Bridal showers are a great way to celebrate the bride-to-be and are a great way for her family and friends to be introduced before the wedding. Bridal showers are definitely less boring when you throw some games in the mix. Printable game templates are a great DIY and easy project. Save yourself some money by buying a download and edit it yourself. You can print at home or at your local print shop. This post will give you the best printable bridal shower games.
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Games with Competitive Fun
Who doesn’t love some competitive fun to liven up the party? Any of these games will have your guests competing to win. There are some nice bridal shower prizes up for grabs after all.
Ring Hunt
Ring Hunt is a very straight forward game. Grab some rings from amazon and hide them around the shower. Whoever finds the most rings by the end of the shower wins a prize.
The Ring Game
Put a ring on it is a competitive one. Have the guests put on a ring when they enter the bridal shower. Instruct them they must not say “wedding” or “bride” throughout the shower. If someone hears you saying these words they can take your ring. Whoever has the most rings at the end of the shower wins a prize.
What’s On Your Phone?
The What’s On Your Phone? game replaces the What’s in Your Purse? game. Your guests will get points for having certain things on their phone. Have your guests check off the items. Whoever gets the most points wins.
Guess How Many Kisses
Guess How Many Kisses for the Soon-to-be Mrs.
Set a jar of Hershey Kisses out and have the guests guess how many are in the jar. The closest guess wins a prize! You could put some cute little labels on the kisses and send some chocolate home with the guests as favors after the shower.
Who Has the Groom?
Who has the groom? is a fun and interactive one. Hide these cards around the room and the guest who scratches off the groom wins a prize.
Games to Help Guests Mingle
This is a great way to kick off a bridal shower. It’s a great way to get everyone on their feet and mingling with each other as they try to fill up their board.
Find the Guest Bingo
Give your guests a Find the Guest Bingo board and have them mingle around the room asking other guests if they fit the description on their card. The first to get 5 in a row wins.
How Well Do You Know the Bride?
Bridal showers are all about the bride. Games about how well you know the bride are fun.
Who Knows the Bride the Best?
Have your guests fill out Who Knows the Bride Best?, answering questions about the bride. The bride will answer them aloud and the person with the highest total wins.
Would She Rather?
See how well the guests know the bride with this Would She Rather game. At least the guests have a 50/50 chance with this one.
How Well Does the Bride Know You?
Find out how well the bride knows her guests.
Who am I? is a great bridal shower game and bride keepsake. Have your guests write down a memory they had with the bride. See how well the bride knows her guests by seeing if she can guess who the memory was with. This is a great personal game that the bride will cherish.
How Well Do You Know the Couple?
These next games are related to the couple and the wedding. She how well your guests know you both!
He Said, She Said
He Said, She Said is so fun and is typically played at the end of a bridal shower when the groom shows up to play along. Have your guests circle the choice that they feel best fits the bride or the groom. The questions will be read aloud while the bride and groom sit back to back and hold up a shoe for who they think best fits the description. This game is often played at a wedding reception as well.
Where Were They?
With this version of Where Were They?, you could hang photos of the couple while they were on vacation and have guests guess where they were in each photo. The person with the highest number of guesses wins a prize.
Where Were They (with photos)
With this version of Where Were They?, the photos are right on the card so you won’t have to print the pictures out. Guess where the couple was in each photo.
Over or Under is a fun one. Read the statements and guess whether you think the numbers are exact, over or under. The person with the highest total wins.
Games During Present Opening
Present opening can be a little boring for the guests. Try adding some competitive fun with this game.
Present Bingo
Present Bingo will have your guests entertained during present opening. Before the bride opens gift, have guests fill in the blanks with what they think she will open. The first person to get 5 in a row wins.
Something For the Newlyweds
These next items are not so much games but make great keepsakes for the couple.
Advice & Well Wishes
Advice & Well Wishes are always nice for the newlyweds to read and are perfect to have guests fill out at a bridal shower.
Recipes For the Newlyweds
Recipe cards are super popular for bridal showers and for good reason. How nice to have recipes from the kitchens of your favorite people. When you send out the bridal shower invitations, include these recipe cards to give you guests time to fill them out.
Date Night Ideas
Have the guests write down their favorite date night ideas to share with the couple. They can pick them from a jar later on.
Kiss the Miss Goodbye
Kiss the Miss Goodbye is a cute bridal keepsake that you could do at a bachelorette party or a bridal shower. Grab some lipstick options and have guests leave a kiss, writing their name next to their lips.