60+ Bridal Shower Games to Celebrate the Couple

Bridal shower games are a classic party addition for a reason: they give your closest family and friends an opportunity to get together, learn about you and your relationship, and have plenty of fun at the same time.

Since some of the attendees at these events are meeting for the first time, bridal shower activities are the perfect way to break the ice and keep the conversation moving. Like any other party, you want your bridal shower to be well organized and entertaining so everyone in attendance has a good time. If you’re hosting, make sure to also check out our guide on how to plan a bridal shower.

Bridal shower games

Games are great ice-breakers at pre-wedding events like bridal showers. Whether guests are meeting for the first time or simply getting to know each other better, playing games helps bring everyone together to create lasting memories. Find something that fits you and your guests in this list of top bridal shower games. Find even more free bridal shower game printables at the end!

Bridal trivia

Some games for bridal showers are more complex than others. This one keeps things simple, yet heartfelt. It’s time to find out who knows the bride best. Hand out this trivia card to bridal shower guests and challenge them to answer questions about the bride-to-be. Some of these questions also focus on the couple and wedding, letting attendees learn more about the celebrations leading up to the big day.

All you need is a color printer and some pens to pull off this trivia game! Make sure to have your bride answer these questions ahead of time to make scoring straightforward and easy.

Ring hunt

A ring hunt is a fun and interactive game that will send your guests on a scavenger hunt throughout the shower. The plastic engagement rings keep it on theme and a prize for the winner will keep everyone hunting.

After downloading this printable, all you’ll need is 24 plastic rings, some great hiding spots, and a prize for the winner. This is one of the best bridal shower game ideas to add some energetic fun.

Bridal shower charades

Get the bridal shower games questions going with a game of classic charades with a bridal twist. This game will break the ice and get guests laughing together as someone on their team acts out a wedding-themed clue.

Split your shower into two teams and have one player from each team draw a card. Give each team two minutes to guess the clue before the other group gets an opportunity for one guess. Then, it moves onto the next round. All you’ll need after printing these charades cards is a bowl to place the clues in and a timer.

Design the dress

When it comes to funny bridal shower games, this one’s right at the top. Design a wedding dress using only toilet paper. Divide the guests into teams of two or three, and give each team a roll of toilet paper. The teams will have a limited time to create a wedding dress for one of their members using only TP, as well as any accessories like ribbons, flowers, or jewelry if you decide to provide them. The judge will award points to each team, and the team with the highest score wins a prize.

The forbidden word

Give each guest a mini clothes pin at the beginning of the party, and tell them to clip it onto their clothes. They're not allowed to say any forbidden words, like wedding, bride, groom, marriage, etc. If someone hears another guest saying one of the forbidden words, they can snatch their pin and add it to their own collection. The guest with the most pins at the end of the game wins a prize.

Love lies

Also called “Two Truths and a Lie,” this hilarious game reveals each guests’ romantic secrets and lies. Ask each guest to tell two stories about their love lives, one true and one false. The stories can be funny, embarrassing, romantic, or outrageous. The other guests will have to guess which story is true and which is false.

You can use points to determine the winner. For each story, the guests will get one point for correct guesses and lose one point for incorrect guesses. The story teller will get ten points if nobody gets the right answer. The guest with the highest score at the end of the game wins.

Guess the memory

Looking for easy-to-arrange games for a bridal shower? This one’s up there with the best. When prepping for the shower, include a little card in the invite and ask each guest to write down a memory with the bride. The bride will have to guess which memory belongs to which guest. You can also adapt this game for different themes, such as aprons, cupcakes, or anything else. The bride will have to guess who brought which item and why.

Honeymoon hijacks

Each guest writes down an outlandish item on a card, which is put into a container and shuffled. Each guest gets a card that isn't theirs and has to explain how that item would be used on a honeymoon. The bride will have to rate each explanation on a scale of 1 to 10 based on how convincing, original, and amusing it is.

Where in the world?

Dig up a handful of pictures of the couple at different locations and hang them up around the room. You can number each picture and print out a sheet of paper. Guests can write down their guesses for the location of each photo, to be cross-checked by the bride, who has the master list of the correct answers. This is one of those bridal shower games ideas that might just have you planning a vacation swiftly after!

Who's more likely to?

This bridal shower game reveals whether opposites really attract or if the soon-to-be-wed pair are a mirror image of each other. Write down a short list of scenarios, and add two columns with the pair's names. Feel free to make these as adventurous or as funny as you like. Each guest works their way through the list, guessing who the bride and groom voted for each time. The winner is the person who guesses the most correct answers.

The newlywed quiz

How well does the bride know their partner? Find out by quizzing her on personal questions that you’ve asked her partner beforehand. You’ll need to ask some questions about their relationship, like “where was your first kiss?” or “what’s her go-to restaurant starter?” Record their answers on video, and save them for the shower. At the shower, ask the bride the same questions, and see if she can match her partner’s answers. Play the video clips after each question to reveal the truth.

Mad lib vows

Create your own hilarious version of wedding vows by deleting some words from them, then filling in the blanks with random words. The host will print out traditional vows and leave spaces for nouns, verbs, and adjectives. Ask each guest for a word to fill in each blank. At the end of the party, the bride will read the vows aloud, made up of everyone's random word choices.

Famous spouses

If you're in step with celebrity trivia, you'll love this bridal shower game idea. The host writes down the names of some well-known celebrity spouses of people like Beyoncé, Michelle Obama, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kate Middleton. She then gives each guest a card with a name to tape it to their forehead without looking at it. Guests take turns asking yes-or-no questions to the others, like “Is my spouse an actor?” or “Is my spouse alive?” The others will answer the questions and give hints until the guest guesses their celebrity spouse.

Wedding advice cards

Wedding advice cards give guests the opportunity to pass along advice and best wishes to the bride and groom as they start the next chapter of their lives together. Older guests, in particular, may enjoy passing along wisdom to the future bride and groom given their wealth of knowledge and experience.

This activity is also easy to set up. Just print the advice cards, lay out some pens, and then collect and arrange the advice cards in a photo album for the bride.

Date night jar

You can help prevent the bride and groom from ever running out of date night ideas with this DIY date night jar. This jar will come in handy when the couple needs date night inspiration. It is also a sweet and simple way to remind them to always put their relationship first.

Encourage guests to brainstorm at least one date night for the happy couple. You can provide examples to help guests think of ideas such as watch the sunrise, have a picnic, and go to a concert. Set up a jar next to the date night sign and cards for guests to place their date ideas in.

Flower crown bar

Entertain guests during a shower by setting up a dreamy flower crown bar. This fun activity lets guests accessorize their hairstyles with floral arrangements.

Flower crown bars are perfect for people of all ages and any size group. This hands-on addition to your shower will have guests feeling stylish and ready to pose for pictures. Consider setting up a DIY photo booth nearby for a photoshoot opportunity.

In addition to fresh flowers, you’ll need greenery, wire, scissors, and floral tape. Check out this guide on how to make a flower crown for simple instructions!

Recipe cards

Recipe cards are an easy and useful bridal shower activity that has the potential to become heirlooms for the bride and groom. You never know what delicious recipe will get put in the pile and possibly be passed down for generations to come.

After downloading these recipe cards, all you need to do is set up a station with pens and a place to display the completed cards such as a recipe box. That way, the bride can easily keep track of her new recipes.

Make sure to let guests know on the invitation to come prepared with a recipe so they don’t have to think of one on the fly.

Wine tasting scorecards

Toast to your future bride with a wine tasting themed bridal shower. See, swirl, sniff, repeat as you bond with other guests over a sophisticated bridal shower game. To really stay on theme, you can even add in a wine and food pairing station so guests can snack as they sip.

Guests will sample five different wines and rate them in five categories: appearance, aroma, body, taste, and finish. The wine with the highest average among all the guests wins. Try a blind tasting and see if guests can guess which wine variety they're sampling, then reveal the winner and the wine varieties at the end!

In addition to wine scoring cards, you’ll need wine glasses, and at least five bottles of different wine brands.

More free bridal shower printables

Looking for a few more of the best unique bridal shower games to play? We’ve collected some of our other favorites below, from couples bridal shower games to easy bridal shower games (for a truly stress-free day!) and plenty more.

• Let your guests learn more about the bride and groom with this Guess Who game from Morning Motivated Mom.
• Pop culture enthusiasts will love this famous couple memory game from Studio DIY.
• Hum along to your favorite childhood songs with the Disney love song game printable from Samantha Jean Photo.
• Help your guests mingle with an icebreaker game printable like Freebie Finding Mom’s Bridal Shower Discovery Game.
• These 14 free and fun wedding Mad Libs printables from PopSugar will add an entertaining and creative twist to your bridal shower.
• Staches and Tiaras by Craftaholics Anonymous is a fun game of his and hers.
• These bright colored bridal bingo cards from I Try DIY are perfect for summertime.
• This garden-inspired bridal bingo game from Elegance and Enchantment will help pass the time while the bride opens her gifts.
• Movie buffs and Disney fanatics will love this animated movie quote game from Clementine Creative. Perfect for a bridal shower with kids in attendance!
• Play a classic game of "He Says She Says" with this downloadable template from Aisle With Style.
• Add a touch of pink to your bridal shower with these pink and white bridal shower games from So in the Know.
• For a crowd with a sense of humor, try this funny bridal shower game from Happy Home Fairy.
• Have guests giggling with this floral bridal Scattergories game from The Flair Exchange.
• If you’re hosting a couples shower, try these co-ed bridal game printables from The Tom Kat studio.
• These bride or groom game sheets will have shower guests competing to see who knows the couple best. Get a free download from Kate Aspen.
• These watercolor flower games from Printable Market are perfect for springtime.
• Test your bride on how well she knows the groom with this newlywed game from The Game Gal.
• These tropical bridal shower games from I Should be Mopping the Floor include Put a Ring on It and He Said She Said.
• This emoji game printable from Play Party Plan is perfect for millennial brides.
• This wedding cake word game from Word Game World will challenge guests to spell as many words as they can using only the letters found in ‘wedding cake’.
• Writers and literary buffs will love The Story of the Bride and Groom game from Domestic Randomness.
• This blast from the past bridal shower game from This Grandma is Fun is perfect for older brides or brides who love the 1950s!

Free bridal shower printables

Still haven’t found what you’re looking for? Here are 16 more free bridal shower printables to dress up your event!

• Hang an Instagram sign next to your bridal shower photo booth so guests can keep track of the hashtag, like this free printable Instagram sign from Pretty Little Palace.
• Add a touch of sweetness to classic bridal bingo with these donut-themed printables from Aww Sam. Just add mini donuts!
• Hang these free printable jar labels from Eighteen25 on your date night jar.
• Create fun and flirty floral DIY hangings with this illustrated floral backdrop printable from Ruffled Blog.
• Pair these free printable drink tags from Mountain Modern Life with your wine tasting station.
• How about hosting a calligraphy workshop at your shower? This free printable worksheet from The Postman's Knock will show you how!
• If your bridal shower is kid-friendly, entertain your young guests during gift opening with this wedding-themed coloring book activity from Lovely Indeed.
• If you’re hosting your bridal shower at a restaurant, these drink tickets from Evermine are a great way to keep the bar tab in the budget.
• Use these 15 free party planning printables from First Day of Home to keep track of all the supplies you need for your bridal shower games!
• Is someone controlling the playlist at your shower? Let guests request a song with these printable song request cards from Elizabeth Anne Designs.
• Save money on a flower bar by using paper flower printables like these fall succulent designs from Lia Griffith.
• This difficult word scramble is full of misspelled Disney princes – perfect for the Disney obsessed bride. Get a free download from Designs By Miss Mandee.
• Blow some bubbles at your bridal shower for a perfect photo opportunity. These bubble labels in yellow and pink from Merriment Design will get you started!
• Use these love-themed raffle tickets from Miss Cutie Pie Goes 80s to give away prizes during the shower!
• This wedding movie matchup game from Fynes Designs will have you reliving all your favorite wedding centric flicks.
• Hosting a bridal shower around Easter? Set up an Easter egg painting station and use these printable easter egg holders from Lia Griffith so guests can keep track of their "eggcellent" creations.

We hope you’re well on your way to hosting a successful bridal shower with these game ideas and free printables.

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Bridal shower games FAQs

We answer your most-asked questions about bridal shower games.

How many games should be played at a bridal shower?

It depends on the number of guests and how well they all know each other but, generally, you should aim to play one or two different bridal shower games that last between one or two hours in total. Some of the most popular games include Bridal Trivia, Where in The World, and Bride Shower Charades.

How to print bridal shower games?

To get the most out of your bridal shower printables, be sure to select the "Fit to Page" function when printing. For printables that need to be cut out, be sure to use the crop marks for a clean finish. You'll find plenty of cute and funny free printable bridal shower games here to get you started!

What is the "Where Were They" bridal shower game?

Otherwise known as "Where in The World", the "Where Were They" bridal shower game involves displaying photos of the couple in different locations and having guests guess where they were. The bride confirms the correct guesses at the end. The guest with the most correct guesses wins the prize.