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A bachelorette party should be memorable and fun, a chance for the girls to let loose one last time before the bride-to-be gets hitched. Not sure where to start? Get your creative juices flowing with these 15 bachelorette party games from The Everything Bachelorette Party Book by Jennifer Lata and Shelly Hagen. Best of all, there's something for everyone, from the more reserved to the downright wild. Party on!
So you've planned the evening out. You have the stripper arriving at 10, you have your appetizers and drinks in the preparatory phases, you've got your music laid out? and still, you feel there's something missing. There's some downtime that you have nothing planned for. This is a major no-no called "dead air" -- one of the worst things that can happen to a faltering party. On the off chance your party starts to waver and you need some filler, have some games planned.
Bride and Groom Trivia
Trivia games are always fun. Although you'll have to do some research to set up the questions, the payoff will be worth it. There are several variations of this game. The first is simply Bride Trivia. Who knows the bride the best? The obvious answer may seem to be her family or her childhood friends, but that's not always the case. To set up this game, ask the bride some really obscure questions, like what type of shoes would she wear everywhere if it were socially acceptable? (You may be surprised to learn that your fashion maven friend would go barefoot -- or wear her ratty slippers to work if she could.) What kind of work would she be doing if she had the chance to go back and change her college major?
The second variation of this game is a take on the Newlywed Game. You'll have to get the groom involved here. Ask him some questions: Does the bride prefer silver or gold (or platinum) jewelry? Where did they meet for the first time? What was their first conversation about? She'll undoubtedly give one answer, and you'll read the groom's very different responses. This is an opportunity for everyone to be in on the betrothed couple's relationship, and it may be a real eye-opener for those who thought they knew the pair well.
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There are endless variations on the trivia genre. Where you want to go with it depends on the amount of time you want to put into planning it and the size of your party. If, for example, you and five girls are off to your cabin for the weekend, the questions and answers can be much different -- more intriguing, more intimate, more detailed -- than if you're playing this game in a group of 50.
In a more intimate setting, you can even extend the questions to everyone. As Question Master, you'll separately (privately) ask everyone the same questions, then gather everyone back together. Read off the questions, and then read the stack of answers without revealing who said what. Let everyone guess who gave which answer.
Since any wild party is going to include bottles and bottles of alcohol, you may want to put them to use and make the drinks a staple of your bachelorette party games. This is a win-win situation: You're filling time, and your guests will be so trashed after playing, they won't notice if you're providing any entertainment at all. There are so many drinking games, you probably couldn't play them all in your lifetime even if all you ever do is drink -- just take a look online. You'll get a list you won't believe.
