Bridal Shower Theme: Disney

Bridal Shower Theme:  Disney

Is your best friend Disney obsessed? Is she getting married at Walt Disney World (or wish she were)? Then a Disney themed bridal shower might be just what the bride needs.

Invitations

Set the tone for the bridal shower with the invites. You want to know everyone whose invited to know that the bride can't get enough of Mickey.  The one to the left, a Disney Themed Bridal Shower Invite is the right combination of Disneyness and wedding. 

Or this cute Mickey and Minnie Mouse invite. Change the wording to reflect a bridal shower.

Looking for something even more customized-Etsy shop Ever After Printables can make a custom bride and groom illustration with Mickey Mouse ears to use in wedding shower invitations. 

Food

You can go quite a few ways with food. Tea parties lend themselves quite nicely to Disney themes. 

Use a classic Disney Mickey & Minnie wedding cake topper for the bridal shower cake.  Make cupcakes and decorate them with Mickey Mouse candy confetti sprinkles or fondant Mickey Mouse cupcake toppers. We also love the Mickey and Minnie Mouse inspired cake pops (shown on the left) from Mom's Cake Pops.

Decor

There's many ways to go with a Disney bridal shower. Some will focus on the princess or fairytale theme.  Others will focus on one character like Tinkerbell, Cinderella, or Mickey Mouse.  You could have each table be something different too.  

• Have the bride wear a wedding themed Minnie Mouse ears hat.  

• Use Disney confetti  on the tables, alongside an edible arrangement of Mickey Mouse Party Bouquet   and black and red flowers.      

• For the guestbook, have the guests sign a Disney scrapbooking album. After the shower, fill with photos of the event.    

Favors

•  Create personalized T-shirts (or for that matter bags, mousepads, coffee mugs) with the bride to be's favorite Disney characters like Minnie Mouse or Tinkerbell.  For example, on the back, write "Bridesmaid" on them.

•  Go with the princess part of Disney. Fill carriage boxes with candies like jelly beans.

• Give Mickey Mouse cookie cutters along with Disney themed cookies like these from Fun Favors.             

 

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Bridal Shower Etiquette: Invite Groom's Ex-wife to Bridal Shower

Q: The groom was married before. Should we invite his ex-wife to the bridal shower?

A: In this day and age of multiple marriages, dealing with ex's can be difficult.  This situation really depends.  If the groom and his ex are still close, and the bride feels comfortable, then inviting the ex-wife to the wedding is probably fine; however, it's best to steer clear and not invite an ex to the bridal shower. Chances are it would be too weird for everyone involved. 

Bridal Shower Game: How Well Do You Know The Couple?

Find out which guest knows the couple the best with this exciting game.  The best way to do it is to do multiple choice and hand out papers with the questions and answers.

The guest with the most correct answers gets a prize.

Sample questions to ask:

What was the (bride's) and (groom's) first date?
a) Movies
b) Skydiving 
c) Day at the beach
d) Starbucks


Other questions you could ask would be:
Where did the groom propose at?
When was their first date?
Where are they honeymooning at?
Who introduced them?
How did they meet?

5 Sewing Projects To Do With Old Bridesmaid Dresses

Looking for new ways to use the countless collection of bridesmaid dresses that you have in your closet? Luckily, we have a few DIY sewing ideas.  Yes, most of these will require some skills in sewing, but if you're not interested in donating the dress or turning the dress into another couture creation.

1.  Turn bridesmaid dresses into chair covers and tableclothes.  What a great DIY idea if you're crafty!

2.  With Christmas around the corner, make a tree skirt. Especially nice if your bridesmaid dress colors were red or green. 

3.  Make new pillow covers. Use the fabric from an old bridesmaid dress and turn it into an accent pillow cover. Just buy the pillow inserts at a crafts store and you'll soon have some new pillows.

4.  Make window valances, the things that go above windows.

5.  Make a Barbie bridesmaid or princess dress.  Thanks to the patterns at Miss B Couture, you can sew a whole new wardrobe for Barbie and friends.

Bridal Shower Etiquette: How Large Should the Shower Be?

Q: The bride gave us her guest list for the bridal shower. There's seventy people on it! Do we have to invite everyone to the shower?
A: No.  Wedding showers aren't intended to be just gift-grabbing parties-the original purpose is to let the bride celebrate with her closest friends and family. 

Our tip: go over the guest list with the bride and see if there are people she can leave out.  Tell her that you simply can't afford to invite everyone on her list and that you were planning a more intimate affair.  Who can be left out? Those the bride doesn't know well and those who are being invited to other showers, for starters.  And, of course, make sure that everyone on her list is being invited to the wedding.

Bridal Shower Etiquette: Should the Groom's Mother Help Pay?

Q: We're having a large bridal shower for the bride including inviting several members of the groom's family. Is it okay to ask the groom's mother to help pay for the shower?

A: No. The host of the bridal shower pays for the shower, not anyone else. As bridesmaids, you shouldn't expect anyone else, whether its the guests or the mother of the groom, to help foot the bill. By all means if she offers, feel free to accept, but she is under no obligation to help pay for the bridal shower.  

Of course, you're under no obligation to invite the groom's family to the shower. 

Bridal Shower Etiquette: Should the bride's mother pay?

Q: We're having a large bridal shower for the bride. Is it okay to ask her mother to help pay for the shower?
A: No.  The host of the bridal shower pays for the shower, not anyone else. As bridesmaids, you shouldn't expect anyone else, whether its the guests or the mother of the bride, to help foot the bill.  By all means if she offers, feel free to accept, but she is under no obligation to help pay for the bridal shower.