Bridal Shower - Recipe Party

I love the recipe shower idea! Mine was a kitchen shower, just because I did kind of need some new cooking stuff, but I did get an awesome cookbook.

As for other things to do, my MOH had a funny madlibs type thing that we did and I had to try to figure out who wrote which one while picking the winner. There was also a "how well do you know them" thing with old status updates from FB that got pretty funny.

I love that idea and I would be more than happy to attend. Thanks for asking ;-)

Eating is a big part of any shower I've ever been to. Sometimes a couple silly games are played, and then the bride-to-be opens gifts.

My girls brought their favorite recipes to my shower - they didn't bring the food... most of it was desserts, there were a few apps and entrees. (I love me some sugar.)

Depending on how big your shower is, you can do a potluck where everyone brings a dish and the recipe to go with it. The only thing is you risk having a lot of the same thing.

You can still have people bring recipes and then do the regular shower stuff... mine was more so of an open house I guess. People came, we drank wine and ate lunch and caught up. There were old pictures of me all over the place which was hysterical. They also did pictures of me throughout my life and guests guessed how old I was. They also did a "he said / she said game" where they asked FH and I the same question, and guests guessed which one of us said the answer. It was a display shower so no opening gifts for me - thank God.

I love the how well do you know them type games! There is always that ONE person that knows way too much about you!

I had also heard something about a storytelling thing, where everyone comes with a few big memories of the bride written out and they all put it in a memory book for the bride - but before they add it, they have to get up and share with everyone. I'm not sure I trust some of my friends with that kind of freedom lol!

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These are all great ideas. And no prob, Paris - you can eat and drink with us anytime!