The quiz about the husband-to-be is always my favorite. You can ask a bunch of easy questions that she'll surely know and then throw in some crazy ones like what was his high school mascot, what was the name of his first pet, what was his favorite toy as a child, etc.
A game that is fun for all ages is BRIDE or the Bride's name spelled out on bags we decorate the bag according to the shower theme and each bag has a letter on it and it contains something that starts with the letter that the bride can use, say in the kitchen B-(baking pan, brush for the kitchen or grill, bread pan, bread box whatever starts with B) R (rolling pin, rubbermaid, ring holder) I (ice trays, icing caps) D - (dish soap, dish towels) E - (egg beater, egg slicer) just to give a few examples, we then give everyone a piece of paper and they guess what the bags contain just by looking at them. Whoever gets the most right wins a prize and the bride gets to open them all and keep them for her kitchen. It is fun to hear what people think up and it is safe for all ages. Good Luck - it seems there are alot of good ideas.
One I've played a few times -
Celebrity couple match up: You can use just the names or cut out pictures. Have the guests match up the celeb couples. You can include couples from every age group and even fictional couples (e.g., Fred and Wilma Flinestone).
Just a couple of thoughts. You might have the older, more seasoned folks bring their favorite recipe for the bride to be and put in a cookbook format ahead of time. At the shower they could all give their "recipe or ingredients for a successful, longterm marriage. The younger folks can write the letters of their own first name down a paper and then offer suggestions for future baby names one for each letter of their name.
Since you will have all ages, make a list of commericials and see who remembers what product it was for, such as "take a lickin and keeps on tickin..........Timex. You can sit a brainstorm with friends to get ideas or probably google it. Whoever remembers the most wins, save one for a tie breaker.
When I did the games for my friend who was getting married, one that I did was a "how well do you know the bride and groom". I had a list of questions, some easy, some funny, some a bit more difficult. Some were like:
Where did they meet? When are their birthdays? What day did he propose? Where were they when he proposed? What are the color of the dresses the girls will be wearing? What are their pet names for each other?
Try and get a few embarassing ones that will make the guests laugh a bit.
Some of the old fashion games are bride bingo-have guests fill out a blank bingo card of items they think she will open up during the shower.
Another one I have seen, it's not really a game, buta way to fill in some time (pending on how many people you have) Pass around a candy dish. Tell your guests to take some candy, but not eat it yet. Then once everyone has taken their piece/pieces, they have to give advice or tips on how to make a marriage work for each piece of candy they took. Some stories can be really funny.
We have played a game where the guests take a good look at the bride, have her walk around the room so everyone can get a good look. Then have her leave the room and ask questions such as "Is the bride wearing earrings, are her nails polished, is she wearing shoes, sandles, etc. How many rings is she wearing, Does she have on eyeshadow, what color is her shirt, the list can go on and on
You can make a list of items newly married couples will need, or use words that have something to do with a Wedding. You keep the master list.(Master list Groom) Then made a list and scramble the letters in each word and give a copy to each guest.(Guest list- rogom) You can have as many words as you like. Give the guest 5 mins to unscramble the words. Some words can be easy and some hard. The one who gets the most right wins a prize to be given to the bride.
Marjorie~
I went to a family bridal shower not long ago.. They played a game. They had typed out from family members on each side questions to ask the soon to be wed couple.. They had a big container of bubble gum in the middle of them. They handed out these questions to the people assembled for the shower.. When it came your turn, you would ask the question on the paper.. either to the bride or the groom.. If they missed answering the question right, they had to stick a piece of bubblegum in their mouth... Poor Brett.. He had a mouth so full of gum, he couldnt even close it. Hope this helps you... let me know.
Marjorie:
First of all, Congrats on gaining a daughter-in-law. Second, a game that was really fun at my bridal shower is take a tray that the bride can hold onto. On the tray there were some items placed on there in no particular order, then I carried the tray around and stopped in front of each guest so they could see what was on there. Then I would leave the room with the tray and the hostesses told the guests to write down what I was wearing. The tray was a decoy and everyone had a load of fun trying to remember what I was wearing.
Good Luck and again Congrats!!!
Melinda
Marjorie, I have a couple that I can recall over the years that were fun for all ages. One time I went to a bridal shower, and the hostess made the bride come up with a cake recipe off the top of her head. There were a bunch of ingredients sitting out on the kitchen counter, and everyone gathered around and put in their two cents worth. It was fun to see what kind of cook she was going to be. Of course it was baked and shared with all. The second one, I hope I can explain it. It was just the first letter of a word for a sentence, like 2 W T T W which would be 2 weeks till the wedding. or you could say L I A L B for Lisa is a lovely bride and so on. I saw that game in a bridal magazine and made up a whole page that pertained to the couple, it was a real hit. Have fun
My friend had two really fun games, that were not too corny, at my wedding shower. First, we all thought of a famous wife name (ex; jackie kennedy, marge simpson, lucy ball, ethel mertz, mrs.brady, etc.) We all put whichever name we chose on a name tag and put it on. We did some other things in the mean time. Then the host had us take a note card and stick our name tag on one side and on the otherside was a number 1-however many people you have. So, I had a notecard witht the number one on one side and I stuck my name tag on the other side. We all held up our cards showing our number. Everyone had towrite down each persons number and what their name was (if they could remember them). Whoever got the most right won a little prize. It was fun with out be corny.
We did one at my sister in laws shower. It was a spice guessing game. They went to this spice store in KC called Antone's. They bought some common (and a few not so common) spices. Also bought some nice clear glass spice holders. You pass around the spices, and guess from looking at them, what they are. You can't smell or taste. The Bride gets to keep the spices afterwards. I honestly can't remember the other games! I played one at a friend's shower that was a quiz on common things about the bride and groom (age, how many tattoos, where they work, fave color etc..) and you wrote down your answers to check etc... Just have fun with it! Good Luck!
I didn't read all your responses so hopefully no one has said these.I have been to alot but a couple of the most fun (I thought) were the toilet paper wedding dresses and Who knows the bride the best.The toilet paper wedding gowns is a contest.You break up into groups and each team pics a model and give each group a roll of TP you give a certain amount of time and see who can make the best TP wedding dress!
And with the Who knows the bride you can ask her a number of things not everyone would know and print those Q's out.EX: We had what's their favorite Dept store.You can make some of the Q's silly and embaressing.(And of course appropriate with your mixed age group.)That would give everyone on your side of the family to get to know more about her as well!And one that's really sipmle is printing out her full name and having them come up with something to go with each letter.You could do a wedding theme or something about the couple etc...One thing that's not so much a game but nice.I went to a shower where they passed out index cards and everyone wrote down a favorite recipe and they started a recipe box for her.
I went to Bridal Shower Games on the internet. And It came up with thios website that for 19.95 I could print out as many games as I wanted for a year. They have some wonderful simple games. Yes the bridal bingo was the best one, but we also did what is the Bride wearing. We had my daughter walk around and greet everyone, then she left the room. We passed out these questions like-What color earrings-What color shoes-Was she wearing a dress? and so on. Good Luck