Bridal shower themes?

trent13

I'm hosting a bridal shower for my friend in June what are some fun themes? I just went to a tea party themed shower and it wasn't that fun, a lot of women complained about trying to find a tea hat (tea hat was required) one woman even left her tag in her hat to return after the shower. I'm just looking for a really fun modern kind of theme any help would be greatly appreciated.

MobKaz

I'm not really sure you can "force" a theme.  And, I personally would try to avoid putting together any type of theme wherein you expect your guests to "dress the part".

Think of the bride herself and her interests.  Do her invitations have anything designed on them?  Are there birds, hearts, a special flower or other pattern printed on her invitations?  What are her wedding colors?  Does she love books, bicycling, gardening, or working out?

My daughter's wedding colors were black, pink, and white.  Her wedding "pattern" was damask, but her "signature" pattern is zebra.  We turned the shower into a zebra extravaganza, and used pink for the pop of color.  Party favors were zebra striped cookies; game prizes were all zebra printed, from notepads and pens to hair bows.  We served cupcakes in zebra print liners, and filled glass vases with pink, white and black candies.  I could go on and on.

On their own, many guests chose to wear either a zebra pattern in their clothing, or black and white clothing.  The majority of the guests wrapped their gifts in zebra print paper versus traditional bridal shower paper.  (Neither was suggested or required.)  All of the guests, however, knew the bride very well.

We are having a shower for my soon to be DIL in a few weeks, and for her, it's all about the shoes!  She bought her wedding shoes before she even looked at dresses. 

Think about the bride, her interests, her "whimsies" , or anything that makes you immediately think of "her" .  You'd be surprised how easily you can find all sorts of things to fit into just about any theme.

librababy

Why do you HAVE to have a theme. Just keep it within the wedding colors (which could be a theme initself with the colors, the decor, etc).

If you are looking for a fun theme: how about a spa theme. You could hire someone to come in and give manicures to each guest or just supply the items and guests can give themselves or each other manicures. Gifts bags could include spa type items for each guest to take home.

Ayntastic

The last shower I went to was themed "Katie's Kitchen."  The invites were sweet cards from Papyrus with kitchen gadgets on them.  We played a few classic bridal shower games including "memory" with kitchen gadgets.  The gifts the bride received were all kitchen items from her registry.  Shower was a brunch, party favors were assorted cute-shaped cookie cutters.  I liked the theme because it was low key, I didn't have to do anything special to attend, and the kitched theme tied everything together.  If you choose to do a theme, pick something that doesn't overwhelm the day.  Good luck!

klwaldorf

My MOH is hosting my bridal shower at the Melting Pot so that is a theame in itself.  But she is going along with the theme of the resturant itself for decor.  Very thing will be Paris themed in pink.