What's in Your Purse Bridal Shower Game

How it works

In the what's in your purse bridal shower game, guests score points for what is already in their bags: 1 for house keys, 20 for a spare bulb for a lamp. Press Print this list for the sheet.

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Print one sheet a guest

The sheet opens on 25 things from four groups: everyday things, beauty and care, wedding finds and oddities. Pick 25 new things, under the list, deals another set. Press Print this list: each row prints with a box and its points, and the last line is for the total.

Score it at the table

Give guests a short time limit. They tick what they are carrying, add the points and call out their totals. Nothing is tipped out, and a guest shows a thing only if she chooses to.

Tips

Some hosts call it the what's in my purse bridal shower game. The sheet is the same.

Questions and answers

How do you play what's in your purse at a bridal shower?

Each guest gets a list of things that might be in a handbag, each worth points. Guests tick what they are carrying, add up the points, and the highest total wins.

Is there a what's in your purse bridal shower game free template?

Yes: the sheet on this page. It prints with a tick box and the points on every row and a line for the total. Choose Save as PDF in the print window to keep it as a file.

Which things are worth the most points?

The rare ones. An old thing, a new thing, a borrowed thing and a blue thing in one bag score 20, and so does a cutter for shaping cookie dough. House keys and a phone score 1.

Does anyone have to empty her bag?

No. The printed rules say nothing is tipped out and a guest shows only what she chooses. No row counts money, bank cards or medicine.

All 101 things

Everyday things 24

A book of crosswords, half solved
A bookmark holding a page right now
A hat or a cap
A highlighter or a marker
A magazine or a catalog
A napkin with a restaurant's name printed on it
A packet of sugar, salt or pepper
A pair of gloves
A pencil, any length
A phone, of course
A pocket calendar or a planner
A scarf folded small
A soft cloth for smudged lenses
A spare key that opens someone else's door
A tea bag still in its paper wrapper
A to-do list with a line crossed off
A toothpick still in its paper sleeve
A twist tie from a bread bag
A wallet, shown closed
A work badge on a clip
A wrapped straw from a drive-through
An envelope with nothing in it yet
An insulated cup with a lid
House keys, however many

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Beauty and care 23

A breath spray or mouthwash strips
A can of dry shampoo
A claw clip or a barrette
A floss pick, wrapped or loose
A headband, fabric or plastic
A jewelry pouch
A lip liner
A lipstick or a lip gloss
A makeup brush
A makeup sponge
A powder compact
A tube of mascara
An eyebrow pencil
An eyelash curler
The back of an earring with no earring
Blotting papers for a shiny nose
Cotton swabs
Double-sided fashion tape
Hairspray in a can small enough for a flight
Nail clippers with a file that folds out
Nail polish in any shade of pink
Three or more bobby pins
Tweezers in a sleeve or a case

Wedding finds 22

A dance card or a song request slip
A fabric swatch or a paint chip
A favor you took home from another wedding
A handkerchief made of cloth
A packet of birdseed or flower petals for tossing
A page torn out of a bridal magazine
A piece of jewelry still in its box
A pressed or dried flower
A program from another wedding
A reply card you still have not mailed
A ring you carry instead of wearing
A save-the-date card or magnet
A small bottle of bubble solution
A snapshot of the bride, on paper
A spare pair of earrings
A table number or a seating card kept from a past event
All four at once: an old thing, a new thing, a borrowed thing and a blue thing
An object that matches the bridesmaid dresses
Anything with the bride's name written on it
The greeting card you forgot to attach to the present
This shower's invitation, printed on card or paper
Your own wedding portrait, on paper

Oddities 32

A balloon, flat and unused
A biscuit meant for a dog
A cake candle, used or new
A camera that is not a phone
A clothespin, wooden or plastic
A cutter for shaping cookie dough
A fork, plastic or metal
A knitting needle or a crochet hook
A letter you have not opened
A magnifying glass, however small
A paintbrush with dried paint on it
A passport, current or expired
A piece that fell out of a puzzle box
A plastic room key from a hotel stay
A pocket calculator that still works
A recipe clipped from a newspaper
A remote control for a television that stayed home
A rubber ball, any size
A screwdriver or a wrench
A seashell or a pebble from a beach
A shoehorn or a spare insole
A single shoelace
A small padlock, locked or open
A spare bulb for a lamp
A tag from a suitcase, with no suitcase
A teaspoon or tablespoon from a baking set
A USB drive
A whistle or a small bell
An acorn or a chestnut
Loose batteries
The paper slip from inside a fortune cookie
Vegetable or herb seeds in their envelope

How this list was compiled: Written by the Game Night Generator editors on 2026-10-02: 101 things a guest may have in her bag, in 4 groups, each worth 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20 points by how rarely it turns up in a handbag. Own work; nothing was copied from another site. The point values are the editors' judgment and not a standard, and the game is a folk game with no official list. No brand is named, no medicine is on the list, no money or bank card is counted, and no row asks a guest to show something private: the printed rules say nothing is tipped out. Points are fixed and nothing is staked. Each row was compared with every other list on this site, the bag rows of the two shower scavenger hunts among them, with a leading a, an or the left out, and none repeats one: a plain object that another list names carries a detail of its own here. Licence: own work