"Jack and Jill" Shower Games - The PASH Wedding Forums and Message Boards

Cheryl Galvez · #1 02-25-2006, 10:26 PM

In addition to food being served, games are usually played to entertain the guests. Nowadays, bridal showers are not limited to "females only." Today, many "wedding showers" are being thrown that includes both the bride and groom and their "couple friends" in what is termed as a "Jack and Jill" shower. The following is a list of fun bridal and wedding shower games submitted and tested by shower hosts and hostesses and enjoyed by shower guests from around the world.

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transferred post · #2 02-25-2006, 10:30 PM

Submitted by: B. G. of New Port Richey, Florida in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

Here's a game that can be played at the wedding or the shower. It's called "How well do you know your _____?". Set up four chairs in the front/middle of the room. Tell the the bride/bride-to-be that you are going to see how well she knows her fiance/husband. Then, ask for the fiance/husband and three other men to come to the front and stand in front of the chairs. Now, blindfold the bride/bride-to-be and tell her she has to pick out her husband by feeling the mens chests. She will feel each chest for a few seconds. After she is done, ask her if she thinks she knows which one is her fiance/husband. Whether she says yes or no, tell her that you are going to have her check again to make sure by feeling. Have the bride spin around several times. As she is doing this, have the fiance/husband stand on the chair. Now, when the bride goes to feel their chests again, she will be feeling the fiances/husbands area "below the belt" (the Grooms butt may be used for this also). Ask her if she knows now, and if she says yes, have her stand in front of her husband while he is still on the chair and take her blindfold off.

transferred post · #3 02-25-2006, 10:30 PM

Submitted by: J. M. of Swainsboro in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

To do this game you need a drawing of a man and a women or an enlarge picture of the bride and Groom. Make two lips and put tape on one side or use pins. Blindfold both the bride and Groom and spin them around. The bride and the Groom try to pin the lips closest to the mouth. The funniest part is when they don't.

transferred post · #4 02-25-2006, 10:30 PM

Submitted by: Susan of Green Bay, Wisconsin in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

This is a really fun game. We've even began doing this at our family "get-togethers" on Christmas Eve every year. Buy one gift for every 4-5 guests and wrap it entirely. The gifts should be little dollar gifts - nothing too expensive. Make each gift appear differently from each other. Put small items in large boxes, nice gifts in cheap-looking paper, cheap gifts in expensive-looking paper, etc. To begin the game, everyone is seated in a circle and the gifts are placed in the center on the floor. Use two sets of dice and a box cover to roll them. Each person gets one roll of the dice. If the person rolls doubles, they get to take a gift from the center. When all the gifts are taken, the games starts in the second round.
But now when the person shakes doubles, he is allowed to take someone else's gift from them (or choose to keep his own). This is where the fun begins!!! Set a timer for about 7 minutes. When it goes off, whoever has a present gets to keep it. Have everyone unwrap to see what everyone was fighting for. (Note: Another version of the game is to take the wrapped present, then unwrap the present, and when the second round begins you know exactly what the items are. There was one fight over a glass jar filled with M&M's at one party. Other gift ideas include hot pads, towels, kitchen juice glasses, cookbooks, kitchen utensils, stationery, bath soaps, candles, small plant, hand lotion, candy or nuts, magnets, etc.

transferred post · #5 02-25-2006, 10:31 PM

Submitted by: Susan of Green Bay, Wisconsin in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

This would be a letter from the Groom to the bride. Use fruits and vegetables to fill in the blank spaces.

My Love,

First, I want you to know that my heart (beets)
only for you. If you (carrot) all for me, then
why not ask your parents if they will (lettuce)
get married. Since we (cantaloupe), I suppose
you will want a BIG CHURCH WEDDING. Everyone
knows I am (plum) daffy about you. I am sure we
would make a happy (pear). Please do not (squash)
my hopes, because it is love, like I have for you,
that makes a (mango) crazy. You have been the (apple)
of my eye so long, and my love for you is as
strong as an (onion). I trust you will never
(turnip) your nose at me. If you do so there is
only one thing that I could do. I would go to
the nearest river (endive) in!!

All My Love,

transferred post · #6 02-25-2006, 10:32 PM

Submitted by: Susan of Green Bay, Wisconsin in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

Here's another "fill in the blank" cutesy story. I'm not sure on what the correct words are for the blanks. I'll do my guesses and see if anyone wants to verify or correct any. This one is called Heavenly High. You many use all of these words twice: Olive, Sprouts, Celery, Cantaloup, Tomato, Raspberries, Dates, Melon, Bean, Corn, Pear, Mushroom, Lettuce, Raisin, Turnip, Cucumber, Carrot, Radish, Strawberry, Grapes, Beet, Prunes, Peach, Plum.

To all newlyweds,

Everyone gives advice, so why should
we be any exception. First of all, as
you know, you (cantaloup) because everyone
wants to see the wedding, and if you (carrot)
all, you will both (turnip) at the church.
You may get the (Raspberries) at first, but
you're not such sour (grapes) that you can't
take it. To you sir, please take this advice
NEVER (beet) your wife. Remain cool as a
(cucumber). Remember she's a human (bean) too,
and a darn cute (tomato). She may not be a
(Strawberry) blonde, but she does have a (Radish)
tint to her hair, and you'll both make a (Peach)
of a (Pear). To Madam, a good wife always has a
sunny disposition. Never be (Melon)choly. We are
glad he has a nice job, and hope soon gets a big
(Celery). In closing, (Lettuce) say, this may be
a lot of (Raisin) and we're (Plum) crazy, or even
full of (Prunes), but we sincerely hope this (Pear)
will be blessed with five little (Sprouts). May
you spend all your (Dates) together and be in
love (Olive) the rest of your lives.

P.S. Kindly remember to do all of your necking
in the (Mushroom)

transferred post · #7 02-25-2006, 10:32 PM

Submitted by: Jennifer of Seattle, Washington in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

An interesting shower game that helps break the ice before involving the guests was quizzing the bride. I called the Groom's mother, brother, and a few of his close friends before the shower to ask him all kinds of questions. Some as simple as "what's your favorite food" and some more intimate like "how old were you the first time you...". At the shower, I quizzed the bride-to-be to see how well she actually knew her Groom. She failed miserably, but we all had some great laughs!

transferred post · #8 02-25-2006, 10:33 PM

Submitted by: A. Jedrzejowski of London, Ontario in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

Have a list of questions dealing with famous couples such as Sonny & Cher, Lucy & Ricky Ricardo, Edith & Archie Bunker, George & Louise Jefferson, Fred & Wilma Flintstone, Betty & Barney Rubble etc. The guest with the most right answers wins a prize.

transferred post · #9 02-25-2006, 10:33 PM

Submitted by: A. Jedrzejowski of London, Ontario in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

When the guests first arrive have them fill out a piece of paper with their Wedding date or if they are single their Birthday. The person with the date closest to the Brides wedding date wins the prize.

Cheryl Galvez · #10 02-25-2006, 10:34 PM

A co-worker of mine played this game at her bridal shower. It was more of a bridal and Groom shower since it was her and her fiance and their "coupled" friends. They played the classic newlywed game in which your partner is isolated in a room while you are asked certain questions by the moderator to test your knowledge of each other. The questions can get as easy or as risque as you want them to be but this game proved to be much fun!

Cheryl Galvez · #11 02-25-2006, 10:34 PM

In this game, it is the guests against the Groom. Compose a hat-full of questions concerning the bride such as "what is so-and-so's favorite color?" Pass the hat full of questions to a guest in which he/she will pull out a random question. The "moderator" poses the question to the guest who pulled the question and the guest answers the question to the best of his/her ability. Then, the same question is addressed to the Groom. If the guest answers correctly, one point is awarded to the "guests" side. However, if the Groom answers then he is awarded the point. The whole idea of the game is to determine who knows the bride more - the guests or the Groom.

Cheryl Galvez · #12 02-25-2006, 10:34 PM

Blindfold the bride. Choose five to six men to sit in front of the bride and guests. The bride has to determine which is her husband-to-be by feeling each man's knees or arm muscles.

transferred post · #13 02-25-2006, 10:35 PM

Submitted by: K. Freeman of San Jose, California in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

A great wedding shower game for the more adventurous is a Polaroid Scavenger Hunt. In between the regular bridal shower and the bachelorette shower we split the guests up into two teams and gave them a Polaroid camera (can be borrowed pretty easily), a 10 pack of film, walkie talkies, and a list of 9 sites. The only rules were that everyone on the team must be included in the photo and they had to do what the directions specified. One of the list sites was the ball room at the local McDonald's. Another was on the plaster lions in front of the library. One was at a certain bus stop. Whatever it is that is unique to your town or area. If you want to be a little more daring you can make one of the sites the Adult bookstore, or strip joint, whatever. As long as you split the teams so that people that know the area are in both cars, they will have fun. We went to the other site to set up and wait for our guests. They were laughing so hard over the walkie talkies and had a ball!!

transferred post · #14 02-25-2006, 10:35 PM

Submitted by: Dianna of West Monroe, New York in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

My husband's cousin asked me to be a bridesmaid. She met her husband in Canada where she had decided to overcome heights, so she decided to try sky diving. He works at the drop zone. He is a french canandian and his name is Gilles (pronounced like Jill but with a more 'sh' sound in front like shgill). We decided to have a co-ed party on a Friday afternoon since the wedding was in Canada and some of the people from New York wouldn't be able to come. Our invitations had a poem I made up. The invitation read:
Teresa and Gilles went up the hill to fetch a pail of laughter.
Teresa fell down and fell in love and Gille came tumbling after.

Then the invitation had the shower information inside. My father-in-law built wishing wells out of wood, which I stained and added flowers and a copy of the poem. These became our table decoration that we later gave away to the person who won the designated game for each individual table. Then I took small clay pots and painted them gold. Using heavy black gauge wire, I made a pail handle (had to drill small holes into the pot). Then, using tulle circle, I made tiny potpourri sachets. Tied ribbon around the top with a flower and a tag with Teresa and Gilles name with the date of the shower. I placed that inside the pot. Those we used as the favors. We played games that included the men. The biggest hit was the newlywed game.

transferred post · #15 02-25-2006, 10:36 PM

Submitted by: Kristie of Chicago, USA in our old BlissWeddings.com website.

This one works only if the groom is present at the shower. Take one pink toilet paper roll and one blue roll. Give the pink roll to the bride and the blue roll to the groom. The first to unroll their roll will be the one "wearing the pants" in the house! This is fun because it takes a few minutes to unroll, and you find that women guests at the shower will help the bride unroll her toilet paper so that she wins!

LadyFaile · #16 09-21-2006, 05:56 AM

one game that i've seen at bridal and baby showers that i really liked...

when the guests arrive, they each get a pin. for baby showers the pins are a paper cut out of a diaper with a safety pin. for a bridal shower you could use something wedding themed, flower or something. i think it could be used for a jack and jill just as easily.

throughout the entire shower, any time you catch another guest (or the bride and groom) crossing their arms, legs or ankles, you get to steal their pin. it's really hard to not cross anything, especially as the day goes on and everyone starts drinking or getting silly. at the end of the shower whoever has the most pins gets a prize.

i suppose one way you could turn this around on the couple would be any time a female guest catches the groom crossing, the bride gets a pin. any time a male guest catches the bride, the groom gets one. and to steal one of the other ideas posted here, whichever has the most pins when they run out gets to "wear the pants" for the rest of the shower. for extra kicks the pins could be paper cutouts of pairs of pants rofl