Non-Cheesy games for bridal shower?

spanglerwedding2012

I'm in charge of coming up with 3 games for my future S-I-L's bridal shower. The only game I've ever played at a shower was an icebreaker "how well do you know the groom" type game. She's been very clear that she wants games but I don't want it to feel too cheesy. Any ideas of something fun we could do?

LaRositaMonita

We did a bridal Mad Lib at my shower that was pretty funny and not really cheesy.  It's probably google-able.  There's also the ubiquitous bridal bingo. 

Beagle211

Bridal Bingo

Table quiz about the bride and groom.

Set a timer during the gift opening, and whenever it goes off, the giver of the present that she's holding wins a prize.

teacup0618

My sisters planned my shower and they did the bridal bingo (when you open a gift thats listed on the bingo card they mark it off and obviously win when they get bingo). They also made a wedding related word game where they used words like honeymoon and photographer and mixed up the letters, set a timer, and the guests who got the most words unscrambled in a certain amount of time won prizes. My guests had a lot of fun doing it! GL!

spanglerwedding2012

These are all cute ideas. Thanks ladies!

jelybeancg

At my friend's shower her BMs mixed up a bunch of different mixed drinks and they handed you a recipie card that had most of the ingredients and you had to taste the drink and guess the missing ingredient. The glass you tasted from was the favor.

brizzie918

Personally, i think the bridal bingo is really tacky. It's basically like- guess what all the presents the bride is getting! I know alot of people do it, but the last shower i went to alot of guests (especially the older guests) didn't have nice things to say about it.

1) I would do the fun questionnaires. The first being "how well do you know the bride".  Make up about 10-15 questions and have the bride answer them beforehand. Then print out the questions and give them to the guests. Whoever gets the most right wins.

2) Second, is how well does the bride know the groom. Make a questionnaire of 10-15 questions and have the groom answer them beforehand. Then at the shower, the bride has to answer the questions. For every one she gets wrong she has to shove a marshmallow in her mouth- it gets really funny at the end when the bride's mouth is FULL of marshmallows.

3) Another unique thing which i Loved was the stationary notes. Get a stationary set that includes a piece of paper with envelopes for every guest. Each guest write a tip of advice, a note, or just a nice endearing message for the bride & groom. Then, the MOH (or whomever) collects them all and puts each one in an envelope. After their wedding, mail them 1 envelope each month on their anniversary. Depending on how many guests (ex: 15 guests came), then for 15 months after their wedding, they will receive mail containing either a funny marriage advice tip or a nice note. I am still receiving our letters each month- and i usually forget they are coming- and it is so wonderful. I usually forget they are coming. Or the advice we receive is very creepy to the fight we may be having at that moment. It also takes me back to my bridal shower and just makes me really happy. So i thought that was a really unique/wonderful shower idea.

4) Another one is the toilet paper wedding dress game. I'm sure you know about that one.