Purse Scavenger Hunt
Divide the guests into teams of two or three. Provide each team a list of items to be found in their purses. Each item is assigned a certain number of points. The most likely found item such as lipstick is assigned 20 points. Whereas an item such as a rock is assigned 75 points. Can you believe at my bridal shower that one of my co-workers actually had a rock in her purse? It was her lucky rock and needless to say, her team won!

Don't Cross Your Legs
Each woman is given a clothespin to clip to the end of her skirt/dress. The purpose of the game is to NOT get caught crossing your legs at any time throughout the bridal shower. If one of the other guests catch you crossing your legs then she can grab your clothespin. The guest who collects the most clothespins, wins the game. You will be surprised at how natural it is for women to cross their legs so this will be a fun game to play as the bridal shower progresses.

A Wedding Word Scramble
Choose 10 - 15 words such as: Church, wedding dress, garter, rings, flowers etc., and scramble them up. Example: 1) ruchch = church 2) dingdwe sreds - Wedding dress. Give your guests about 10 minutes to figure out the words. The guest with the most words spelled correctly wins.

The Bride Leaves the Room
Ask the bride to leave the room. The guests are asked to write down ten or fifteen things about the bride such as what color is her hair and what are the colors of her eyes. Also, what color of clothing is she wearing, what kind of jewelry is she wearing or any other accessories. The guest with the most correct answers wins a prize.

Box of Recipes
When my sister got married a few years ago, my aunt gave her a wedding shower. When she mailed the invitations, she included a card for each guest to write their favorite recipe on. Then at the shower, my aunt put all the cards in a recipe box and gave it to my sister as a gift from everyone.

Bingo!
The best game we ever played was Bridal Shower Bingo. You make a blank grid to look like a bingo card. As the guests arrive, have them fill out the grid with gifts that they think the bride will receive. (As in the real game, Bingo, the free space is in the middle. You can write in the name of your own gift.) As the bride opens a gift, cross it off your bingo card. If you have five in a row, across or diagonally, it's Bingo! Give a prize to the first winner!

Memory
At my first shower, my aunt and cousin played a game for both my sister and I (we were also having a baby shower for her), but it is great for just a bridal shower. My cousin came out in a robe with a variety of things attached to the robe, i.e. napkin holders, place mats, hot pads, tongs... We had 1 1/2 minutes to look at what she was wearing, and then she left the room. We then all had to try to remember what she had on and write it down. Whoever had the most correct answers won a small prize, and all of the items she was wearing went to the bride as part of her gift.

How Well Do You Know the Bride?
Give each guest a note pad-size paper and pen. Have questions ready to ask such as, how old is the bride, her mother's name, what college/university/high school did she attend, her favorite soft drink, the names of her brothers/sisters, her wedding date, the colors of her wedding, her fiance parents names, what size shoe, her favorite color, favorite TV show/soap, etc. The guest that answers the most correct wins a prize. You will be amazed what people do or do not know. It will start great conversations.

Roll the Orange
You need a pair of pantyhose and 2 oranges. Put one orange on the floor and the other in one leg of the pantyhose. Tie the other leg (of the pantyhose) around your waist. The object is for you to swing your hips and hit the orange (that you placed on the floor) across a designated area in the best time. You could also have 2 teams and have a relay.

Commercial Jingles
Get about 10 commercial jingles before the party. Have each person write down their answers on a piece of paper. The one with the most correct jingles wins. Some examples: "Bleach for the unbleachables (Javex)" and "The Real thing (Coke)."

Questions for the Bride
This shower game can be used for a bridal or couple's shower. If it is for a bridal shower then the maid-of-honor should call the Groom before the shower and ask him all sorts of questions about the bride. Questions like "What was her very first pet?", "Who was her first kiss?", and "What high school did she go to?" At the shower everyone has an opportunity, including the bride to answer the questions. Whoever gets the most questions correct wins. It's fun to also read the answers the Groom gave and see how close they were.

Who Am I?
Each guest is sent a 3x5 card with their invitation. The guest is to type out a memory they have with the bride. They do NOT include their name. Then, at the shower the bride reads the cards and has to guess who wrote down that memory. It is a great game because it gives the bride a stack of memories and also allows "strangers" at the shower to get to know how others know the bride.

What's in a Name?
I had pre printed sheets of paper that had the Groom's name and the bride's name at the top. Guests were given four minutes to make as many words as possible using the letters from both names. Words had to be at least four letters long and no proper nouns. The two people with the most words each got to pick a prize.

How Well Does the Bride Know the Groom?
My shower was last weekend. Aside from the Bingo Game (which everyone loved), my future sister-in-law had me sit in front of the room (after I opened my gifts, while the guests were eating cake). She asked me questions about how well I knew my fiance. She had asked him the same questions the night before. If my answer matched his, I got a prize and if the answer did not match, she picked a guest's name out of a hat and they got the prize. It turned out to be pretty funny. The questions can vary, but here's what she used, just to give you an idea: What is his favorite color? Favorite restaurant? Favorite meal? Favorite band? Favorite song?
Where did you go on your first date? What is his middle name? His confirmation name? Favorite movie? You'd be surprised at how many I got wrong after being with this man for 6 years! For gifts, she wrapped lots of little things: potpourri, scented candles, etc.

Word Games
One fun game is to have each guest think about the household chore that they hate doing the most. Then, they write down on a piece of paper three reasons why they hate that particular chore (e.g. if the chore is dishes, they might writesomething like "because of all the crusty stuff you have to pick off."). Then, you pass the papers around until everyone has someone else's paper. Take turns reading the reasons out loud, but replace "I hate doing dishes" with "I hate sex because..." Its really funny what some people put!

Introductions
In each bridal shower invitation, ask each guest to bring a non perishable grocery item of which its first letter begins with the initial of their first name. Inform each guest not to wrap the item. Some examples: Teresa - tomato soup, Susan - sugar, Mary - Macaroni, etc. At the beginning of the shower, have each guest introduce herself as she presents her grocery item to the bride. This not only is a great way to introduce the guests to one another, it helps the bride and groom stock their pantry. Another version is to have each person bring their favorite recipe for the bride and bring one item listed in the recipe.

Price is Right
Before the shower, the bride-to-be purchases about 5-10 household items (ie. cleaning products, coffee, toilet paper & so on). At the shower, for each item three contestants are called and each is given a chance to guess the price of the item. The guest who guesses the closest to the true price of the item without going over is given a prize. A lot of people enjoyed this one.

Shower Cap
This is literally a shower game. The rules are simple: if you say the bride's name you have to wear a shower cap. The next person to say her name has to wear the lovely shower cap! It makes a fun picture.