Throwing a bridal shower can be a load of fun, whether it’s traditional or creative, and especially if you incorporate a game or two to add an original and personalized angle to it.

Any party planner will tell you that the trick to throwing a successful shower begins with a great theme and has activities to get the crowd upbeat, connected and involved.

Set the tone and launch the theme from the beginning with the game setup on the invitations.

A good way to set the mood is by choosing a music menu that not only promotes guest interaction but also fits with the games.

Here are some ideas:-

1. Who Am I? Write the names of famous personalities on index cards. Attach a card to each guest’s back as she arrives. The guest must not know whose name is attached to her back. To find out, she must ask the other guests for clues. The first person to identify the correct name is the winner.
    

2. Bride Trivia: make up trivia cards beforehand with questions about the bride – “how did she get the scar on her knee?” “What was her first pet’s name?” et cetera. Read the cards out to the guests. The guest that answers the most questions correctly wins a prize.
    

3. The Purse Game: the hostess draws up a list of items likely to appear in a woman’s purse and allocates a point value to each item ranging from 1-5 depending on how uncommon the item is. An eyelash curler might be a 5 on the scale for example, a mirror a 3, and car keys a 1. The hostess might also decide to allow 10 bonus points for the guest who can produce the most outrageous item from her purse. The guest with the most points wins the game.
    

4. First Kiss: Everyone remembers their first kiss. The bride can kick things off by telling of the time she and her fiance first kissed. Then, each guest tells the story of their first kiss with their husband or boyfriend. Younger guests can tell a story of how they imagine that their first kiss will be like. Everyone then votes on the most romantic story and the funniest!

• Forbidden Words, Each visitor is given a paper clip and are told two words they must not mention (i.e. "wedding", and the groom's name). If they do, they lose their paper clips to the one who caught them mentioning the forbidden words. Whoever accumulates the most paper clips wins the prize! 
   

• Balloon Hunk, Each guest is given a balloon containing either a picture and/or description of a man inside it. After they’ve all been blown up and passed around, each one pops their balloon with a provided pin and whoever who finds the hunk is the winner!