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Parties & Showers

Wedding showers for couples, wedding shower games, engagement parties, bridal showers, bachelor and bachelorette party ideas, rehearsal dinners, hangover brunches… we’ve got ’em all! Check out these alternatives to traditional wedding parties.

Wedding shower game free printable: wedding tradition origins as seen on @offbeatbride #shower #games

Co-ed printable wedding shower game: can you guess these wedding traditions?

We love us some wedding shower games, and we got a great one from a reader recently that asks party guests to guess the origins of some popular wedding traditions. I then whipped up a printable version of the wedding traditions wedding shower game for everyone to print and use at your parties. Here’s the original suggestion and of course, the printable game sheet + answer key.

Unconventional bachelorette party ideas as seen on @offbeatbride

From zombies to nudie times: 15 unconventional bachelorette party ideas (great for bachelor parties, too!)

We’ve covered some major ground in unconventional bachelorette party ideas in years past (no plastic penises required!), but there are definitely some party plans that we hadn’t seen, including a few rad-as-hell ideas from readers. From zombies to “bawdy positive” burlesque to bonding nudie times, let’s see what offbeat recreation we can get into today!

How to plan an engagement party as seen on @offbeatbride

Timing, gifts, and guest lists: How to plan an engagement party

Are you recently engaged? Aw yiss! Now it’s time to start planning it all, including whether or not to have the totally optional engagement party. First: trust me that nobody will be bothered if you decide NOT to plan one of these babies. In fact, we even made a pros and cons list! But if you are (or someone else is throwing one for you — whooo!), here are our tips for how to plan an engagement party.

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“We’re doing this, bishes!” Should I have an engagement party?

Unless you’re eloping, you probably have to announce your engagement somehow, right? Maybe you’ll have a stereotype-toppling engagement photo session or maybe you’ll send out engagement announcements, or maybe… you’ll ask yourself, “should I have an engagement party?” Is it required? Hell nah. Can it be cool? Hell yeah. There are loads of pre-wedding party opportunities though, so here are some pros and cons to throwing an engagement party if you’re on the fence about this one.