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This past weekend, I celebrated Mr. Tomato’s birthday by throwing him a surprise party. He’s never had a surprise party before, so he was indeed surprised! His face was of complete utter shock when he opened the door and a huge group of friends popped out. I couldn’t stop grinning. It was priceless.

I had planned out a photo hunt activity, and divided the teams…

Yesterday I went to a bridal shower for a bride I don’t know very well (I asked you previously what gift to give her), and as I sat with people I’d never met before, I felt a little awkward. Sure, going around the room introducing ourselves and how we met the bride helped, but I must say I forgot most of the names, only managing…

I’m not sure if I got the equation right… but in any case in honor of the weekend (and Miss Snow Pea mentioning her boxing workout) I wanted to see if any of your Miis wanted to wander over to my Wii and play! I know there are many avid gamers here on WeddingBee, and many are big Nintendo fans. My “Mii Parade” is pretty…

This is the deck outside of our venue (actually, this is the deck as viewed through a window. It felt like minus 30 last week with the wind and I really didn’t want to step outside. Not even for your benefit, dear readers).

This is where Mr. Broccoli and I will (hopefully) lead all of our little kiddie guests sometime during the reception and help them…

Jessica sent us a link to this puzzle game called Dream Day Wedding. I downloaded and played a bit of the free version. In the first level, you have to find wedding related items hidden throughout a room within the allotted time. I found them all, but I must admit it was a little hard! The graphics are good, and the items are well hidden.

Something…

With roots stemming from the early part of the 20th century, the dollar dance has long been a traditional part of both Polish and Italian weddings. Today this has grown into a much anticipated ritual with brides and grooms of many cultures, but has also become a question of etiquette.

I have been thinking about whether or not to include this in our wedding. I haven’t…

My sister incorporated some playful games into her wedding reception a few years back and I must say it was definitely an entertaining night. She had the usual games like “The Garter Toss” where the groom would go under the bride’s wedding dress and retrieve the garter by using his mouth. But she also had another rather risque game called “Egg in the Pants” where…

These are the finalists in the best bridal shower games contest - thanks to everyone who entered! Now it’s time to vote for your favorite game, and the winner will get a $50 gift certificate to Wedding Favorites!

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Entry #1 - Tina

One game I set up for my sister-in-law’s shower was called Race for the Ring… I bought several packs of girls’ party favor plastic…

Entry #1 - The future Mrs. G.

Last night was my bridal shower and my friends planned a great game for me. I am not much of a lingerie person and I told the women planning the party that I’m a “white cotton undies” kinda girl. On the evite they asked each person coming (and even those that weren’t) to provide a quote and I would…

Today is the last day to get your entries for Best Bridal Shower game in! The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate from Wedding Favorites.

Question:
I need bridal shower games/ themes. Something different other than the ones we would find by googling. ~ Lynn

Excellent question! I think the most popular game is the toilet paper wedding dress. When my sister had her bridal shower, all my sisters and I were on separate teams and my mother was the judge. When it came time to picking the winning team we were…

Entry #1 - Stacia

My aunts surprised me with a hilarious shower game. Stated in the invitation was for each guest to bring their pjs in a brown paper bag. As each guest arrived, one of my aunts collected the bags and put a number in black marker on the outside.

When the game began, each guest was given a piece of paper with everyone’s name on…

Entry #1 - Mindy

I don’t know the purpose of this game, but at my first bridal shower that my aunts gave me we played this. There was a large bowl of uncooked rice and a bunch of safety pins (closed) dumped in. Each person takes a turn being blindfolded and then they have a minute to dig out as many safety pins as they can.…

Entry #1 - Joy

For one of my college friends, the maid of honor wrote out “The Story of Jes and Jim” (bride and groom) and turned it into a madlib. We were all given sheets to fill out adjectives, nouns, verbs, etc. Afterwards, we took turns reading our completed stories. It was a lot of fun because we all tried to guess how the story…