Hi, Friend! Jen Glantz here. I’m a bestselling author, the first ever bridesmaid for hire and have been hired by hundreds of brides all over the world. Let’s talk 40 Unforgettable Bachelorette Party Games.
Planning a bachelorette party at home? You’re not alone! A recent survey shows that 68% of brides prefer hosting their celebrations in the comfort of their own space. As someone who’s planned countless at-home bachelorette parties, I can tell you that the right games can make or break the event. So, let’s dive into the world of bachelorette party games and make your celebration unforgettable!
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Take the classic icebreaker to the next level by focusing on stories involving the bride. Each guest shares three statements—two true experiences they’ve had with the bride-to-be and one convincing falsehood. Watch as hilarious stories unfold while guests try to separate fact from fiction. Award mini champagne bottles or custom lip glosses to guests who successfully fool the group.
Elevate this revelatory game with wedding and relationship-themed prompts. Provide each guest with 10 fingers (or themed drink stirrers) and create cards with statements like “Never have I ever kissed the groom,” “Never have I ever been a bridesmaid,” or “Never have I ever crashed a wedding.” For a modern twist, create a custom digital presentation with countdown timers between prompts, keeping the energy high and creating perfectly timed photo opportunities.
Create a comprehensive quiz that tests how well guests know the bride-to-be. Develop questions covering childhood memories, relationship milestones, favorite things, and future dreams. Use a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions for varied difficulty. Present results on a leaderboard and award the “Certified Best Friend” title to the winner with a custom sash or trophy that makes for excellent photo opportunities.
Craft engaging “would you rather” scenarios specifically tailored to newlywed situations. Create beautifully designed cards with questions like “Would you rather plan all future vacations or never have to clean the bathroom again?” or “Would you rather have an unlimited honeymoon budget but your in-laws join you, or a weekend staycation with complete privacy?” Track the bride’s responses for a hilarious reveal to her partner later.
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Elevate the classic Newlywed Game by having the bride predict her partner’s answers instead of simply matching them. Record the partner’s responses to questions beforehand, then have the bride guess what they said. For each correct prediction, she receives a small gift, but for incorrect answers, she takes a sip of her drink or performs a silly task. Create a custom scorecard template that becomes a meaningful keepsake after the party.
Transform plain white underwear into stunning bridal lingerie with professional-quality crafting supplies including lace appliqués, pearl beads, satin ribbons, and fabric markers. Provide design inspiration cards and create a proper runway experience complete with music and lighting for the big reveal. The bride judges designs based on creativity, wearability, and presentation, with the winner receiving a spa gift card.
Host a professional-quality crown-making session with premium materials including floral wire, silk flowers, greenery, and decorative ribbons. Provide instructional cards with different design techniques and crown styles. Create a dedicated photo area with proper lighting where everyone can showcase their finished creations. Package the bride’s crown in a keepsake box for her to wear at her bridal shower or rehearsal dinner.
Create custom-designed Mad Libs that tell the future story of the couple’s marriage milestones—from their honeymoon adventures to their golden anniversary. After completing these hilarious narratives, bind them into a keepsake book with photos of the guests reading their creations. This becomes both entertainment for the evening and a cherished memento the couple can revisit on anniversaries.
Elevate the panty decoration concept with high-quality undergarments in the bride’s correct size and a variety of professional decorating tools including fabric paints, iron-on appliqués, and rhinestone setters. Create template design cards with wedding countdown themes (“One week to go!”) and honeymoon suggestions. Package the finished collection in a beautiful lingerie organizer as a practical and playful pre-wedding gift.
Transform this classic game into a fashion design challenge by providing premium toilet paper varieties, fashion tape, ribbon, and accessory options. Divide guests into design teams with specific runway categories like “Beach Ceremony,” “Ballroom Elegance,” or “Destination Wedding.” Host a proper runway show where the bride serves as head judge, awarding creative titles like “Most Likely to Stay Intact During the First Dance” or “Best Use of Bathroom Tissue Technology.”
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Create a customized scavenger hunt featuring tasks specifically connected to the bride’s personality, relationship history, and wedding plans. Include challenges like “Recreate the couple’s engagement photo,” “Find something in the bride’s favorite color,” or “Create a human pyramid while holding the wedding date sign.” Use a dedicated app or hashtag for submitting photos in real-time, creating a digital album that captures the evening’s adventures.
Reinvent traditional charades with wedding and relationship themes. Create elegantly designed cards featuring wedding-related scenarios (“First dance,” “Cutting the cake,” “Mother-in-law speech”) that players must act out. Add a signature cocktail element where correct guessers earn ingredients to create a custom drink by the end of the game. The final creation becomes the bride’s official “signature cocktail” that can be recreated for the wedding.
Fill premium balloons with wedding advice prompts, dares, and small prizes. Create a structured popping sequence where guests take turns selecting and popping balloons with decorative pins, then performing the enclosed challenge. Include special “jackpot” balloons containing gift cards or premium prizes. Record each piece of advice to compile into a digital wedding wishes book for the couple.
Elevate the classic party game with a professionally illustrated, life-sized bride poster featuring the actual bride’s likeness and style. Create beautiful diamond ring cutouts that guests must place on the bride’s ring finger while blindfolded. Add an element of skill by having varying ring sizes worth different point values—smaller rings earn more points but are harder to place correctly. Award a ring-themed prize to the winner.
Host a dance-off competition where participants must demonstrate their best (or most ridiculous) wedding reception dance moves. Create category cards like “Father-Daughter Dance,” “Grandma’s Signature Move,” or “Disco Revival.” Use a tournament bracket system to determine the ultimate wedding dancer, who wins a custom trophy and the honor of teaching their winning move to the bride for her reception.
Design luxurious bingo cards featuring wedding-related terms and relationship milestones specific to the couple’s journey. Replace traditional markers with premium champagne gummies or chocolate-covered strawberries that players eat when marking a square. When someone achieves bingo, everyone toasts with champagne and the winner receives a mini bottle of premium sparkling wine to take home.
Transform empty wine bottles with custom labels featuring photos of the couple or wedding-related puns. Use rose gold, gold, or silver rings for tossing (matching the bride’s engagement ring metal). Create a progressive cocktail game where successful tosses earn players premium ingredients to craft an ultimate signature cocktail. Develop a scoring system where different bottles are worth various points based on distance and difficulty.
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Create beautifully designed cards with three tiers of wedding-themed truths and dares ranging from mildly revealing to hilariously outrageous. Players can either answer/perform the challenge or take a sip of their drink. Include special “bride’s choice” cards where the bride-to-be creates an impromptu challenge. Document the best moments and compile them into a digital memory book that’s shared after the party.
Elevate beer pong with elegance by using stemless champagne flutes arranged on a custom-designed table runner featuring wedding-related phrases. Fill glasses with different premium proseccos and rosés, creating a tasting experience within the game. Design a tournament bracket with team names related to the wedding, and award the winning team with mini bottles of champagne and “Pong Champion” sashes.
Create a comprehensive list of wedding-related trigger phrases or actions that might naturally occur during the party. Whenever someone says or does something on the list (like mentioning the groom’s name or showing off their wedding outfit), everyone must say “I do,” toast, and take a sip. Create custom “I Do Crew” drink markers so glasses don’t get mixed up, and provide elegant game cards outlining all triggers.
Provide premium stationery and envelopes for guests to write heartfelt advice and predictions for the couple’s future. Create prompted categories like “For your first disagreement,” “For your fifth anniversary,” or “When you need a date night.” Compile these in a decorative box that the couple opens at predetermined milestones in their marriage. Include a bottle of wine with a custom label for the couple to enjoy while reading the notes.
Modernize the traditional scrapbook by creating a collaborative digital memory book. Set up a tablet station where guests can upload photos with the bride, record video messages, and write notes using a stylus for a personal touch. Use a professional design template that incorporates the wedding colors and theme. After the party, finalize the digital book and order a premium printed version as a gift for the bride.
Create beautifully designed timeline cards featuring significant events in the couple’s relationship. Add blank cards for guests to predict future milestones. Arrange these along a decorative string with fairy lights and clothespins. Have guests collaborate to place events in chronological order while sharing stories about witnessing these moments. Photograph the completed timeline to frame as a wedding gift.
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Design custom cards where wedding-related phrases and romantic concepts are represented solely through emojis. Create different categories based on the five love languages (words of affirmation, acts of service, receiving gifts, quality time, physical touch). Award points for correct guesses and tally them to reveal which love language the group collectively speaks best—share this insight with the couple as relationship intelligence.
Create a beautiful jar filled with fortune-telling prompts specifically about the couple’s first year of marriage. Guests take turns drawing and reading these predictions, which range from heartwarming to hilarious. Include blank cards where guests can add their own predictions. Seal the remaining unread fortunes in envelopes to be opened on their first anniversary as a way to extend the bachelorette party magic into their married life.
Use the latest AR photo booth technology to create an immersive virtual experience customized to the bride’s personality and wedding theme. Design digital props, backgrounds, and filters specifically for the celebration, including inside jokes and wedding-related themes. Create a dedicated online gallery where photos are instantly uploaded and guests can vote on their favorites. Award prizes for categories like “Most Likely to Go Viral” or “Best Wedding Preview.”
Challenge guests to create the perfect wedding hashtag through a structured brainstorming process. Provide inspiration cards with common hashtag formulas, the couple’s names, hobbies, and wedding details. Create a real-time voting platform where submissions are displayed anonymously for everyone to rank. The winning hashtag creator receives a social media-themed prize package, and their creation becomes the official wedding hashtag.
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Select trending TikTok dances and adapt them with wedding-themed modifications. Divide into teams to choreograph 30-second routines incorporating wedding music, props like veils and bouquets, and signature moves. Use a professional lighting setup and camera stabilizer for optimal recording quality. Upload videos to a private account created specially for the bachelorette party, and present them on a large screen for the bride to judge.
Design a sophisticated app-based scavenger hunt customized with the bride’s photos, relationship milestones, and inside jokes. Create location-specific challenges around the home or neighborhood that unlock audio messages from distant friends and family who couldn’t attend. Include augmented reality elements that reveal hidden surprises when phones are pointed at specific objects like the bride’s engagement photo or wedding invitation.
Use artificial intelligence tools to help teams create the ultimate wedding reception playlist. Provide different reception scenarios (first dance, dinner service, dance floor peak, last song) and challenge teams to curate the perfect 5-song mini-playlist for each moment. Use a premium sound system to sample each submission, with the bride voting on winners for each category. Compile all winning selections into a master playlist to share with the couple’s wedding DJ.
Provide individual mini-cakes and professional decorating kits including piping bags, fondant, edible pearls, and gold leaf. After a brief demonstration of basic techniques, blindfold participants and challenge them to recreate wedding cake designs shown earlier. Award prizes in categories like “Most Creative Disaster” and “Surprisingly Wedding-Worthy.” Arrange all completed cakes on a display stand for a hilarious group dessert buffet.
Set up a professional mixology station with premium spirits, fresh ingredients, and proper bar tools. Provide recipe cards for classic wedding cocktails as inspiration, plus unique ingredients reflecting the couple’s tastes and wedding theme. Challenge guests to create and name an original cocktail representing the couple’s relationship. Have the bride judge based on taste, presentation, and creative naming. Document the winning recipe to serve at pre-wedding events.
Create a blind taste test featuring potential wedding menu items or the couple’s favorite foods. Divide items into categories like appetizers, main courses, and desserts. Blindfold participants and have them identify ingredients while rating each item. Compile the results into a “crowd-sourced” menu recommendation for the wedding. Award a cookbook or gourmet food basket to the guest with the most accurate palate.
Provide pre-baked cookies in wedding-themed shapes (rings, wedding dresses, cakes) along with professional decorating supplies including royal icing, edible markers, shimmer dust, and intricate stencils. Assign specific themes like “Wedding Color Palette,” “Honeymoon Destination,” or “How They Met.” Create a display board for finished cookies and have the bride award prizes for various categories before everyone enjoys the delicious creations.
Challenge guests to create sophisticated food or cocktails incorporating naturally blue ingredients like blueberries, blue cheese, butterfly pea flower tea, or blue curaçao. Provide recipe inspiration cards and necessary ingredients. Judge creations on creativity, taste, presentation, and how well they incorporate the “something blue” tradition. Compile successful recipes into a digital cookbook to send to all guests after the party.
Create a deluxe version of Pictionary with wedding-specific terms divided into categories like “Wedding Traditions,” “Honeymoon Activities,” and “Marriage Milestones.” Use a large drawing pad on an easel for better visibility and dramatic effect. Add a twist by occasionally requiring the artist to draw with their non-dominant hand or with the drawing pad balanced on their head. Award wedding-themed art supplies to the winning team.
Develop a sophisticated version of Taboo focused on wedding speech writing. Create cards featuring common wedding speech topics with “forbidden” words typically used when discussing them. Challenge players to describe wedding sentiments without using obvious terms. Record the best descriptions to help the bridal party with actual speech writing later. Award premium stationery or a nice pen to the most eloquent player.
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Elevate the traditional clothespin game by using decorative ring-shaped clips instead. Distribute these at the beginning of the party, explaining that saying the word “bride” results in surrendering your ring. Add complexity by expanding forbidden words to include “wedding,” “marriage,” and the groom’s name. The person collecting the most rings receives a ring-themed prize like a ring dish or jewelry cleaner kit.
Create an elegant version of musical chairs using seating decorated with wedding-themed elements. Play only songs that the couple is considering for their first dance or other special wedding moments. When the music stops, the person left standing must demonstrate a dance move that the bride might use during her first dance. The last person remaining earns a music-themed gift and the title of “Wedding DJ Extraordinaire.”
Use a beautiful decorative veil as the “hot potato” passed around the circle while wedding songs play. When the music stops, the person holding the veil must share their favorite memory with the bride or offer a piece of marriage advice. Add a twist by requiring each person to add one wedding-related word to a communal story before passing the veil. The final story becomes a humorous keepsake for the bride.
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