How To Make Wedding Showers The Most Memorable Ones?

Wedding showers are parties that are hosted by the bride's close friends and relatives just before the actual wedding date. They are basically meant to add a fun element and also provide the bride with lots of gifts that would be helpful for the newly wed couple to set up their new home.

Planning The Shower Invitations And The Party

The wedding shower invitations are sent out by the bridesmaid with the maid or matron taking the major role. This custom is believed to have originated in the USA. People bring gifts for the bride and it is a custom to return their favor by giving return favors to all the guests.

The basic purpose of wedding showers is to give the bride some exclusive time with her family and close friends before entering the institution of marriage. It is a known fact that both the man and his wife will become very busy in setting up their new home, coping with new relatives and adjusting with each other, after the wedding. Thus, these few hours of relaxation with the family gives the bride the much needed respite from the tiring wedding rituals and rejuvenates her.

In the wedding showers, lots of exciting games are included. The aim of including games is to have fun together as a family. The wedding shower games should be planned in a way that it encourages everyone to interact and break the ice. Trivial questions about the bride and groom can be asked, memory games, making wedding dress with toilet paper games are a hit in these parties.

Some More Great Ideas

Here are some more popular wedding shower ideas, which you can use to make the party all the more interesting:

• Theme party: You can send the invitations with the theme of the wedding showers written in it. Examples of themes are: Kitchen theme, Decoration theme, Health and fitness theme. The guests will come with gifts which are in line of the theme. Thus the couple will have lots of their favorite things to start setting up their new home. As a host, you must know the bride's taste, likings and requirements in order to select the theme.
• Food and favors: The food should also match the theme. It should be informal in nature and should be a non-messy affair. If you are having a 'wine tasting theme', then some crackers, nuts and other nibbles which go well with wine can be offered.
• Some people prefer giving return favors as well. Do not make this a lengthy affair. A simple scented candle or a photo frame embossed with the couple's name makes nice gifts for wedding showers.

All in all, do ensure that the wedding showers are not boring affairs as the very nature of such parties is to relax and enjoy. At the same time also remember to keep these parties short and sweet as you certainly wouldn't want the bride and the groom looking tired on their d day.