Bridal Shower Themes: Fun Ideas & Resources

The maid of honor is usually delegated the duty of organizing a bridal shower and to make sure that the party is as perfect as the bride could have hoped for if she'd arranged it herself. A dubious honor sometimes, because it can be so nerve-wracking. Your best bet to host a bridal shower that everyone will enjoy is to work around a theme that everyone can participate in. Stuck for theme ideas? The following list offers some fun and exciting themes that make for popular showers the bride will appreciate. Just pick a theme that works with the bride's personality and include elements of the theme she's chosen for her wedding.

Gourmet Bridal Shower

If the bride loves too cook and enjoys gourmet foods (yeah, like who doesn't?), this is a really fun type of bridal shower. Ask the guests to each bring a small gourmet dish to the shower - if the bride is having a culturally themed wedding, the dishes could be themed in the same way. So if the bride's wedding is to be an asian-themed wedding, everyone could bring oriental dishes and practice eating with chopsticks.

Presents in this type of shower can follow the same theme and provide the new couple with things they might not otherwise receive. Look beyond the tupperware and seek out particularly lovely items that will stock the kitchen or dress the table in a beautiful way. Look for specialty items like woks and pretty chopsticks, stoneware bowl sets, or hand-made place settings.

Want to add a final touch to the theme? Send out invitations that are in the shape of a take-out box, food, or hand-deliver invitations wrapped in an apron.

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Stock the Bar Bridal Shower

Especially great for young couples, this bridal shower theme will land the newlyweds with plenty of spirits! In the invitations, ask each guest to bring one bottle of alcohol. Wine, beer, spirits, or liquor - you might even ask guests to bring a particular type (scotch, tequila, etc.) so that the couple doesn't end up with 10 bottles of vodka.

Bridal shower themes can be fun and creative, it just takes a few ideas to get you going.

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