Wedding Shower

As far as timeline, I would say 3-4 hours, 2-3 if you aren't opening presents there in front of people.


Generally I would say light finger food, little sandwiches, punch, tea, coffee, squares and possibly a cake. Costco squares are great, and you can cut them in half for better portion and to stretch them a little.
I've been to showers where the games are the main part, and others where the games are less important. There was one where the bride and groom were asked a series of questions (beforehand) and the guest had to try and guess their answers. I'll never forget it because the groom's favorite "dish" was a bowl 🤦‍♀️.

I was recently MOH for a good friend and planned her shower (within COVID restrictions in Ontario at the time) - it was also my first time planning a shower!

It was a little bit out of the norm, but here's what I did:

It was in the afternoon, 2 hours. For food, I did cheese & crackers, cupcakes, and cookies. For drinks, I had bottled water, and individual mini champagne bottles for a toast. I pre-portioned everything onto individual plates so that guests could grab a portion without using communal platters/utensils. It was outdoors, chairs were 6ft apart, and I prepped a "shower kit" for everyone - so I did up gift bags and wrote each guest's name on them, and inside were the games, a pen, and a mini hand sanitizer. I got a set of shower games on Amazon - "what's in your purse", "he said/she said" and "how well do you know the bride", and then got a few Starbucks gift cards that the winners of each game could take as prizes. I also set up a little decorated area with a tripod so guests could take photos with the bride.

The timeline went:
- arrival - food/drink & chitchat - games & prizes - toast to the bride - gifts - exit - cleanup

Obviously, depending on when you have it and what restrictions look like for you, you could probably do food/drink more "normally". There are also different types of games that you can play, some are more hands-on than the ones I chose. And, of course, the disclaimer that this is just what I did and isn't necessarily the "right" way to do it!

In normal times it’s usually a couple of hours, you have some mimosas and cake and a few appetizers and treats and visit and play maybe 3 games? And then open gifts 😊


A couple good games:
- blindfolded make a cake (this can be done socially distanced) you have 10 red solo cups and have to create a 3 layer cake blindfolded. Whoever does it quickest wins.
- not corona friendly lol but the gift passing game where you have a billion layers of wrapping paper with a gift inside. You write something funny on stick notes on each layer so they have to pass to someone with pink underwear on or mismatched socks etc;