Not everyone’s bridal showers are attended by those closest to them, but most of the women in attendance will have one thing in common – they are all there to help the bride get ready for her wedding and to celebrate her upcoming nuptials. Guests will bring gifts, wisdom and more. If you are looking for ways to get your guests talking, here are three of my favorites:
Spill Your Fill
Have your guests sit in a circle, pass around a bag of M&Ms and ask them to take as many as they want, but not to eat them yet – you can do this with other candies or food products. Once everyone has their M&Ms, reveal that they have to share one fact about themselves for every M&M they took. A variation on this is to set up a buffet and for each food item type on the table, label them with different topics such as high school, college, first kiss – etc. For each food type a person has on their plate, they have to reveal something with regard to the topic mention – for example – tell the story of their first kiss, what was their favorite activity in high school and what did they want to be when they were college, etc.
Play Detective
As your guests arrive, give them a note card with the name of another guest. Tell them their goal is to discover stories, fun events and more information about the person on the note card without actually talking to that person. This can be tricky when there are guests who obviously don’t know each other. Try to net at least one good anecdote – when it’s time to eat – have each person introduce the information they have learned about the name on their note card.
Old Fashioned Truth or Dare (Sans the Dare)
Let everyone have a drink and some snacks and gather them in a circle either in a comfortable area or around a table. The bride can get it started or her maid of honor, the idea is to ask the right questions to get people talking – and more – to get them laughing. Here are a few questions to help you get everyone going:
- Describe one of your most embarrassing moments.
- If you were a character in Veggie-Tales, what vegetable would you be and why?
- If you could describe yourself in one word, what word would that be?
- Cast yourself in a Disney movie – who would you be and why?
- Can you answer the question: ‘how many hairs are there on Chewbacca?’
- Do you have a tattoo? What is it?
- What’s the goofiest thing you’ve ever done at work?
- What was the worst class you took in college?
- What was the best?
- Etc.
What games did you play at your bridal shower?