Icebreaker Games for a Bachelorette Party
Your bachelorette party, also known as a hen party, is one last hurrah before you say “I do.” The games below work for any format: a destination trip, a virtual party for friends near and far, a wellness weekend, a low-key sleepover or a night on the town.
A bachelorette crew is often a mix of high school friends, college roommates, family members and coworkers, and not everyone on the trip knows each other. These games get the group talking before the louder ones start.
1. “Guess Who?” Jeopardy
Before the trip, the bride or maid of honor sends every guest a Google Form or a text with a few questions, such as “What was your worst date?” or “What is something shocking most people don’t know about you?” The answers go onto a custom Jeopardy board (a free site like jeopardylabs.com works). Players pick a category and a point value, then guess which person in the room the fact is about. Play in teams, pairs or solo; the most points wins.
2. Who Wrote It? (Old Facebook Status Edition)
Ahead of the party, the maid of honor asks each guest to dig through her Facebook vault for one to three statuses or posts she wrote in middle or high school. The more embarrassing, the better. Put them all in a PowerPoint and have everyone guess who wrote what, keeping score for a prize. For a drinking version, only the bride guesses: if she’s right, the group drinks, and if she’s wrong, she drinks.
3. What’s on Your Phone?
You need only phones, a pen and a printed checklist. Read out each item, guests check the ones they can find on their phone, and the highest total wins. Give rare finds more points:
- 1–3 points: a selfie with the bride, the wedding date saved in your calendar, a ring, bride or bouquet emoji you used recently, a fitness app, a restaurant or cab contact.
- 5 points: a photo of the bride in a white dress, a phone that isn’t a smartphone, being the first whose parent texts back during the game, having the fewest contacts.
- 10+ points: a flip phone, zero unread emails, battery over 90%, a photo of the honeymoon destination.
Play in timed rounds or with one overall time limit, and add up scores on the phone calculator. To save on printing, make the cards 5 by 7 inches, two per page. As a drinking game, make it a list of things to find, like a selfie or a “U up?” text, and whoever can’t find an item drinks.
4. What’s in Your Purse?
The same idea as the phone game, only with the odd things your guests carry around in their bags.
5. Icebreaker Bingo
Each square on the card describes a person: guests have to find someone at the party who admits to it and write that name in the box. The first to complete a row across, down or diagonally wins. It’s a good pick when the guests come from different friend groups.
6. The Clothespin Game
Hand every guest a clothespin to clip on her clothes when she arrives and announce a forbidden wedding word, such as honeymoon, dress or ring. Catch someone saying it and you take her pin. Whoever has the most pins at the end wins.
7. Two Truths and a Lie
Each player shares two true statements and one lie, and the group guesses the lie. It’s a laid-back warm-up before the more energetic games. The bachelorette twist: everyone shares two truths and one made-up “fact” about the bride, and whoever guesses wrong takes a sip. More ideas are in our Two Truths and a Lie guide.
Who Knows the Bride Best? Games About the Bride
8. Who Knows the Bride Best?
Before the party, the maid of honor asks the bride 10 to 20 questions about herself, then prints the questions for everyone. Guests answer on their own, swap cards, and mark each other’s answers while the bride reads out the real ones. The most correct answers wins a prize, such as a box of chocolates, a bottle of wine or bath products, or just bragging rights. The guest with the fewest gets shotski time. Ready-made question templates are sold on Etsy if you don’t want to write your own. You’ll find a full list of questions in the next section.
9. Bride Trivia (Drinking Version)
Ask the group questions they should know about the bride. Players drink after every wrong guess, and the bride drinks for every correct one. Collect facts about the couple ahead of time, including some that only the bride would know, like their favorite drink or favorite board games, and give a point per correct answer.
10. Drink While You Think
The maid of honor asks the group a question about the bride, and everyone drinks while they think of the answer. When someone gets it right, the bride takes a sip.
11. Bachelorette Jeopardy
Build five categories with five questions each, worth 100 to 500 points from easy to hard. Good categories:
- How Well Do You Know the Bride?: her priorities, history and personality
- The Happy Couple: relationship milestones and shared experiences
- Wedding Details: the venue, the colors, the wedding party
- Rom-Com Quotes: name the movie from a famous line
- Love Songs: finish the lyric or name the artist
Use a poster board with envelopes, a PowerPoint or Google Slides deck, or a template from Etsy or Canva. Split into three to five teams, phrase answers as questions (“What is…”), and add Daily Doubles and a Final Jeopardy round. Buzzer toys or buzzer apps on phones keep it fair. For a drinking version, every wrong answer is a shot.
12. Would She Rather?
Like Would You Rather, except guests guess which option the bride would pick. They circle their guesses, the bride answers at the end, and every wrong guess is a drink. The X-rated edition asks things like “Would she rather give a lap dance or perform a striptease?” For classic dilemmas on everyone’s phone, try our Would You Rather game.
13. Guess That Memory
A guest opens an envelope with a photo inside and recreates the pose, recruiting helpers if needed. The bride has to guess where the photo is from. If she’s wrong, she drinks. If she figures it out, the guest drinks.
14. Guess the Dress
For guests who haven’t seen the wedding dress yet: who knows the bride’s style best?
15. Love Story Map
Guests fill out a map of the couple’s love story to see who knows it best.
Bachelorette Party Game Questions for the Bride
Use these for Who Knows the Bride Best, Bride Trivia or a Jeopardy category. About 20 questions is a good length. Mix easy and hard ones so everyone can play, and tailor the rest to what you know about her. A little roasting is fine, but the point is for the bride to feel loved, so don’t pit bridesmaids against each other.
- What is the bride’s middle name?
- Who was the bride named after?
- When is the bride’s birthday?
- What’s her zodiac sign?
- What is the bride’s shoe size?
- Name all the members of her immediate family.
- What was the name of her first pet?
- Who was the bride’s first kiss?
- Who was her first celebrity crush?
- What was her best subject in school?
- What was her worst subject in school?
- What was the bride’s first job?
- Where was her first trip abroad?
- Has she ever dyed her hair? What’s the most adventurous thing she’s done with it?
- What is the bride’s go-to brunch order? How does she like her eggs?
- What is the bride’s go-to drink order?
- What’s her go-to karaoke song?
- What’s her favorite movie?
- What’s her hidden talent?
- What is the bride’s most irrational fear?
- What is her most embarrassing story?
- If the bride could become any animal, which would she choose?
- What was the first dish she learned to cook, and when?
- What’s the bride’s favorite feature about herself?
- Where did the couple meet?
- How long have they been together?
- What flavor did the bride choose for the wedding cake?
- Where are they going on their honeymoon?
Everyone answers on their own phone, the game reveals the answers and keeps score. Free, in the browser.
The Newlywed Game: Bachelorette Questions for the Groom
16. The Newlywed Game
Before the party, the maid of honor sends the groom-to-be a list of questions and collects his answers. You can also record him answering on video, which makes the reveal more fun. At the party, the bride answers the same questions first and the bridesmaids check whether she matches. Each match is a point. Drinking rules: if the bride gets it right, the rest of the wedding party drinks, and if she’s wrong, she drinks. Just don’t let the bride get too drunk.
A set of 15 to 20 questions is the sweet spot. Cover relationship firsts (first date, first “I love you”), likes and habits, funny moments they’ve shared and plans for the future. Mix sweet and funny questions, have someone take photos of the bride’s reactions, and end with a toast to the couple.
17. Quiz the Groom
The groom fills out a questionnaire before the party, and then the guests are quizzed to see who knows him best.
Questions to Ask the Groom
The best questions are tailored to insider knowledge about the couple, so if the groom always has the same stress dream or the bride collects something unusual, ask about it. Keep the list tame for a mixed crowd, or go bolder if your group is wild.
- When did you know you had fallen in love with the bride?
- When do you think the bride fell in love with you?
- What was the first thing the bride said after you proposed?
- Where was your first kiss?
- How soon after you met did you kiss the bride?
- Who made the first move?
- What’s one thing in your closet the bride would want you to get rid of?
- Where would the bride want your ideal honeymoon to be?
- If you had to eat one food for three months, what would it be?
- What food do you think the bride would eat for three months?
- What is the bride’s ideal pizza topping?
- What TV show did the bride most recently binge?
- What is the bride’s favorite novel?
- What is the bride’s biggest pet peeve?
- What’s one thing the bride can’t live without?
- What is the bride’s ideal date?
- What is her favorite dish to cook?
- What is her dream job?
- What is her favorite song?
- Who was more annoying as a child?
- Dog or cat? (Ask for both the bride and the groom.)
- Sweet or savory? (Ask for both.)
- Would the bride rather be hot or cold?
- Sunrise or sunset?
- Who would be better in an emergency, and why?
- Who would better handle an unexpected layover on a trip?
- Who is the better swimmer?
- Who is more helpful when building furniture?
- If the bride could live anywhere in the world for a year, where would she live?
- What is the one habit of yours the bride finds most annoying?
- What does the bride find most attractive about you?
- What do you find most attractive about the bride?
- What’s the one song that always gets you onto the dance floor?
- What is your most embarrassing moment?
- Who would be on the bride’s celebrity “cheat” list?
- Who is more adventurous in bed?
- What’s one thing the bride wants to try in bed?
Drinking Games for a Bachelorette Party
A classic drinking game with a bridal twist is an easy win. Most of these work with mocktails too, so non-drinkers can play.
18. Prosecco Pong
The classier version of beer pong. Play on a long table, a bit shorter than a regular beer pong table. Each team sets up six coupe glasses in a 3-2-1 triangle at its end (a bigger setup uses ten cups per side), half full of Prosecco so the balls don’t splash too much. Teams take turns throwing or bouncing ping pong balls (pink ones match the theme) into the other team’s glasses, and the other team drinks what’s inside. Agree on bounce shots before you start, and keep a cup of water nearby to rinse the balls. Empty glasses can be removed or put back in formation, depending on how hard you want the game to be. Clear all of the other team’s glasses to win. For an extra laugh, write dares on the bottom of the cups: whoever drinks that glass has to do the dare. Champagne works instead of Prosecco, and one bottle per game usually does it.
Another version: split into two teams of up to six, and when you sink a ball, you drink the whole glass yourself. Some groups just take the glass off the table instead of drinking it. The winning team gets a prize. Ready-made sets with 12 plastic Prosecco glasses and 3 pink ping pong balls cost under $20, and custom bachelorette cups work too.
19. Never Have I Ever
Go around the circle, and each person says something she has never done. Anyone who has done it drinks. To make it bachelorette-specific, tie the prompts to the couple: “Never have I ever hooked up with someone who has the same name as the groom.” It works best late in the night, when everyone is ready to spill secrets. Need more prompts? Try our Never Have I Ever questions.
20. Drink If…
A zero-prep game: someone reads a statement, and anyone it applies to takes a sip. It only works if everyone is completely honest. The bride can drink double, and it makes a good pregame at the hotel or rental before you head out. Play it in themed rounds:
- Get to know the bride: drink if you’ve known the bride for more than 10 years, if you’ve seen her cry, if you know how she met her future spouse.
- Fun and games: drink if you’ve ever played a drinking game, won at beer pong, been kicked out of a bar.
- Love and marriage: drink if you’ve ever been engaged, caught the bouquet at a wedding, been a bridesmaid.
- Wild card: drink if you’ve ever been fired, gotten a tattoo, sent a text to the wrong person, ghosted someone.
- Right now: drink if you’re wearing pink, if you were almost late with your wedding RSVP.
Printable versions let guests check off every statement that applies, and whoever has the most boxes at the end of the round drinks. Another twist: the first person to admit to 10 statements drinks a mix of everyone’s drinks. Keep the statements tame or raunchy to suit your group.
21. Truth or Drink
Truth or Dare with way fewer dares and way more shots. Write spicy, funny or awkward questions about the bride and her crew, like “Who was your weirdest crush in high school?” or “What’s the wildest thing you’ve done after midnight?” Answer honestly, or drink and plead the fifth. Custom bachelorette shot glasses make it more fun. It’s a great way for the bridesmaids to get to know each other before the big day.
22. Sixes
You need one die and six “cups” of different sizes, from a shot glass to a bowl. Roll, and drink from the cup that matches the number.
23. Medusas
Everyone looks down at the floor. One person counts down from three and yells “Medusa!”, and everyone looks up. If you lock eyes with someone, the two of you face off in flip cup, and the loser drinks.
24. Musical Flip Cup
Like musical chairs: the group dances around a table, cup in hand, while music plays. When the song cuts out, everyone flips her cup. The last one to land it takes a shot and is out.
25. Tipsy Taboo
At the start of the party, each player gets a secret card with a wedding or engagement word or action. Whenever anyone says or does your taboo word, you drink.
26. Buffalo
Perfect for a bar: everyone agrees to drink with her non-dominant hand all night. Catch someone breaking the rule, yell “Buffalo!” and she has to finish her drink.
27. Thunderstruck
While pregaming for a night out, put on “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC. The first person starts drinking at the word “thunder” and can’t stop until she hears it again, then the next person takes over.
28. Bachelorette Bottoms Up
A printable game to kick off a solid pregame before the night out.
29. Paranoia
The person on your right whispers a question in your ear, and you answer it out loud. Anyone who wants to know the question has to drink.
30. Lick & Stick
Each guest gets a playing card she can’t look at and sticks it to her forehead, by licking it or with tape. Two players face each other and guess whether their card is higher or lower. Whoever is wrong drinks, and winners keep facing off until one is left.
31. Shot Roulette
Line up shot glasses, some filled with alcohol and some with water. Each person takes one in front of the group, and the group guesses what was in it. Guess wrong and everyone drinks; guess right and the contestant drinks. A bigger version uses a roulette wheel with 16 or more slots and a matching ring of shot glasses with different drinks, numbered or color-coded. To keep the contents a mystery, mark each glass discreetly on the bottom or use dark shot glasses. For a progressive challenge, line the shots up from mild to strong, or attach dares to specific shots. Name themed shots “Something Blue” or “Blushing Bride,” and keep look-alike swaps for non-drinkers: grape juice for wine, ginger ale for beer, clear soda for clear liquor.
32. Bachelorette Roulette (Wheel of Fortune)
Make a DIY spinner or buy one, and give each player a shot glass. Players sit in a circle around the spinner. The bride spins first, whoever the spinner points to drinks, and play moves clockwise. The goal is to end up with the fewest drinks, and every drink counts, so choose carefully and pace yourself. Add a ping pong ball to mix things up, and keep going until someone calls it quits or the group moves on. Stock vodka, tequila and rosé, the bride’s favorites like gin, bourbon or her go-to cocktail, shots named after wedding traditions, and mocktails for non-drinkers. Write commands on the wheel, like “bride drinks,” “spinner drinks” or “everyone drinks,” or fill it with other drinking games, such as flip cup and Never Have I Ever, so the spin decides what you play next.
33. Plinko
Set up a Plinko board and attach a directive to each slot at the bottom, like “chug your drink for 10 seconds” or “pick someone to do a shot with.” Drop a chip and do whatever it lands on.
34. Pong Without the Beer
Each empty cup hides a question about the bride and groom. Sink the ball, answer the question in that cup, and drink if you miss the shot or get the answer wrong.
35. Bachelorette Jenga
Before the party, the maid of honor writes dares and challenges on Jenga blocks. Players pull a block without toppling the tower and do what it says.
36. DIY Bachelorette Board Game
Draw a board with tiles like “take a shot” or “truth or dare” and questions about the bride. Don’t forget the dice.
37. Float & Sip Challenge
For a pool party: each guest picks a float and a drink and has to stay balanced on the float while she finishes it. The last one dry wins, and everyone else takes a dive or a penalty drink.
38. Best Drinks for the Bride
A TikTok trend: every guest, solo or with a partner, creates a cocktail she thinks the bride will love. Bonus points go to creative names and showstopping presentation. The bride judges, and the winner gets a prize, like a free drink at the bar or a fun accessory.
39. Flip, Sip, or Strip
One player calls heads or tails and flips a coin. Call it right and pass the coin to the right. Call it wrong and pass it to the left, then either sip or take off a piece of clothing.
Ready-made prompts on one phone, from innocent to after-midnight packs. No cards to write.
Funny, Silly and Hilarious Bachelorette Party Games
40. Pin the Kiss on the Groom
The grown-up version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Hang a poster-size photo or a life-size cutout of the fiancé, or of the bride’s celebrity crush, at the right height (CVS, Walgreens, Target and even libraries print posters). Each guest puts on lipstick (neon or glitter shades pop), gets blindfolded, spins until she’s dizzy, and tries to plant a kiss as close to his lips as she can. Lip-shaped stickers work too, and with a big group, mark each kiss with initials. Dizzy guests end up kissing walls, furniture and sometimes other guests. For custom lip prints, use transparent sticker paper. The closest kiss wins a small prize or the right to assign a dare or hand out drinks. A miss can mean a shot. Let the bride go last, snap photos as the poster fills up with kisses, and keep it as a keepsake she can show her partner. The cutout also works for scavenger hunt photos and the photo booth, so the fiancé is part of the party even if he can’t be there. Some groups pin something more explicit than a kiss.
41. Paint the Fiancé
Sip and paint with a competitive twist. Each guest gets a canvas or a sheet of paper (or a mini easel), paint and brushes, and a set amount of time to paint the bride’s fiancé from memory. The bride judges, and the best artist wins a prize.
42. Makeup Challenge
Everyone takes a shot of the bride’s drink of choice. Then guests take turns doing the bride’s makeup as if she were getting ready for her big day. Mess up, and take a shot.
43. Naughty Knickers (Guess the Panties)
The invitation asks each guest to bring one unwrapped pair of panties that matches her own personality, not what the bride would wear: bold red or animal print for an outgoing friend, lace for a sophisticated one, team underwear for the sports fan, novelty pairs for the comedian. Guests drop them anonymously into a bag. The bride sits in the middle, blindfolded if you like, pulls out one pair at a time and guesses who brought it. When she’s wrong, she drinks; when she’s right, the gift-giver drinks. She leaves with a whole new set of underwear.
44. Ring Toss
The bride holds an inflatable banana between her legs, and each guest tries to toss a ring onto it, drinking after every miss. Bonus points if the rings look like engagement rings.
45. Dirty Minds
A card game where the clues sound raunchy but the answers are innocent. “I get laid in the bed and can keep you warm all night” is a blanket. To win, you have to get your mind out of the gutter: the dirtiest mind doesn’t win, the funniest answer does. It’s an easy icebreaker that gets the whole group laughing.
46. Dirty Pictionary
Split into two teams with a big drawing pad or whiteboard, markers, a timer and a bowl of 15 to 20 naughty prompts, like “strippers,” “topless waiter,” “missionary position” or “condom.” Prompts can come from body parts, intimate acts and positions, adult toys and accessories, romantic movie references and wedding night scenarios. One player per team draws for one minute while her teammates guess. Each correct guess scores a point, and the highest score wins. In the race version, the first team to guess gets the point, and the other team takes a shot. Let the winners dare the losers, add blank cards so guests can write their own prompts, and hang the masterpieces as a gallery wall. Prefer it clean? Our Pictionary game runs right on a phone.
47. Heads Up
Download the Heads Up app and pick a category. One player holds the phone to her forehead, and everyone else helps her guess the word on the screen. When the round ends, she drinks for every word she missed. The rules and variations are in our Heads Up game guide.
48. Truth or Dare
Overplayed? Maybe, but it’s still fun when you tailor the list to the bride, with truths like “What’s your wildest first kiss story?” and dares like “Text your ex!” It’s also a good icebreaker for friends who don’t know each other well yet. The full rules and modes are on our Truth or Dare game page.
49. The Bachelorette Roast
Everyone writes down funny memories, inside jokes and “remember when” stories about the bride, then takes turns sharing them out loud. Keep it friendly, and if someone gets too savage, a shot makes a good peace offering.
50. PowerPoint Presentation Game
Guests prepare short, funny slideshows about the bride, the bridesmaids or the wedding: predictions, college memories or a full roast. A premade template saves time.
Hundreds of truths and dares, from tame to spicy, with turns handled for you.
Scavenger Hunts, Ring Hunts and Bachelorette Bingo
51. Bachelorette Scavenger Hunt
Split into two teams, give each task a point value, and require photo proof. The team with the most points wins the prize. It’s easy and inexpensive, and Etsy sells digital downloads that match different bachelorette themes. Keep it to a small area or spread it across the whole city as an all-day affair. If you’re in a popular bachelorette destination like Charleston, South Carolina, or Nashville, download a pre-made scavenger hunt map for the city. Pick a format:
- Photo challenges: a selfie with someone who has the groom’s name, a selfie with a stranger, a toilet paper veil worn in public.
- Bar crawl hunt: get someone to buy the bride a shot, convince the DJ to play her favorite song, buy the bridal party a round of drinks.
- Destination tasks: find seashells or sea glass at the beach, or follow clues to landmarks on the Las Vegas Strip.
- Treasure hunt: instead of tasks, a trail of clues leads to a hidden treasure, like a special gift for the bride.
Work in questions about the bride’s relationship and interests, fun facts about her fiancé, and tasks that match her hobbies. About two hours is enough time to have fun without taking over the whole celebration.
52. Photo Scavenger Hunt
Divide the group into teams of two or three, each with a printed list and a camera phone. The first team to capture every photo on the list wins. Running shoes help if your crew is competitive, and you’ll go home with some hilarious photos.
53. Ring Hunt
Before guests arrive, hide 30 to 40 plastic rings in different colors around the house, Airbnb or venue, some in plain sight and some in tricky spots: inside wine glasses, taped under chairs and tables, mixed into the decorations, in potted plants, even in the refrigerator. Give each guest a small bag. Whoever finds the most by the end of the night, or of the whole weekend, wins. Make the hardest rings worth bonus points, attach mini dares to a few, or toss some into the pool. A simple sign with the rules helps, and you can call time when gifts are opened or dinner starts.
54. Lip Stickers and Kisses
Hide lip-shaped stickers in different colors around the venue. The first person to collect all of them wins a prize.
55. Bachelorette Bingo
Bingo cards filled with things that might happen during the party. The first player to complete a row yells “Bingo!” and wins. Some squares to steal:
- The bride mentions the wedding date
- Someone loses their phone
- Shots before 5 p.m.
- Someone sings a love ballad unprompted
- Someone says “I’m so drunk!”
- The bride gets a free drink at the bar
Other versions: guests fill in blank cards with the gifts they think the bride will get (if a gift isn’t on your board, drink), or play lingerie bingo while she opens lingerie gifts. Free printable cards come in ten versions so not everyone wins at once. For a relaxed night, bridal shower bingo uses squares like “opening gifts” or “bride’s favorite color.”
Between games, set up a photo booth with props, hats, boas and signs like “Team Bride” and “Future Mrs.” Free printables are enough for a beach-themed “shellfie” station.
Clean, Easy and Free DIY Bachelorette Party Games at Home
For a low-key sleepover or a girls’ night in, these need little more than a printer, paper and pens. The classy ones are fine with family around, so they can double as bridal shower games.
56. Celeb Couple Quiz
For the celebrity experts: match up well-known famous couples.
57. Advice for Newlyweds
Think of it as Newlywed Mad Libs: guests fill in the blanks with advice for the couple, from marriage tips to travel inspiration.
58. A Letter to the Couple
Each guest writes the bride and groom a heartfelt or funny letter to send them off on the right foot.
59. Kiss for the Future Mrs.
Everyone puts on her favorite lip color and kisses the bride’s single life goodbye on a framable keepsake print.
60. Bachelorette Alphabet
Start a three-minute timer while everyone writes a classic bachelorette term for each letter of the alphabet. When time is up, read them out loud to see who wins.
61. Emoji Pictionary
Figure out what each set of emojis stands for.
62. Bachelorette Word Scramble
Unscramble classic bachelorette party phrases.
63. Bachelorette Balderdash
Brainstorm quirky answers and see which guest comes up with the best ones.
64. Bachelorette Pictionary or Charades
Keep score and see who wins the most points. If drawing isn’t your thing, play a rowdy game of charades instead.
Planning to party hard? Have everyone sign a printable Bachelorette Party Agreement before you start, and pack a survival kit for each guest, with a water bottle and Tylenol, labeled with her name.
Joint Bachelor and Bachelorette Party Games
A joint bachelor/bachelorette party celebrates both halves of the couple. It works when the two of you share friends, and it gives two separate friend groups a chance to get to know each other before the wedding. Just make sure guests know a coed party doesn’t mean “bring a date.” Scavenger hunts work here too (end the hunt with dinner and drinks at a central spot), and so do Ring Hunt (toy rings or Ring Pops), the Clothespin Game, Icebreaker Bingo and Two Truths and a Lie. Then add these:
65. Race Down the Aisle
A classic three-legged race to set a lighthearted mood. Partners tie their legs together with a wedding garter or a scarf and race down the “aisle.”
66. Friendly Competition
Scope out a local field or use the backyard for an Olympic-style relay tournament. Drinks that night are on the losing team.
67. The Wedding Shoe Game
The couple sits back to back on two chairs. Each takes off their shoes and swaps one, so each holds one of their own shoes and one of their partner’s. The host reads questions like “Who made the first move?” and “Who’s the messy one?”, and the couple raises the shoe of the person they think it describes. They can’t see each other’s answers, so the disagreements get big laughs.
68. How Old Were They?
Collect old photos of both partners at different ages, print them or put them in a slideshow, and have each guest write down how old they think each partner was in each photo. Reveal the answers at the end.
69. Pizza Box Toss
All you need is an empty pizza box. Toss a coin into it, draw a circle around where it lands, and write a task inside, like “truth or dare” or “make eye contact with someone for one minute.” Each player tosses a coin and adds a new circle and task. Land in a circle and you do that task.
70. Wedding Charades
A great pick for a large group. Write wedding-themed songs, movies and phrases on slips of paper, from The Notebook to “cut the cake” and “first dance,” and put them in a bowl. Two teams take turns: one player acts out a slip for two minutes while her team guesses. A correct guess scores a point, and the guesser goes next. If nobody gets it, the turn passes to the other team.
71. Couples Trivia Test
Start a timer and have each guest answer as many questions about the couple as possible on a questionnaire. The couple then reads the correct answers aloud so everyone can score themselves.
72. Classic Game Night
The party doesn’t have to be an all-night rager. Stick to classics like Clue, Monopoly or Catan, or add a raunchy twist with Cards Against Humanity, and rent a hotel suite for an upgraded sleepover with drinks and snacks.
73. Adult Summer Camp
For a joint party with plenty of adventure, book an adult summer camp. These camps recreate the summer camp you went to as a kid, with adult-only perks like no curfew and boozy social events, plus outdoor activities, campfires, foam parties and talent shows. They’re scattered across the U.S.; Camp No Counselors is one, with group activities during the day and open bars and themed parties at night.
74. Backyard Barbecue
A low-key, affordable option that takes minimal planning and costs far less than a destination trip. Make it special with a theme, fun decorations and a custom menu.
Planning a joint party? Build the guest list together as a couple, thinking about how both friend groups will get along. Pick a theme based on the group’s tastes: outdoors or a busy social scene, wild or low-key. And since a combined party means twice as many guests, send a quick budget poll (a tool like SurveyMonkey works) to find out how much people can spend.
Bachelorette Party Card Games and Board Games to Buy
Making your own games is great, but some are ready to play out of the box.
75. Family Feud: Bachelorette Edition
A wedding version of the game show with 150 question cards, 50 fast money cards and a free app with sound effects from the show. Split into two teams and answer questions like “Name the sexiest instrument a man could play.” The losing team takes a shot at the end of each round, and the team with the most points at the end of the night wins. You can keep playing it at girls’ nights long after the bachelorette is over.
76. The Ultimate Bachelorette Party Game
Two or more teams draw from 150 prompt cards in three categories: Who Can Do It, Make the Bride Laugh and Scavenger Hunt. Play it in one night or spread it over the whole weekend.
77. Bachelorette Bash
A boxed game that combines slumber party classics like Truth or Dare and Never Have I Ever with trivia about the bride.
Also worth packing: Dirty Minds (see above), a Jenga set for dares, an adult version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, and a plain deck of cards for Crazy Eights, Go Fish or poker. Short on time? Printable games for scavenger hunts, trivia, bingo and Drink If are available online, and many are free downloads you can print at home.
Bachelorette Party Game Prizes
Silly prizes make the competition better. Custom sashes, mini champagne bottles or a tiara for each winner all work. Most guests love prizes they can actually use after the party, so skip anything with a “bachelorette” slogan. Ideas from about $5 to $50:
- Beauty: cooling eye masks, tinted lip balm, makeup bags, nail polish sets
- Self-care: bath bombs, scented candles, fancy lotions, organic tea sets
- Drinks: a bottle of champagne (sparkling cider for non-drinkers), boutique wine, a cocktail kit, wine glasses, bottle stoppers, insulated tumblers
- Practical: compact mirrors, jewelry dishes, travel journals, scrunchies, fun socks
- Personalized keepsakes: a water bottle or T-shirt
- Gift cards: coffee, a mani-pedi
- For the night out: a free drink at the bar
To keep the budget in check, keep each prize under $20 to $25 and the total under $100.
Tips for Planning Games at a Bachelorette Party
Know your crowd. A wild group can go all in on drinking games. A calmer one will prefer conversation games like Who Knows the Bride Best or trivia. Personalize the games around the bride’s personality and interests, and work in details from the wedding.
Mix the types. Combine icebreakers, competitive games and low-key activities so every guest has something she enjoys. Start with laid-back games like Two Truths and a Lie, and save Never Have I Ever for late at night.
Don’t overload the schedule. The average bachelorette weekend lasts only two days, so pick a few strong games and leave room for spontaneous fun and dance breaks. Truth or Dare and Would You Rather are fun but overplayed, so try a few games your group hasn’t played before.
Create game zones. A cozy trivia spot, a drinking-game corner and a poolside area keep the party flowing.
Split big groups into teams. Competing teams help guests who don’t know each other connect quickly.
Make it photo-friendly. Set up backdrops and props, and document the games, because pics or it didn’t happen.
Keep backup games ready. Have Drink If or Bachelorette Bingo on hand in case the energy drops. If something goes wrong, laugh it off and keep the party going.
Want something with zero prep? Load a game on your phones: How Well Do You Know Me for bride trivia, Never Have I Ever for the drinking round, or Who’s Most Likely To for a quick group vote. For more ideas, see our adult party games.