Bridal Shower Party

Bridal Shower Planning- How to plan a Bridal Shower

Bridal shower is a right time the bride to relax and enjoy. Bridal shower is an informal party that takes place two months before the big day. Though,bridal shower planning is not a difficult task, it should be done flawlessly otherwise you may lose or miss its purposes. Bridal shower has some purposes:

• Bring a time of enjoyment and relaxation for the bride

• Let the bride spend some time with her loved ones before getting busy with her new married life

• Help all guests to communicate with each other through some activities like bridal shower games and mingling

• To pamper the bride with love and care

If you are thinking to throw a bridal shower for your sister, friend, or sister-in-law, then you must go through the bridal shower planning checklist. This bridal shower planning guide will help you to get organized from the initial stage till the end of the event. This detail planning will help you to minimize your confusions and to handle some sudden problems that arise at the last moment.

• Set the budget first:

Set Your budget first. After that calculate the number of your guests and figure out the total number of people, who are going to attend the bridal shower including the bride and you. Now, make a detail plan or checklist of expenses. Set an amount for each aspect of bridal shower for example, venue, invitations, games, food, and gifts for winners.

• Make a decision about the venue:

Bridal shower is an informal occasion and therefore, you can arrange it at your home or backyard. This will save your money as well as your guests will feel more comfortable and casual than other venues like restaurant, community hall or garden.

• Decide about the theme:

There are many themes for bridal showers. Select the theme according to your budget. Simple themes like Tea Party, kitchen, lingerie, and breakfast would be better as you can organize these in an affordable budget. Avoid expensive and complicated themes as these require high budget and even guests also do not feel comfortable to come for these type of bridal showers.

• Decide about the way to invite:

As the bridal showers are casual, you can go for informal way to invite all your guests. Despite of formal wedding invitation cards, you can sent invitations through e-mail or could just call to invite all your guests. Rather both these ways Make Your invitation personal.

• Deciding bridal shower activities and timings :

Now, decide about the bridal shower activities. Make a check list for these activities:

1. Time of arrival

2. Duration for bridal shower games (decide about the duration of each game)

3. Time to mingle

4. Time to have food

5. Time to give gifts and favors

• Decide about the ice-breakers

Bridal shower games are useful to kick off and therefore these are enviable part of each bridal shower. Decide which games you want to incorporate in the bridal shower throw. While deciding about the game, select one complicated or creative game and two simple games as this combination of games is easy to manage and to stay in timeline. Reserve 5 minutes after each game to give gifts to the winners of the game.

• Bridal shower food ideas:

Usually bridal showers do not serve luncheon or dinner. As bridal showers are an informal event, the host serves brunches or breakfast. Finger food, crackers, beverages, tea/coffee, and bridal shower cake are incorporated in bridal shower food. Usually hosts prefer food items like sandwiches, burgers, vegetable rolls, pizzas, with tea, coffee, or wine, starters or soups, and bridal shower cake. You can make combination like this: 1-2 starters or soups, 2-3 finger food like sandwiches or pizza, tea/coffee or wine and bridal shower cake or pastries. This is a guideline to plan bridal shower food; you can incorporate food items according to the bride’s (and groom’s) taste.

These are some of the bridal shower planning ideas. You can make changes in it according to your budget or you can incorporate your own ideas.

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