Guess How Many Pieces Games
Bridal showers are nowadays means of an informal get together of family and friends of the bride and sometimes of the groom's also. Although, the intention is to shower the bride with gifts and love, it is essential that there are loads of fun and entertainment at the event. Bridal shower games are a good way to entertain the guests and have fun.
Guess how many pieces is a title of one such game you can play at a bridal shower. If there are about 20 guests at the bridal shower, the game should not take more than 10 minutes. It is a simple game, wherein you take a reasonably big container and decorate it nicely. Fill in some goodies in the container and seal it well so that nobody is able to see the contents inside.
Make sure you fill in some contents that would be useful for the bride later in her new home. You could fill up the container with safety pins, candies, chocolates, U pins, packets of stapling pins, small stapler, ball point pens, spoons, forks, handkerchiefs, etc. You could fill the container with any other useful gifts apart from this. Make sure you note down the number of each item you have put inside the container.
Pass this container to all the guests one by one. Each guest should be able to hold and view the container only for a few seconds. It is fine if the shake the container lightly. They would have to guess the items in the container and write down the number of each item on a piece of paper. The guest who guesses the maximum number of correct items wins the game.
It is difficult to guess all the contents and exact number of all the contents. However, it is fine if the winner’s guess is somewhere close to the actual number of each item. Also, the winner should guess maximum number of items correctly i.e. the number of each item written by the winner should be at least somewhere close to the actual number of that item. You can gift the winner with a small gift like a mug, pack of chocolates or any other small utility item.
Guessing the number of items hidden in the container is quite difficult. You can choose the winner, who guesses the maximum number of items correctly. This game has higher difficulty level and therefore, your guests may get bored if this game takes more than 15-20 minutes. So, make sure you will cover up with this game within 20 minutes and start with some very simple and more entertaining bridal shower game.
If you want to make this game more entertaining, then you can give some hints regarding the types of items and number of each item present in the container. To make this more entertaining, you can give hints in a funny way like acting out for the types of items and questions for numbers of item, like age of the bride, or her mother, or distance between two places, etc.
To make this game more entertaining in this way requires much preparation on the part of host. Therefore, you must start preparing for this game at least 15-20 days before the bridal shower party, so you will be prepared before hand. You can take help of any other person for this preparation. Your kids might be very enthusiastic to help in such matters. Make sure, you will write down all clues or hints you are going to give at time of playing this game. You must prepare different sets of clues for the types of items and number of items, to avoid your confusion.
There could be at least 5-6 games you could arrange for a bridal shower. The games should be short, easy to understand and enjoyable. You could even arrange small gifts for the winners, On the whole, make sure the games help to make the bridal shower fun event.