To have a great wedding day, you must prepare a great theme, pick the best wedding dress, find the best bridal shoes, plan a great reception, and give out sweet and unique wedding favors. However, before you get to your wedding day, you get to have your bridal shower. Your bridal shower is that special event before your wedding day-a day to enjoy yourself and remember all of the times leading up to your wedding. Since bridal showers are special events, it is essential for your maid of honor and bridesmaids to plan it well, making sure that they pick a great bridal shower theme. Your bridal shower theme may be similar or close to your wedding theme or it can be vastly different.
If you have already set a date for your bridal shower and just need a theme to go with, then here is a good list of bridal shower themes you can use.
DIY: If you are on a tight budget, a DIY bridal shower theme will be your best choice. You and a couple of your relatives and friends can prepare the dishes and games. You can create custom invitations and decorations, and, to make the event cozier, you can hold the event in your or a specific friend’s house. Make sure, however, that the place is big enough to accommodate all of the guests you expect to come as well as a couple of extra, if you allowed your guests to bring one or two other people.
Lingerie: Get more open and wild by hosting a lingerie-themed bridal shower. As the theme suggests, the guests must be in their lingerie or they must bring lingerie as a gift to you. Hence, it is of utmost importance to invite only close relatives and friends. No “guys” must be allowed, simply for safety and personal measures unless they are discreet. For this theme, it is important that you and your guests are comfortable. It would be preferable to hold the event in a big room with carpet on the floor and lots of pillows. Light dishes are good for this theme, along with light liquor such as wine or champagne. Get into the mood and add candles for a lounge theme.
Around the Clock: In this popular bridal shower theme, you will ask your guests to bring things related to a specific time of the day. You can assign a time for each individual or draw stakes. For this theme, the food you serve must also be very varied. You can go for pancakes, eggs, and waffles to represent breakfast; sandwiches, cookies, and tea for an afternoon snack, and so on until you get to dinner. The decorations must also reflect the theme. One way to do this is by displaying several clocks telling different times or by using different plates for different items that you serve.
Chic: If most of the people you will invite are females or, if there are males that are fashion savvy, a chic bridal shower theme will be great. Have everyone dress up in their most fashionable outfits. You can even put on your bridal shoes before your big day, especially if you’ve chosen a different color such as silver wedding shoes instead of white. For decor, you can get several flower arrangements. Simply drop by a floral shop, ask for a good bunch of single flowers like roses, lilies, or daisies and put each one in their own individual and unique vase to decorate with. For food, light dishes like sandwiches, kebabs, and salads will be great. Then, hold a runway show or something fun and chic where you get to show off your outfits, shoes and everything else. Perhaps you can even show off your new silver wedding shoes as an added bonus.
Pajama Party: Contrary to the lingerie theme, a pajama party is both sweet and innocent. For this theme, you can treat your guests to some good drinks like martinis as well as a massage, pedicure, and manicure. This is great for a night of pampering yourselves and enjoying good talk with each other. Plus, you will feel really comfortable in your own PJ’s.
The wedding day is a day a lot of women look forward to. It is a great day that signifies your union with the person you love most. However, before you spend your life with your fiance, have some fun with your friends through the five bridal shower themes we shared with you.
