I'm going to be a maid of honor!

[Dracula Girl]

Advice please.

[Storico]

I've never been one before, but CONGRATS! How cool!

[Ice Angel]

Start thinking of interesting and fun bridal shower games to play.

The best bridal shower game I've seen so far is explained in the following:

List a bunch of questions and have the groom to be fill them out. For example, how many kids do the two of you want?

Then get multiple types of gum. For example, some Trident, Bubble Yum, Big Red, etc.
Make sure that you don't get like flavors....that ruins the game.

At the bridal shower, hand each guest a piece of gum and one of the questions the groom answered along with the answer to that particular question.

Then to play the game....the bride to be must answer that question correctly. If she doesn't....whatever piece of gum the guest had, HAS to be chewed by the bride to be.

Which means if she gets two questions wrong and one person has a stick of Big Red and the other person had a piece of lemonade Bubble Yum....they get mixed!

[Ice Angel]

Then there is the over done Bingo game.

Ya know....

Where you hand out blank Bingo sheets and the guests get to fill in the spots with the items they think the bride will get at the shower.

[Ice Angel]

Are you looking for party gift ideas, decoration ideas, food ideas?

[The Curtmudgeon]

I've never been one before, but CONGRATS! How cool!

I have; it's not all it's cracked up to be.

The (but congrats anyway, Anazade!) Curtmudgeon

[mossrose]

Take a deep breath, pray hard, because if your bride is anything like most brides I know, you are in for a rough run.

Do your best to help keep her calm, do whatever you can to take pressure off her, tell her, in a gentle and non-confrontational way that she is overstepping her bounds when she does so, and no matter what, love her to death!

You will both look back on the wedding day and the process up to it with fondness instead of regret for hard feelings.

And, most importantly, have fun!

[Dracula Girl]

Are you looking for party gift ideas, decoration ideas, food ideas?

Everything. I barely know a bit a bit about what the maid of honor does. I have so much to do and learn plan.

[Ice Angel]

Bridal Shower gift ideas for guests:

Homemade bookmarks
Lotion with homemade labels with the bridal shower date and the bride's name on it
M&M's in little mesh bags in the colors of the wedding

Game prizes:

candles (tea lights or votives)
candle holders
a nice vase
coffee/tea assortments from a coffee shop
tea cup and saucer
tea pot

Decorations:

(on the tables) a vase filled with flowers ---->can also be used as a prize
streamers----> use the colors that the bride has picked for her wedding colors
banners
balloons
pictures of the bride

Food:

Hawaiian Punch (red) + 7UP+grenidine (sp) syrup = punch
cheese tray
crackers
chips and dip
veggie tray
bread, lunch meat assortment, sliced veggies for sandwiches
cookies/brownies/muffins


I hope this helps you get an idea of what sort of stuff to do for the bridal shower.

[Storico]

I have; it's not all it's cracked up to be.

The (but congrats anyway, Anazade!) Curtmudgeon

How'd your dress fit?

Wait. Don't answer that. If this story's gonna be anything like Johnny's kilt.....

[The Curtmudgeon]

How'd your dress fit?

Wait. Don't answer that. If this story's gonna be anything like Johnny's kilt.....

I do wear a kilt, but not at that wedding. And to be honest, I wasn't actually maid of honour, merely one of the brides"maids".

The (and, truth to tell, it was only in rehersal -- one of the actual bridesmaids was late) Curtmudgeon

[Middle Aged C]

Don't tell the bride how ugly the bridesmaid dresses (that she picked out) are. Just wear it with pride knowing that one day, at one of those 'wear your ugly bridesmaid dress' parties, you just might win the prize.

[Ice Angel]

Do you need more ideas? If so....what areas do you need ideas in? Does the bride have specific colors picked out?

[Dracula Girl]

I need to come up with some ideas of games for the bridal shower, so if you have any, feel free to let me know. The shower is Saturday.

[Ice Angel]

Give every guest a necklace of like Mardi Gras beads, and if somone says the word "wedding" they have to give their beads to whomever caught them saying wedding. The person at the end of the shower gets a prize.

Gift Bingo: Have blank Bingo sheets and have guests place an item name in each box that they think the bride to be will receive.