Fun activities leading up to wedding

Escape room or paint & sip would be fun.

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im confused why offering her a warning about these pre wedding activities. So many people come on the boards devastated because BP members aren't coming to hang outs or engaging with meet ups. I think expectations mangament is really important during wedding planning.

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What's funny is that commenters are missing her point. She wants to plan certain activities with her wedding party. Obviously, she should have that conversation with them to make sure they are all on board.
I think it makes sense to just answer the question, as we are not sure of the dynamic of her wedding party. They may truly like pre-wedding activities. In that case, let's offer ideas and move on.

We didn't do any bonding activities in the months leading up to our wedding.. but we do have some out of town members of the bridal party coming into town a couple of days before. A lot of people in our bridal party already know each other or are related to us, so we've told them that we thought it would be fun to go to laser tag and then grab drinks with whoever would want to join. Totally not mandatory, but we figured we'd offer for the people that did want to spend some extra time hanging out with us before things pick up.

The other weekend we got most of our wedding party together (some are out of town so couldn't come) and we did a champagne tasting of 21 bottles. They helped us pick our toasting champagne and we had a great time playing Rockband and drinking (pretty common for us to do just not with champagne). I also just booked a surprise private beer tour for his side of the wedding party, and a spa and lunch day with my girls. We are doing a joint bachelor party, so I wanted us to have some alone time with just our side of the party.

Maybe you could do a tasting get together? Or a BBQ with outdoor games? I personally love doing activities with them, we hang out with them all the time anyways...now we just throw something bridal in there lol

I think it all depends on what you and your bridal party like to do for fun!

Our bridal party gets together often just due to all of us living so closely and being friendly with one another. We love to check out different breweries in the area, Do bonfires when it’s warm, get together for brunches, etc.

My FH and I also have an open door policy at our place. We have a monthly dinner night with a lot of our family and friends so our BP really bonded just by coming over the house and having a low key night. We love inviting everyone over and end up having the most fun just playing some games and having a few drinks.

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To be fair, she gave us very little info. And I think it's also a good idea to learn how to keep expectations reasonable. I feel like the OP got an even amount of ideas as well as caution, especially given the minimal nature of the question.

While I understand what PP were saying about not getting your hopes up about your entire bridal party wanting to participate in these activities, I totally appreciate what you're going for. I was just in a wedding in October and only knew one of the other bridesmaids. I met the others twice, but didn't get a chance to really connect with them since it was at the shower and the rehearsal with lots of other people. I was a little anxious spending the entire day with them all day on the wedding day. I would have definitely appreciated some other kind of activity to get more comfortable with the other BMs. If you have something like a Board and Brush in your area, I think that would be a really fun activity!