My little sister is getting married on May 6th. I'm her only person standing up with her, she doesn't want a bacholorette party but we have decided to have a bridal shower. Well I've never been a maid of honor and I'm not married, and honestly don't think I've even ever been to a bridal shower so I'm a bit lost.

What is done at a bridal shower? Is food except for a cake expected? Are games played? Do I need to get her a corsage like you do for baby showers?

This isn't a "traditional" wedding because she and her fiance have been together for five years and have 2 children together but we still want her to have the whole "wedding" experience.

Any advice, stories, or ideas are appreciated!

By Jann on Monday, April 4, 2005 - 07:54 pm:

You really can have it be anything you want it to be. Cake and punch, margaritas and queso, a full dinner. Is she registering for gifts? I have found a "round the clock" shower to be fun. Assign each person a time of day on their invitation, and the present they give needs to coordinate with that time. (can get really creative for those late night/early am hours!)
I am personally not a fan of party games. I had never even seen or heard of them till about 10 years ago when I went to a baby shower. No one had them when I was getting married or having babies. I would rather visit with my guests.

By Reds9298 on Monday, April 4, 2005 - 09:44 pm:

I agree with Jann...you can do whatever you want! I had an around the clock shower for one of mine and it really was fun. I don't like games either, and I like to hang out with the guests, too. Have you considered a couples shower? We also had a couples wedding and baby shower, but dh is very involved so it worked well for us. We didn't play games, just had a cookout, pix of us everywhere, a cake/punch, and gift opening. It was really just a fun party for everyone.
At one of my 'just girls' bridal showers we did play a game where everyone had to draw a letter out of a hat (A-Z) and tell me something that started with that letter that I had to pack for the honeymoon, then I wrote it down. People got pretty creative and it was funny. One other thing we did at that shower was gave everyone a 3x5 card (color coordinated to the wedding of course, LOL) and they wrote down one piece of advice about marriage. I still look at those to this day and think 'yep, so right about that'. That's kind of a nice keepsake for the bride.

I think showers are just like weddings...it should be personalized to the couple. Some people give out formal Godiva chocolates as favors and some personalized beer huggies!