Over 35 years ago my sister Jean was engaged and we played the best game at her bridal shower. When I was planning my future daughter in-laws shower, I really wanted to play the game again for her bridal shower.
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| The Dress the Bride game we played over 35 years ago |
We divided the shower guests into 3 teams, in our case that was 4 people on a team, and I was the designated judge. Each team picks a team member to be the bride. The team then received 3 rolls of toilet paper, 2 rolls of paper towels and a box of toothpicks.
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All the teams working hard to have the best dressed bride! (As usual I covered the faces of our guests.)
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I gave the teams about 30 to 45 minutes to make their bride a wedding gown. They can make it long or short, out of just paper towels, or just toilet paper, it is all up to them. The only restrictions are that they cannot use anything but the three items given to them.
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| Team one is hard at work making the ball gown |
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| This finished product had a rag knotted skirt and a long train. |
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| Team one's head piece |
It was so much fun to watch them work. Each team member took on a role, a designer or "seamstress", someone would make flowers, the bouquet, the train, or the veil. There was one person on each team that it seemed all they did was unroll the paper or, there was one person that all they did was pin the paper with toothpicks. It was true team work.
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| Team Two is working on their Mermaid gown. |
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| The gown has a beautiful rose at the neck and waist and embellishments at the flare. |
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| Team Two's bride had a long veil. |
As the teams started working, I had my doubts that a few of the gowns were going to look anything close to a gown, but low and behold, they pulled them off.
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| Team Three is hard at work on their tea length gown. |
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| Team Three had the winning dress with this tea length gown with a cross bodice, a braided belt with a flower, and a layered skirt. |
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| Team Three's head piece was a work of art. |
We had one gown that was a Mermaid style, one that was tea length, and one that was a full out ball gown. They were all impressive. And the guests had so much fun!
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| The prizes for the game were all dressed up! |
For the prizes for the winning team I decorated foaming soap bottles from "Bath and Body Works" with pearls and a veil. I just strung some pearl beads on kite string, and then cut some lace fabric for the veil and tied it to the bottle with kite string. They were cute prizes and what better prize for a "Dress the Bride" game than a soap bottle dressed like a bride?
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