Bridal Shower Themes and Ideas

Bridal shower is the gift-giving party celebrated about a month before the wedding. There are a number of ways to celebrate a bridal shower and many people love to pick a theme for the shower. Bridal shower themes make the event more exciting and memorable. The gifts for the bridal shower may also have a theme that is pleasing to the bride. However, themes for bridal showers need not be the same as those chosen for gifts given in the party. Following is a list of some popular bbridal shower themes that will shower the party with joy and love.

Bridal Shower Food Theme

Since many brides have a favorite cuisine, food is one of the most popular bridal shower themes. You may cook the bride’s favorite dishes at home (yourself or by hiring a chef) or, if the bride is fond of some oriental cuisine, have them ordered from her favorite restaurant. To match the food theme, the gifts may also consist of delicious food items.

Honeymoon Theme

Honeymoon theme, or travel theme, is the best of all bridal shower themes for couples who are fond of traveling and who have planned a honeymoon beforehand. Such a party can be decorated by hanging maps, travel posters, and scenic images, particularly of the place(s) where the couple has planned to travel for their honeymoon. To match the travel theme, bridal party gifts may include personalized travel bags, suitcases, travel shoes, and other travel-related items.

Bridal Shower Holiday Theme

One of the all-time popular bridal shower themes is that of holiday season. Characterized by holiday decorations and ornaments, this theme works great for winter holiday season, i.e. when the wedding falls roughly around the winter holidays. The flavor of the theme can be complemented with homemade cookies, cider, and eggnog. Bridal shower centerpieces can be made at home with floral arrangements, large candy canes, festive holiday fruits and just about anything else you want!

Bridal Shower Recipe Theme

Recipes become good bridal shower themes when the bride is rather inexperienced in cooking. Presenting recipes on decorated paper along with bridal shower gifts makes the shower at once unique and useful. Spices and cooking aids can be given as complementary gifts.

Bridal Shower Fun Message Theme

A rather artistic and somewhat witty among bridal shower themes is the fun message theme. What happens is that you select a wedding related word, like ‘congratulation’ or ‘celebration’, and ask each guest to bring along gifts starting with an alphabet, from the selected word, assigned to him or her. This works great for getting a variety of bridal shower gifts.

Bridal Shower Tea Party Theme

Tea party theme is also a familiar one for bridal showers. When applied to a bridal shower, the tea party should use good china tea sets for serving tea. Decorating the place with flowers and balloons and cooking food items (sandwiches, pastries etc) in unique shapes (heart, ring etc) complement the theme of the shower.

Bridal Shower Color and Birthstone Themes

The favorite color of the bride (or the groom) and her birthstone also serve as good bridal shower themes. All you need is decorating the party with the favorite colors of the bride and/or groom. Complementary gifts for bridal shower themes of color and birthstone include jewelry items carrying the birthstone, often given in colorful jewelry boxes.

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