How to Plan a Wedding Shower

Some brides-to-be thrive on showers, while others would rather avoid the entire concept. Here are some ideas to help you throw a great party everyone will enjoy.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Invitations
• Flowers
• Wedding Shower Prizes
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Spiral Notebooks

1. Go in with one or two other people to throw the shower. Divide expenses and tasks to be done.

2. Discuss what type of shower the bride-to-be would prefer. The possibilities include a couples cocktail party, a midday luncheon or tea, or a shower for specific items such as lingerie, linen or kitchen items.

3. Choose a date, place and time for the shower.

4. Send out invitations four weeks before the shower.

5. Have guests RSVP to one phone number to prevent confusion.

6. Include the couple's registry locations with each invitation.

7. If the shower is a kitchen or lingerie shower, mention it in the invitation.

8. With the people who are helping you, plan games, prizes, food, drinks and decorations.

9. Prepare as much as you can ahead of time so you are free to enjoy the shower.

10. Have a pencil and paper handy so someone can record gifts and givers as the bride-to-be opens her gifts.

Tips & Warnings

• If the bride-to-be is uncomfortable with the traditional shower consisting of games and gifts, be creative and plan a cooking class, quilting bee or pottery-painting party where everyone participates.
• Always invite the mothers of the bride and groom.
• Plan only one or two short games or the shower will run too long.

[sarafahmy16]

on 5/21/2009 okay let me tell you how the wedding shower goes in egypt!we call it HENNA NIGHT (henna means tattoo drawings)as for a bride the wedding shower is the day before her wedding or almost 2 days earlier.what happens on that day???its almost a dance nite!! where the bride n her friends dance all day!! and there's this band (girls band) consists of( dJ,dancers, henna"tattoo" drawing)the bride dresses up in four costumes n for each costume there is a related song (for ex. indian costume or hawaiian costume or any oriental arabic costume )there are no gifts for the bride on that day.the gifts are given when the bride returns from the honeymoon as a congratulation on her new home and her new life!!

on 8/8/2006 Give an envelope to the person responsible for recording the gifts. As the bride opens her gifts, put the gift receipts in the envelope so they don't accidentally get thrown out with the wrapping paper and bags. When everyone has left the shower, tape all the receipts to the matching item. If the bride gets a duplicate item, or if she needs to return or exchange an item, she won't have to shuffle through receipts or keep up with them!

on 8/8/2006 Pass out the envelopes to the Thank You cards and have everyone address them with their name and address. This way you're sure not to forget anyone and it saves the bride a lot of precious time.

on 11/22/2005 Instead of using a notebook to record gifts, just write down the gift on the card that came with it, that way there is less writing.

on 11/22/2005 Tape a envelope to a smaller notebook to use for recording gifts. Put the money received in the envelope and there is no chance of accidently misplacing or throwing it away.