Bridal Shower Games

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Bridal Shower Games

Ribbon Bouquet on a Paper Plate1. Cut a cross in the middle of a paper plate. 2. Before the first gift, guests guess how many ribbons and bows the whole pile will give. 3. A helper sits beside the bride and threads every ribbon through the cross, or tapes each bow to the plate. 4. Count at the end. The closest guess wins, and the bride carries the ribbon bouquet at her rehearsal. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a paper plate, scissors and tape.
Heart Inside One Place Card1. Fold a place card for every seat and draw a small heart inside one of them. 2. Guests find their seats as usual. 3. After the meal, ask everyone to open their card. 4. The heart wins the door prize. Players: 4 to 60. Time: 2 min. Props: place cards and a pen.
Her Unwrapping Words, Read Back as a Speech1. Quietly ask one guest to write down what the bride says as she opens each gift, word for word. 2. Tell nobody else. 3. When the last gift is open, announce that the bride has already written her wedding speech. 4. The scribe reads the list in order, starting "Dear guests". Players: 4 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a notepad and a pen.

How it works

These bridal shower games suit every aunt and grandmother in the room, and none involves alcohol. Each has numbered steps, a head count, minutes and props, and the list under the tool is sorted into seven kinds.

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Interactive bridal shower games, or pen-and-paper ones

The All games menu keeps one kind. Active and making games and Coed bridal shower games in teams use the hands or teams, and most guessing and pen-and-paper games are played from a chair. Several are DIY bridal shower games made from things in the house: toilet paper, paper cups, rice and ribbon.

At home, at work or on a call

More filters, the last entry of that menu, sorts by head count, time, props and setting. At the office keeps games that ask nothing personal of a colleague, and On a video call keeps the ones that run with every guest on a screen.

Tips

Ask the bride and her partner for their answers a week ahead: six games here need them.

Questions and answers

What games do you play at a bridal shower?

A shower can run three: a mixer as guests arrive, such as Find the Guest, Collect Signatures; one seated guessing game about the bride; and one game during the gifts, such as Bridal Gift Bingo, Marked as She Unwraps.

How do you play the toilet paper bridal shower game?

Teams of three or four get two rolls and five minutes to dress one teammate in a wedding gown, with no tape and no scissors. The bride picks the winner. The toilet paper dress game page prints the rules.

What are good last-minute bridal shower games?

Two True Bride Stories and One Invented, Wedding Day Charades in Mixed Teams, Hum a Reception Song and Closest Birthday to the Wedding Date need nothing printed, bought or prepared. No props under More filters keeps only games like these.

Which of these work as bridal party games for a small group?

With six or eight people who all know the bride, the guessing games score best: Unsigned Memory Cards, the Bride Names the Writer; Eight Sentence Endings the Bride Wrote; and Sketch the Dress She Chose.

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Guessing games about the bride and the couple 9

The Bride's Answers, Sealed in Advance 1. A week ahead, ask the bride ten questions about herself and seal her answers in an envelope. 2. At the shower, read each question and give guests ten seconds to write a guess. 3. Open the envelope and read her answers. Each match scores a point. 4. The top score wins. Break a tie with one more question, answered by the bride on the spot. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: a sealed list of her answers, paper and pens.
Eight Moments of the Couple, Sorted by Date 1. Get eight moments in the couple's story from the bride, such as the day they met, the first trip and the day they chose the venue, and write each on a card. 2. Shuffle the cards and lay them out, or read them aloud. 3. Tables get three minutes to write the eight in the order they happened. 4. The bride reads the true order. A table scores a point for each card in the right place. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: eight event cards, paper and pens.
Eight Photos of Her, Guess Each Year of Her Life 1. Ask the bride's family for eight photos of her, from baby to last year, and number them on a board in mixed order. 2. Guests write the age they think she is in each photo. 3. The bride reads out the real ages. A guess within one year scores a point. 4. Most points wins, and a tie is settled by the baby photo. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: eight numbered photos, paper and pens.

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Eight Sentence Endings the Bride Wrote 1. Ahead of the shower, the bride finishes eight sentences, such as "My idea of a perfect Sunday is" and "The chore I will never do is". 2. Read the first half of a sentence. Guests write how they think she ended it. 3. Read her real ending. Guests score a point for the same idea, and the bride settles close calls. 4. After eight sentences the top score wins. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 12 min. Props: the bride's eight endings, paper and pens.
Sketch the Dress She Chose 1. Hand out paper and pencils. Nobody in the room has seen the dress. 2. Guests get three minutes to sketch the dress they think the bride picked, with the neckline, sleeves and length labeled. 3. Collect the signed sketches in a folder that the bride takes home. 4. After the wedding she picks the closest sketch and tells the group who drew it. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: paper, pencils and a folder.
Two True Bride Stories and One Invented 1. Each guest thinks of two true stories about the bride and one that never happened. 2. A guest tells all three, in a sentence each. 3. The room votes on the invented one by a show of hands, and the bride confirms. 4. A teller who fools more than half the room scores a point. Three or four tellers is plenty at a large shower. Players: 4 to 20. Time: 15 min. Props: none.
Unsigned Memory Cards, the Bride Names the Writer 1. As guests arrive, each writes one short memory with the bride on a card and does not sign it. 2. The bride draws a card, reads it aloud and names the guest she thinks wrote it. 3. A right guess keeps the card on her pile. A wrong one earns the writer a small prize. 4. Stop after ten cards, or read them all if the group is small. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 15 min. Props: cards and pens.
Wedding Day Predictions in an Envelope 1. Give each guest a card with five blanks: the weather, the first song, who gives the longest speech, the hour the cake is cut and one free guess. 2. Guests fill it in, sign it and drop it in one large envelope. 3. The bride opens the envelope after the wedding and marks the cards. 4. She sends the best guesser a thank-you note with the winning card inside. Players: 4 to 60. Time: 8 min. Props: prediction cards, pens and a large envelope.
Will She Match Her Partner? 1. Ask the bride's partner eight questions ahead of time and write down the answers. 2. Read a question. Before the bride answers, every guest shows thumbs up or thumbs down: will the two answers match? 3. The bride answers, then you read her partner's answer. 4. Guests who called it right score a point. Most points after eight questions wins. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: her partner's answers on a card.

Pen-and-paper games 10

Bride on Your Phone, Points for Each Find 1. Hand out a list of things a phone might hold that have to do with the bride or the wedding, each with points, such as a photo taken with her or the wedding date in the calendar. 2. Guests tick what their own phone already has. Nothing may be added during the game. 3. After three minutes, pens go down and guests add up. 4. The winner shows the find worth the most points. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed list and a pen each.
Find the Guest, Collect Signatures 1. Print one sheet for each guest. Every line describes a guest, such as someone who has known the bride for ten years or more. 2. Guests walk the room and ask one question at a time. 3. A guest who fits signs the line. Nobody may sign the same sheet twice. 4. The first full sheet wins, or the most lines after ten minutes. Players: 8 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
Finish the Vow 1. Give each guest a card that starts "I promise to always" and continues "even when". 2. Guests fill in both blanks with something funny and true to life, such as sharing the last cookie even when it is a good one. 3. The bride reads the cards aloud without names. 4. She picks her favorite, and its writer stands up for the prize. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: cards and pens.
He Said, She Said: Who Said the Line? 1. Print a sheet of lines that one of the couple might have said, and get the true answers from the bride. 2. Each guest marks every line as the bride's or her partner's. 3. The bride reads the answers aloud, with the story behind one or two. 4. Most right wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 12 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
Letters of Both First Names, Three-Minute Word Hunt 1. Write the first names of the bride and her partner in capitals where everyone can see them. 2. Guests get three minutes to make words of three letters or more from those letters only. 3. Read the lists aloud. A word that anyone else also wrote is crossed out. 4. The longest list left wins, and the longest single word earns a cheer. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and pens.
Over or Under: Counts About the Couple 1. Print a sheet where each line counts something about the couple and sets a mark beside it, such as tiers on the cake: over or under three. 2. Guests circle over or under on every line. 3. The bride gives the real numbers. 4. One point a line. A tie is broken by guessing the number of wedding guests. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 10 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
Recipe for a Happy Home Card 1. Hand out blank recipe cards. 2. Each guest writes a recipe for a happy home the way a cook writes one: ingredients with amounts, then a method, such as two cups of patience, stirred daily. 3. Read three or four aloud at each table. 4. The cards go in a recipe box that the bride takes home, so nobody wins and everyone adds one. Players: 2 to 60. Time: 10 min. Props: recipe cards, pens and a box.
Wedding A to Z, Unique Words Score 1. Guests write the alphabet down the side of a sheet. 2. In four minutes they write one wedding word for each letter: aisle, bouquet, cake. 3. Go around the room letter by letter. 4. A word nobody else has scores two points, and a shared word scores one. The highest total wins. Players: 2 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: paper and pens.
Wedding Emoji Decoder 1. Print a sheet of wedding words and sayings written as rows of small pictures, with a blank beside each. 2. Guests write what each row spells. A necktie and a ribbon is tie the knot. 3. Stop after five minutes and read the answers. Most right wins. 4. On a video call, share the sheet on screen and have guests send their answers in the chat when you say go. Players: 2 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed sheet and a pen each.
What's in Your Purse? Points for Each Find 1. Hand out a list of things that might be in a bag, each with points: common things score low and odd ones high. 2. On go, guests search only the bag they brought. 3. After three minutes they add up their points. 4. The top three scores show their rarest find to the room. Players: 4 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: a printed list and a pen each.

Games while the gifts are opened 8

Alarm Clock Gift Prize 1. Before the gifts, set a timer for a length nobody else knows, between two and six minutes. 2. When it rings, the guest whose gift is in the bride's hands wins a small prize. 3. Reset the timer for a new length and carry on. 4. Three rings is enough for most gift piles. Players: 5 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a kitchen timer and three small prizes.
Bridal Gift Bingo, Marked as She Unwraps 1. Give each guest a bingo card of likely gifts and of things that happen during the unwrapping. 2. As the bride opens each present, guests mark the matching square. 3. The first full row calls bingo and shows the card. 4. Keep going for a second and a third winner, so the game lasts the whole pile. Players: 5 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a bingo card and a pen each.
Guess the Giver Before the Tag 1. As guests arrive, each sticks a one-line clue about themselves on their gift, such as "we once shared a desk". 2. A helper hands the bride a gift with the tag hidden and reads the clue. 3. The bride names the giver before she opens it. 4. Keep a tally of her right guesses and announce it at the end. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 30 min. Props: a slip of paper for each gift.
Her Unwrapping Words, Read Back as a Speech 1. Quietly ask one guest to write down what the bride says as she opens each gift, word for word. 2. Tell nobody else. 3. When the last gift is open, announce that the bride has already written her wedding speech. 4. The scribe reads the list in order, starting "Dear guests". Players: 4 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a notepad and a pen.
Kitchen, Bedroom, Bathroom: Predict the Gift Tally 1. Before the unwrapping, each guest writes four numbers: how many gifts are for the kitchen, the bedroom, the bathroom and everywhere else. 2. A helper keeps the true tally as the gifts are opened. 3. Read the four totals at the end. 4. The guest whose four numbers are closest in total wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: paper and pens.
Remember Every Gift, Two-Minute List 1. When the last gift is open, move the pile out of sight or cover it with a cloth. 2. Guests get two minutes to write down every gift they remember. 3. The helper who kept the gift list reads it aloud while guests tick their own. 4. Most gifts remembered wins. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 8 min. Props: paper and pens.
Ribbon Bouquet on a Paper Plate 1. Cut a cross in the middle of a paper plate. 2. Before the first gift, guests guess how many ribbons and bows the whole pile will give. 3. A helper sits beside the bride and threads every ribbon through the cross, or tapes each bow to the plate. 4. Count at the end. The closest guess wins, and the bride carries the ribbon bouquet at her rehearsal. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 30 min. Props: a paper plate, scissors and tape.
Three Yes-or-No Questions per Box 1. Pick five wrapped gifts with shapes that give nothing away. 2. Before the bride opens one, the room may ask its giver three yes-or-no questions. 3. Each table writes one guess. 4. A right guess scores a point for the table. After five gifts the leading table wins. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: paper and pens.

Active and making games 8

Draw the Wedding Cake on Your Head 1. Each guest holds a paper plate flat on top of their head with one hand and a pen in the other. 2. Call the steps slowly: draw three tiers, add a couple on top, put flowers on the middle tier, write the wedding date on the bottom. 3. Plates come down, and guests show their neighbors. 4. The bride picks the cake she would be willing to serve. Players: 2 to 50. Time: 6 min. Props: a paper plate and a pen each.
Hidden Ring on a Long Ribbon 1. Thread a ring onto a long ribbon and tie the ends, so that the loop reaches around the whole circle. 2. Everyone holds the ribbon in both fists and slides their hands back and forth, passing the ring along in secret. 3. One guest stands in the middle and has three guesses at who holds it. 4. A right guess sends the holder to the middle. This is one way to play an old parlor game. Players: 6 to 20. Time: 10 min. Props: a ring and a long ribbon.
Musical Bouquet With Question Cards 1. Guests stand in a circle and pass a bouquet while music plays. 2. Stop the music without looking. 3. Whoever holds the bouquet draws a card and answers it: a question about the bride, or a wish for the couple to finish. 4. Nobody goes out. Play until the cards run out, and the last holder keeps the bouquet. Players: 6 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: a bouquet, music and question cards.
Over-the-Shoulder Bouquet Toss Into a Basket 1. Tie a few artificial flowers into a small bouquet and set a laundry basket on the floor. 2. A guest stands three paces in front of the basket with their back to it. 3. They toss the bouquet over one shoulder, three tries each. 4. A bouquet that stays in the basket scores a point. Tied guests step one pace farther away and toss again. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: a small artificial bouquet and a laundry basket.
Plastic Rings in a Bowl of Rice 1. Mix twenty plastic rings into a large bowl of dry rice. 2. One guest at a time closes their eyes and has thirty seconds to fish out rings by feel. 3. Count the rings and stir them back in. 4. Most rings wins. Play a final between the top two. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 10 min. Props: a bowl of dry rice, twenty plastic rings and a timer.
Three-Tier Cake From Paper Cups 1. Give each pair twenty-one paper cups and two paper plates. 2. On go, pairs build a cake of three tiers: ten cups upside down in a ring, a plate, seven cups, a plate, then four cups on top. 3. Each partner may use one hand only. 4. The first cake to stand for a count of five wins. A cake that falls starts again. Players: 4 to 24 in pairs. Time: 8 min. Props: paper cups and paper plates.
Tissue Paper Bouquet Teams 1. Give each table a stack of tissue paper, a few pipe cleaners and a ribbon. 2. Teams have four minutes to make a bouquet. For each flower, fold a sheet like a fan, pinch the middle with a pipe cleaner and pull the layers apart. 3. One member from each table presents the bouquet. 4. The bride chooses a winner, and the bouquets decorate the gift table. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: tissue paper, pipe cleaners and ribbon.
Toilet Paper Wedding Dress, Five-Minute Clock 1. Split into teams of three or four and give each team two rolls of toilet paper. 2. Each team picks one model. 3. Start a five-minute clock. Teams wrap, tuck and tie a wedding dress onto the model, with no tape and no scissors. 4. Models walk a short runway and the bride picks the winner. A veil or a train earns extra applause. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: two rolls of toilet paper for each team and a timer.

Bridal shower door prize games 8

A Playing Card at the Door, the Bride Cuts the Deck 1. Take two decks of cards. Hand each guest one card from the first deck on arrival. 2. Near the end, the bride shuffles the second deck and turns over the top card. 3. The guest who holds the same card wins. 4. If nobody holds it, she turns the next card until someone does. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 3 min. Props: two decks of playing cards.
Closest Birthday to the Wedding Date 1. Announce the wedding date. 2. Guests call out the day and month of their own birthday, never the year. 3. The guest whose birthday falls closest to the wedding date, before or after, wins. 4. If two tie, the bride asks them one question about herself. Players: 4 to 100. Time: 3 min. Props: none.
Guess the Count in the Mint Jar 1. Count wrapped mints into a clear jar and keep the number on a card in your pocket. 2. Set the jar by the door with a guess sheet and a pen. 3. Each guest writes a name and one guess on the way in. 4. Before guests leave, read the count. The closest guess takes the jar home, and a tie goes to the earlier guess. Players: 4 to 100. Time: 3 min. Props: a jar of wrapped mints and a guess sheet.
Heart Inside One Place Card 1. Fold a place card for every seat and draw a small heart inside one of them. 2. Guests find their seats as usual. 3. After the meal, ask everyone to open their card. 4. The heart wins the door prize. Players: 4 to 60. Time: 2 min. Props: place cards and a pen.
The Marked Line in the Guest Book 1. Before the shower, pick a line number in the guest book and tell only the bride. 2. Guests sign in as they arrive, one line each. 3. At the end the bride announces the number. 4. Whoever signed that line wins. If the line is empty, count on to the next signed one. Players: 4 to 100. Time: 2 min. Props: a guest book and a pen.
One Key Opens the Prize Box 1. Lock a small prize in a box with a padlock, and mix its key into a bowl of old keys, one for each guest. 2. Each guest takes one key on arrival. 3. After the games, guests try their keys in turn. 4. The key that opens the lock wins what is inside. Players: 4 to 50. Time: 5 min. Props: a padlocked box, its key and a bowl of spare keys.
Sticker Under One Saucer 1. Before guests arrive, put a small sticker under one saucer or one dessert plate. 2. Say nothing until dessert is finished. 3. Ask everyone to turn their saucer over. 4. The guest with the sticker takes the door prize. At a large shower, mark one saucer at each table. Players: 4 to 100. Time: 2 min. Props: a sticker and a prize.
Thank-You Envelope Draw 1. Set a stack of blank envelopes and pens by the door. 2. Each guest writes their own name and address on one envelope and drops it in a basket. 3. Near the end, the bride draws one envelope for the door prize. 4. She keeps the whole basket: every thank-you note is already addressed. Players: 4 to 100. Time: 3 min. Props: envelopes, pens and a basket.

Coed bridal shower games in teams 9

A Team Toast in Ten Words 1. Teams of three or four get a card. 2. Each team writes a toast to the couple in exactly ten words, which must include three words the host calls, such as toaster, Tuesday and umbrella. 3. A speaker from each team stands and delivers it. 4. The room votes by applause, and the bride breaks a tie. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: cards and pens.
Big Pad Wedding Sketch Race 1. Stand a large pad of paper where both teams can see it. 2. An artist from each team is shown the same wedding word, such as bouquet, tuxedo or dance floor. 3. Both draw at once on their own half of the pad: no letters and no numbers. 4. The first team to shout the word scores. Change artists for every word, and play to seven. Players: 6 to 30. Time: 12 min. Props: a large pad and two markers.
Blindfolded Place Setting, Partner Directs 1. One partner sits at a bare place with a blindfold on and a pile of tableware within reach. 2. The other stands behind and gives directions by voice only, with no touching. 3. The seated partner lays out a full place setting. 4. The bride judges the neatest setting. Swap roles for a second round. Players: 4 to 24 in pairs. Time: 10 min. Props: a blindfold and unbreakable tableware for each pair.
Hum a Reception Song 1. Each team quietly agrees on five songs that nearly everyone has heard at a wedding reception. 2. A hummer from the first team hums one of their songs to the other team: no words and no la-la. 3. The guessing team has thirty seconds to name it. 4. A right answer scores for the guessers. Swap sides after each song, and the most songs named wins. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: none.
Mystery Kitchen Gadget, Teams Write Its Job 1. Collect eight kitchen gadgets that are hard to name, such as a melon baller, a pastry blender or an egg slicer, and number them. 2. Pass them around the teams one at a time. 3. Each team writes what the gadget is for. 4. Read the answers. A right job scores a point, and the host settles close calls. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: eight numbered kitchen gadgets, paper and pens.
Necktie Knot Race in Pairs 1. Pairs stand facing each other, and each pair gets one necktie. 2. On go, one partner ties the necktie on the other in a knot that would pass at a wedding. 3. The bride or her partner judges each knot as soon as hands go up. 4. The first knot that passes wins. Swap who ties for a second round. Players: 4 to 30 in pairs. Time: 6 min. Props: a necktie for each pair.
Ring Bearer Cushion Relay 1. Each team gets a small cushion with a plastic ring resting on top. 2. One at a time, walkers carry the cushion flat on one palm around a chair at the far end and back. 3. A dropped ring goes back on where it fell, and the walker carries on. 4. The first team with every walker home wins. Walking only. Players: 6 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: a small cushion and a plastic ring for each team.
Things at a Wedding, Team List Race 1. Teams of four get paper and a pen. 2. Call a category: things on a reception table, jobs someone has at a wedding, things in a toolbox, things in a kitchen drawer. 3. Teams have one minute to list as many as they can. 4. Read the lists aloud. Only items no other team wrote score. Play four categories. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: paper and pens.
Wedding Day Charades in Mixed Teams 1. Split the room into two teams that mix both families and all ages. 2. Whisper a wedding moment to one actor, such as cutting the cake, a first dance or catching the bouquet. 3. The actor mimes it for their own team with no words. The team has one minute. 4. A right guess scores a point. Swap teams, and play eight moments in all. Players: 6 to 40. Time: 15 min. Props: none.

Virtual bridal shower games for a video call 8

Bride Quiz, Answers Into the Chat 1. The host reads a question about the bride, such as the town where she was born. 2. Guests type an answer into the chat and wait. 3. On "send", everyone presses enter at once so that nobody can copy. 4. The bride gives the answer, and the host keeps score on paper. Ten questions make a game. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 12 min. Props: a list of questions with the bride's answers.
Draw the Couple From Memory, Hold It Up 1. Everyone takes paper and a pen. No photos are allowed. 2. Guests have two minutes to draw the couple from memory. 3. On three, all the drawings go up to the camera. 4. The bride picks the best likeness and the bravest attempt. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 6 min. Props: paper and a pen each.
Mailed Recipe Cards, Opened on Camera 1. Two weeks ahead, mail each guest a blank recipe card and a stamped envelope addressed to the bride. 2. Guests write a favorite recipe, leave off their name and mail it back. 3. On the call, the bride opens the cards one by one and reads each title. 4. She guesses who sent it, and the sender unmutes to say yes or no. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 15 min. Props: recipe cards and stamped envelopes, mailed ahead.
The Old Rhyme Fetch, Four Rounds on Camera 1. Tell guests they will fetch four things from their own home, one at a time. 2. Call "something old". The first guest back on camera holding one scores a point, and says in a sentence what it is. 3. Repeat for something new, something borrowed and something blue. 4. Most points wins. Guests stay muted between rounds so that the host can be heard. Players: 3 to 30. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
One-Sentence Wishes, Unmuted in Turn 1. The host posts the order of names in the chat. 2. Each guest unmutes in turn and gives the bride one wish in one sentence. 3. A helper types every wish into a document as it is said. 4. The bride receives the full page after the call. Nobody wins this round. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 10 min. Props: none.
Raise the Hand the Story Says 1. The host reads a story about the bride that is full of the words left and right. 2. At every "left" guests raise their left hand to the camera, and at every "right" their right. 3. A guest who raises the wrong hand, or none, turns their camera off and watches. 4. The last camera on wins. Read faster in the final paragraph. Players: 4 to 30. Time: 8 min. Props: a left-right story.
What's Within Arm's Reach? Points on Camera 1. Guests stay seated and may not get up. 2. The host calls ten things one at a time, such as a pen that works, a coaster or a book. 3. A guest who can hold it up within five seconds without leaving the chair scores a point. 4. Most points after ten calls wins. Players: 3 to 40. Time: 8 min. Props: none.
Where Was This Taken? Photos Held to the Camera 1. Ask guests ahead of time to find one photo of themselves with the bride, printed or on a phone. 2. In turn, each guest holds the photo to the camera. 3. The bride has ten seconds to say where and when it was taken. 4. She scores a point for each one she places. The guest tells the story when she misses. Players: 3 to 20. Time: 15 min. Props: one photo each.

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-03 for a host planning a bridal shower, in our own words. Traditional shower games are described as one way to play, and house rules differ. Player ranges and times are our planning estimates, not measurements. Every game is alcohol-free and clean, nothing is staked, and none asks about a guest's age, body or money. No facts are stated, so nothing was checked against an outside source. Licence: own work