Gag Gifts for Wedding Showers
Gag gifts offer a pleasant alternative to the traditional wedding shower. In a relaxed room filled with friends, gag gifts provide humor and an evening filled with memories. Gag gifts can be personal or just humorous references to the state of marriage or the intimacy between the bride and groom.
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Honeymoon Suitcase
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Purchase a large suitcase and fill it with the gifts from everyone attending the shower. Wrap the gifts but place no labels identifying who gave which gift. Have fun with your purchases. The fun is in the anonymity behind the gifts, and that same anonymity gives you and the other gift givers the freedom to choose gifts that are silly or off-color. This gift gives the wife the rest of her life to guess who could have given which gift, says One Heart Weddings.
Co-ed
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Co-ed wedding showers open opportunities for poking fun at both genders. A ball and chain for him or dog whistle for her make for fun gag gifts. Household appliances and baby-care kits also make interesting gag gifts. An antique women's apron for her or a cane for him are also ideal. Poke fun at the traditional gender roles and social considerations of both the spouse and the wife. Additionally you can poke fun of the classic relationship issues the couple will face during their marriage.
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Intimacy
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Intimate gag gifts are most appropriate when all of the guests know each other well. These "include exotic lingerie, condoms, body candy, and how-to books", says One Heart Weddings. Less personal options include romance novels, suggestive clothing or a body massager. Poke fun at the virginity of the wife or the lack thereof. Avoid gifts that are mean-spirited or too extreme for your comfort level or the bride's.
Special Friends
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If the guests to your wedding shower are all longtime friends, you have the opportunity for a very special shower. Have each guest put together a gift representing a humorous memory she shared with the bride-to-be. These can be gifts that remind you of one of the bride's former boyfriends or one of your own boyfriends whom the bride helped you get over. They can also be gifts that remind you of something that happened to you both as children, if your friendship stretches that far back. Keep the gift light and humorous.
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