There are a myriad of games and activities to choose from. In addition to traditional games – ranging from bridal bingo to word scrambles – there are unique and memorable games and activities you may want to consider.

Recipe Cards

To give a gift that offers love and help in the kitchen, buy the bride an elegant recipe card box with beautiful blank recipe cards. When you mail the bridal shower invitations, include the blank recipe card and ask the guest to write down one of their favorite recipes. At the shower, you can gather the cards

Wedding Quilt

Of the many activities that you can choose from, this one – although labor intensive – is a thoughtful and memorable activity that will result in a treasured keepsake. At the shower, provide quilt squares to each guest. Ask guests to decorate their squares and sign their names. Choose a theme, such as love and provide fabric pens, ribbon, fabric glue, buttons etc. If you don’t have time at the shower, you can also provide the squares as part of the bridal shower invitation, and ask that squares be returned at the shower. Before the wedding, hire someone to put the quilt together. You can tie in the wedding colors with the bordering fabric.

A Colorful Quiz

Before the shower, ask the groom questions about himself and record his answers. At the shower, ask the bride to predict what he said. Sample questions include: What is his favorite meal? What is his favorite musical group? What was his first job? A variation of this quiz is to work with the bride to prepare a quiz that focuses on the bride’s and groom’s courtship. Questions may include: How did the bride and groom meet? What was the first thing he said to her? When did they have their first kiss? How did he propose? Answers can be multiple choices. Sometimes, thinking up colorful incorrect answers is as fun as the real answer!

Two Truths and a Lie

Each guest introduces herself, and tells the group three things about herself – two are true, one is a lie. Once guests have had an opportunity to mingle and get to know one another, ask them to tell the group what they believe the lie to be.

Memory Book

Have a supply of quality papers, pens and paints. Ask guests to write and illustrate either their favorite memory of the bride, their best marital advice or a poem. After the gifts are opened, ask each guest to read or explain their project, then have the maid of honor gather the pages into an elegant memory book.

Door Prize

When the guests first arrive have them fill out a piece of paper with their wedding date or, if they are single, their birthday. The person with the date closest to the bride's wedding date wins the prize.