Find or buy a cute container or bottle and fill it up with candy, or safety pins, or anything having to do with the wedding or shower. Make sure you know how many pieces are in it before you seal it up. Pass the bottle around and have the guests guess how many pieces are in it. Have them write on a piece of paper with their guess. Who ever is the closest to the correct number of items wins a prize.

Before the shower, purchase several rolls of white toilet paper. At the party, divide the guests into two or more groups of 3-5 people. Each group must choose a model for their wedding dress (mothers of the bride and/or groom work wonderfully). The goal is for each group to design and fashion a "wedding dress" out of toilet paper. Accessories are allowed (earrings, bouquets, trains, headpieces, wedding ring, etc.) but they must all be fashioned out of toilet paper. Once the groups are finished, the bride must pick the winner of the contest and they all get a prize. This is a fun bridal shower activity. And brides love this contest for the wonderful photo-memories it provides. Take pictures!

Tell the guests and bride to pretend the wedding is over and it is the wedding night. The motel/cruise boat/etc. that the couple is staying in loses all electricity and the bride must prepare for her wedding night in complete darkness. Next blindfold the bride and hand her a suitcase. She must put on everything in the suitcase over her clothes. Put items in it such as sunglasses, men's underwear, big bra, work gloves, or anything else that may bring a laugh. When she is done take a picture. This is hilarious!

Notch each nametag with 10 tabs on the bottom. As each guest arrives, tell them the rules of the game: no one is to say the word "wedding" for the entire duration of the shower. If anyone hears another player say "wedding," they can tear a tab off the offending player's nametag. The player with the most tabs left at the end of the party wins a prize. At which point everybody shouts in unison, "1..2...3, WEDDING!!!" Trust me, it's hard!

A variation of this game is called, "Don't Touch It." Pass a small hair clip to each guest as they arrive. Instruct them to put it in their hair. The rules are no one is to touch their own hair. If anyone sees another player touch their hair, they can ask for the offending player's hair clip and place it in their own hair. The player with the most clips at the end of the shower wins a prize. Perhaps refraining from touching one's own hair is even harder than refraining from saying the word "wedding" at a bridal shower.

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I have a variation of the Cake Game.

DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAKE (answers in parenthesis)

Once upon a time a young man fell in love with a beautiful young woman. She did like him, however, he was a guy who liked to __________ (LOAF) around on street corners and __________ (SPONGE) off all his friends. Always being __________ (SHORT) of cash, he frequently dined on doughnuts and __________ (COFFEE).

He was very shy and with all the courage he had, he proposed to the young woman, saying, "Will you be my bride?" to which she replied, __________ (NUTS), not on your life! No one will ever see me at your __________ (WEDDING)!" This saddened the young man, but he did not sulk. In spite of her treatment, he thought her a perfect __________ (ANGEL), and each time he saw her, his heart turned _________ __________ (UPSIDE DOWN).

One day, as lovers will, he sent her a __________ (POUND) of candy tied with a beautiful bow. She returned it and he thought her heart must be made of __________ (MARBLE).

One day he met her on the bridge and asked her for a __________ (DATE). This time she turned __________ (WHITE) with anger and passed by. Looking down into the river, he said, "So this is the __________ (FRUIT) of my endeavors; my cup of sorrow is running over."

Then he jumped into the __________ (CURRENT) and when he was found he was placed under a __________ (LAYER) of sod.

(THE END OF A SAD, SAD STORY!)