Wedding Movies

• Planning a wedding movie-themed bridal shower can be a fun task.
  
  Choose movies that depict weddings and wedding preparations, like "27 Dresses," "The Wedding Planner," "Father of the Bride," "The Wedding Singer" and" Runaway Bride," and plan a shower around them. Make invitations that feature a "name that movie" trivia question on the front. An example might be "A girl can't get married in flannel!" with the answer, "Runaway Bride," inside, along with shower details and an explanation of the wedding movie theme. With so many wedding movies available, continue the trivia during the shower with a game featuring questions like, "What was Mary Fiore trying to rescue in 'The Wedding Planner?' when she was knocked to the ground? Answer: Her shoe."
  
  Look up the soundtracks to wedding movies and download the best tracks to make a custom CD that can be handed out as a favor for shower guests. Tie shower gifts in with the theme. Purchase the bride-to-be her own collection of wedding movies. Encourage guests to give gifts reminiscent of scenes in wedding movies; for example, a blender like the one Annie is given by her fiance in "Father of the Bride."
  
  

Pick One

• A shower theme focused on one movie can be easier to plan.
  
  Concentrate on one movie---perhaps the bride-to-be's favorite---if planning a shower around multiple movies is difficult. Print out a picture from a notable scene in the chosen movie and glue it to the front of blank invitation. For instance, use an image of the childhood kiss on the beach between Melanie and Jake in "Sweet Home Alabama."
  
  Put together fun favors, like a bouquet of pencils inspired by Joe Fox's voiceover in "You've Got Mail:" "Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address. On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms." Tape the quote around the bouquet to avoid confusion.
  
  Think of a notable plotline in the movie and use it to design a shower game or activity. In "A Walk to Remember," Jamie Sullivan had a list of things she wanted to accomplish that love interest Landon Carter helped her with. Have shower guests make similar lists and think of creative ways to accomplish them. Or play Pictionary, as a group did in "When Harry Met Sally."
  
  

Film Genre

• Plan a shower with a fun genre theme, like Disney princess movies,
  
  Choose a genre of movies to focus on. This can be anything from actual genres, like romantic comedies or fantasy movies, to made-up genres like Disney princess movies. For invitations, check party stores for an easy themes, such as princesses, or print out thumbnails of movie cases and tape or glue them inside invitations.
  
  Assemble small baskets of movie candy and single-serving bags of microwavable popcorn to hand out as guests arrive, to snack on throughout the shower, or as guests leave as a favor. To plan shower games, see if a board game or trivia game within the chosen genre is available. For a comedy movie-themed shower, consider setting up some games of Clue, a board game based on the 1980s slapstick comedy of the same name. For an adventure movie-themed shower, set up Jumanji games.