen’s nights were about all the women getting together and sharing their advice on sex and marriage with blushing brides,” she adds. “And, though today’s hen’s parties are much more open and can be very wild, they’re still a great opportunity to celebrate with your nearest and dearest and get the generations of women who are important to the bride together to have one last ‘hurrah’ before she settles into married life.<\/p>\n

“And it certainly doesn’t have to be boring!”<\/p>\n

Liz’s business has supplied wedding-related goodies to more than 12,000 couples in the seven years she has been running Mi Emporium<\/a>. Her shop sells hen’s night sashes, diamante encrusted t-shirts featuring the words ‘Bride’ or ‘Bridesmaid’, bride-to-be flashing tiaras and “anything else you might need for your hen’s party,” she says.<\/p>\n

Though Mi Emporium <\/a>does supply the usual ‘naughty’ hen’s night supplies, Liz says she’s seeing a surge in women looking for more sedate ways to celebrate their hen’s parties, especially by those marrying for a second time.<\/p>\n

Their purchases of choice? Hen’s night sashes, embroidered t-shirts featuring bridal party members’ positions and PJs. as well as cosmetic gift packs.<\/p>\n

“We’re seeing an increasing number of women opting for a less wild hen’s night,” says Liz, “especially those women who are marrying in their ’30s, ’40s and ’50s or those brides who may be marrying for a second time and just want to hold an elegant gathering for her girls.”<\/p>\n

“They still want to have a fabulous and fun night or weekend with their girlfriends,”\u00a0 adds Liz, “but that gathering may include older family members or other friends, or even children from a first marriage, who are there to celebrate with them, so they really don’t want to do anything that may embarrass their guests or make them uncomfortable.”<\/p>\n

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“If it’s their second marriage, they may even have their own children at the hen’s night, so it can often be a reverse case of the older brides not wanting to embarrass their younger guests!” says Liz.<\/p>\n

Below, Liz outlines her 15 favourite hen’s night party games that are unlikely to embarrass you or your guests – no matter what their ages.<\/p>\n

“Most can be played with a few simple materials making them great for a shower on a budget,” Liz says.<\/p>\n

“To add an element of competition, provide small prizes for the winners, but regardless of how you end up celebrating you hen’s night, remember that it’s about holding a memorable event where everyone feels special and everyone feel included.”<\/p>\n

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1. How well do you know the bride?<\/h2>\n

This fun game focuses on how well the other ladies at the shower know the guest of honour. It is easy to set up and can be great fun to play. To start, type out twenty questions about the bride-to-be and print enough sheets for everyone in attendance. Hand them out at the beginning of the event and inform guests that all questions should be answered by the time all of the gifts are open (or at some other point in the shower). At that time, the bride will gives her answers to the questions aloud and each guest marks whether their answers are correct or not.Those with the most correct answers are then given a prize! Sample questions include:<\/p>\n