Virtual Bridal Shower Ideas

There’s a few bridal shower games that would work over zoom. Example: who knows the bride the best. You could email the questions before zoom to make it convenient. Virtual happy hour is also a thing so you each could have your own drinks and mingle over zoom as if you were in person

View Quoted Comment Thanks. Of the ones who have said they’d prefer an invite to a virtual shower, I like the idea of happy hour. Hah, maybe call it Happy Shower. Yes I’m a dork who likes a good pun. I like the idea of sending to questions ahead of time.

Mine was a combination of a drive through shower and a zoom, which you could do for your friends who'd rather attend virtually if they live nearby. You could even do the drive through with just those friends, and then have them join the gift-opening/game part of the shower over Zoom while everyone else is there with you.
The drive-through was one hour. People drove up, someone took their gifts and advice cards if they brought them and gave them some desserts, a mini bottle of champagne, and a bingo card. Then there was a break and the zoom part started an hour later. I think the people who were only going to the zoom were emailed a bingo* card. For the zoom, my fmil made a video/slideshow with pictures of us with music, and then it was mostly opening gifts. A lot of them had been shipped ahead of time, and my mom wrapped the ones that arrived unwrapped.

*bridal shower bingo: everyone is given an empty bingo card and they fill it out with gifts they think might be opened at the shower. As the bride opens the gifts, the guests cross things off the same way you would with numbers in normal bingo. Eventually, someone wins a prize. At my shower, it was something that could be emailed, I'm guessing a gift card of some sort.

So based on the tiniest bit of information I’ve been given by my bridesmaids, they’re planning a virtual shower. Gifts and cards can either be mailed to me or my one bridesmaid’s house before hand. She’s going to decorate a room in her house and anyone who is local is welcome to come in person.
They mentioned games and opening gifts. And the winners will get digital gift cards emailed to them.

I should add that I’ve told them repeatedly that we don’t have to do any of the pre-wedding parties, especially with the covid nightmare. But they’re insisting on them. My concern is looking gift grabby and inconsiderate.

View Quoted Comment I have people asking me what we need though, and people want to celebrate us, so I think it’s fine to still have a shower. My mom got this super pretty photo booth backdrop for the in-person shower, we’ll probably put it up for the Zoom shower as well.

View Quoted Comment That’s totally fine! Yours sounds great and like a lot of time and love is going into it.
I honestly didn’t want a bridal shower to begin with and was told by everyone (family and friends) that I HAD to.
My own bridesmaid even admitted that she hasn’t looked at our wedding website and had no clue where we were registered. So if she hasn’t, I’m sure no one else has.

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I like Happy Shower also!