The process of marriage is filled with events. There is the engagement party and the rehearsal dinner, then the ceremony followed by the reception. That is a lot of mingling with a lot of people. That is why the bridal shower is so important. It is the one time in the whole march to the alter that it is ?just the girls?. It should be special right down to the bridal shower favors. There are lots of ways to make the day unique of fun, starting with the wedding shower favors.

Before you can decide what type of favors you will give you must decide what type of shower you want. For instance, if you want the very traditional tea party style shower, you might want to stick with a very traditional favor such as an ornament. Some of the more trendy favors right now seem to transcend the theme. ?Growing? favors are an example. Seed packets of perennials or small plants are an example of the type o bridal shower favor. They continue to live after the wedding (or start to live after the wedding in the case of seeds) and serve as a reminder of the day. With the tea party theme edible favors are a good and appropriate choice. Both those ideas for favors lends use two possible themes. If you liked the ?growing? idea you might want to go with a garden theme. Your guest can give things you and your husband can use in the yard or with the potted plants. If you like the edible idea then you can have a recipe theme. Have all the guest bring (on matching cards) recipes they use and small kitchen items, perhaps marinades, small kitchen tools or gift baskets with the non-perishable ingredients used in the recipe on their card.

Once you have decided on your theme and the wedding shower favors you can start with the fun stuff, the games. Now that you have your little table of prizes you must make sure you have enough for the games. Hopefully you will because the games are the real highlights of the shower. It works best to start with the less exciting games and end with the best one. Here are a few you can play.

The penny game is a good starter as it requires no skill at all. I?ll you need to do is put a penny under a seat then announce that the person sitting on the penny wins a prize. This is most fun for the person that hid the penny as she gets to watch a bunch of ladies looking under their seats! There is the clothes pin game. As the guests arrive pin a clothes pin on them. Tell them not to say the groom?s name. If they do the person who catches them gets their pin too. At the end of the party the person with the most clothes pins win. Then there is Guess. Fill a jar with a wedding related item and the person who comes closest to guessing the number of items win. Then there is the most fun game, Wedding Dress. Divide into two or more groups. Each group gets a roll of toilet paper and chooses their model. The group that makes the best dress (by vote) wins.

Remember this is the only time where it will be just the girls. You should try to make it special.

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