The groom will probably thank you for this one and every guy in town would even be willing to sell football tickets for an entry to this bridal shower! A roomful of girls with naughty thoughts on their mind is guaranteed to be a blast. Think of it as a bachelorette party without going out! Make sure the bride is sporting enough to play along and will not be offended before you plan this theme shower.

Lets Get Naughty Theme Bridal Shower Invitations:

• Send out invitations that read, “Let’s get naughty at X’s bridal shower”. Wrap the note around a banana for the perfect mood setter. If you are worried about banana’s rotting before you can deliver the invitations, substitute with cucumbers.
• Buy cheap G-strings and write out the party details on the g-string with a black marker. Send as invites. Note: Writing space will be scarce so you’ll have to be thrifty with words as well.

Lets Get Naughty Theme Bridal Shower Decorations:

• Use condoms as balloons.
• Use lace for tablecloth and to drape on chairs.
• Create ‘naughty plants’ by placing upright bananas and cucumbers in small planters filled with dirt.
• Hang neck ties and silk ropes as streamers.

Lets Get Naughty Theme Bridal Shower Food:

• Lollipops.
• Whipped cream on strawberry.
• Chocolate sauce on ice cream.
• Banana fritters.
• Finger foods.

Note: Don’t give out any cutlery. Let guests use their fingers to eat – a super naughty thing to do!

Lets Get Naughty Theme Bridal Shower Games:

• A male stripper would be perfect with the theme and great entertainment. Clear this with the bride beforehand unless you are absolutely sure she (and her guests) will be ok with it.
• A game of truth and dare would also work great. Just ask naughty questions and put forth naughty dares.
• Play the needle and thread game. Ask the bride to leave the room. Tell all the guests that all the comments the bride will make during the game represent her feelings on the First Night. Call the bride back into the room. Tell her the game is to thread the needle. You can hold the needle and give the thread to the bride. When the bride tries to thread the needle move it around a bit so she cannot. When the bride starts exclaiming, “stay still I can’t get it in” or “darn, missed again” the guests will be rolling on the floor laughing. Make sure you let the bride in on the joke after 5-7 minutes.

Lets Get Naughty Theme Bridal Shower Party Favors:

• Heart shaped long stemmed lollipops.
• Chocolate coated condoms.
• G-strings.
• Jokes or small games from an adult store.

The naughty theme isn’t for every bridal party or every bride. But for brides that are good sports it’s makes for a shower that everyone will enjoy and remember.
Copyright Andrea R. Britt, 2005. All rights reserved.

Every bride deserves to be pampered. This is her show after all. However, with all the wedding planning stress chances are she hasn’t had been able to do much of anything for herself lately. The Pamper the Bride theme bridal shower is a great way to give the bride a day at the “spa” and a chance to put up her feet and relax. Getting together with your closest family and friends and indulging in manicures, pedicures and facials is the perfect way to distress and detoxify. Guaranteed to be a hit not only with the bride, but all the girls present!

Pamper the Bride Theme Bridal Shower Invitations:

• Take a nail file and stick a piece of paper on it so it dangles like a scroll. Put down all the party details and roll up the paper. Tie with a ribbon and send out to all the guests.
• Use lipstick pencils or eyeliner to write out the party details on the invitations.
• Attach the invite to pretty loofahs and send out to all the guests.

Pamper the Bride Theme Bridal Shower Decorations:

• Light aroma candles all around the room to give a spa effect.
• Use large bowls filled with water and add rose petals to the bowl. Not only does it look visually stunning but also the room will smell amazingly fresh.
• Hand out rose scented wet towels to each guest as she arrives.
• Put up chimes for soothing, tinkling music.

Pamper the Bride Theme Bridal Shower Food:

• Detoxification is the name of the game. Serve sparkling water and fresh juices. Get recipes for drinks that include ingredients like lemon grass, ginger and fresh lime.
• Lots of fruits and salads.
• Herbal tea.
• Roasted and baked dishes are a good idea. Skip fried foods.
• And of course – chocolate. Sorry but if you are going to pamper the bride you cannot skip the chocolate! And a little bit of sin goes a long way.

Pamper the Bride Theme Bridal Shower Games:

Rather than games organize enough equipment so that all the women present can pamper themselves. You can even hire a manicurist or a masseuse to give massages to everyone. Ask the guests to carry their own brand of creams, lotions and face packs.

The idea is to create an atmosphere of a relaxed, luxury spa. In fact ask the guests to carry along their robes and flip-flops as well.

Mix up 3-4 different kind of home made face packs for the guests to try out. You could even mix up some potions to use as body scrubs, hand and face creams and foot creams. Put the contents into bowls and place the recipe in front of each bowl. Let the guests decide what their preference is.

For the bride, hire a beautician to give her the entire bridal package; a manicure, pedicure, massage, facial, bikini or Brazilian wax and everything else on offer. This could also be your gift to the bride for the bridal shower.

Note: If you don’t want to sponsor the manicurist / masseuse for all the guests it is acceptable. In such a case you can either give out flyers listing all the various services on offer and the charges. Another option is to introduce the beautician and let her state the services and costs herself once all the guests have arrived.

Pamper the Bride Theme Bridal Shower Party Favors:

• Scented luxury soap three orchid gift box.
• Perfect pansies luxury bath confetti.
• Scented bottle bath sea salts.
• Aroma oils.

Weddings can put a great deal of stress on the bride. Let her bridal shower be an event where she is pampered to no end and feels like a queen for the day.

Copyright Andrea R. Britt, 2005. All rights reserved.

Many brides are scared that once they get married, the romance will go out of the relationship. Wedding are all about love and romance and what better theme than to have a romantic bridal shower! This theme works super well for co-ed bridal showers. Couples get a chance to rekindle their love stories while singles have the perfect opportunity to meet the love of their lives.

Romance Theme Bridal Shower Invitations:

• Pink hearts, red hearts and some more pink hearts! Cut out pink heart or get red heart shaped balloons and attach the invite to them.
• If you don’t mind spending a little extra, send each invite with a single long stemmed red rose.
• For a little humor with the romance, buy pink colored glasses and attach the invite to these. Let the invite read, “Join us for an evening of viewing the world through rose colored glasses. Celebrating the spirit of romance and love.”

Romance Theme Bridal Shower Decorations:

• The regular stuff goes without saying: red heart shaped balloons, pink hearts, red roses.
• To add a unique touch, light rose scented candles and place them all around the room.
• Using transparent fabric like Organza in gold and silver to drape chairs and tables gives a fairytale romance feeling to the party.
• You can also create a romantic ambience by adding some romantic music.

Romance Theme Bridal Shower Food:

• Champagne and strawberries.
• Chocolate or cheese fondue.
• Aphrodisiacs like oysters, caviar and papaya. (This is mighty harsh on the pocket so watch your budget before you indulge!)
• Serve passion purple cocktails. Strawberry margaritas would also be perfect.

Romance Theme Bridal Shower Games:

• Put down a few words like love, thee, friend, passion, tender. Ask the guests to write a poem using all the given words. The best poem wins!
• Ask the guest to suggest an ultra romantic way to propose. The best proposal wins. If you are having a couple’s shower, ask the couples to share their own proposal experiences. The real life most romantic proposal wins.
• Give each guest a heart shaped paper and ask her to write down a piece of advice to keep the romance alive in a marriage. Tie all the hearts with a ribbon and put them in a keepsake box. Present to the bride as her bridal shower gift.
• If you are having a co-ed shower the balloon game works really well. Give each couple a heart shaped balloon and ask them to hold it between them – no hands allowed. They must use the rest of the body to keep the balloon up. Put on some music and get the couples to dance without dropping the balloon. The couple who keeps the balloon up longest, wins!

Romance Theme Bridal Shower Party Favors:

• Heart charm gourmet chocolate kit.
• Personalized heart shaped message in a bottle favor.
• Chrome heart love letter opener in gift box.
• Solid heart wine bottle stopper.

The romance themed wedding shower theme can be more about pleasing the guests than the bride herself. Often the bride and groom are already deeply experiencing romance. The romantic bridal shower can be a way for them to share that joy with friends and family.

Copyright Andrea R. Britt, 2005. All rights reserved.