Ajanta Roy

Whether you decide to have a co-ed shower or a shower for “girls only”, having a theme can make a party more personal and add charm. There is no limit to the kinds of shower you can throw; most important; a theme that is chosen to reflect the couple’s interests and tastes will guarantee gifts they can use. The following is a list of common, and not-so-common themes.

Wishing Well: This is the most traditional of themes and is also often used as an accompaniment to another theme. You can term it as a “gadget shower” because it calls for guests to bring small secondary gift that the couple can use in their kitchen or home. The point is to buy little things the couple won’t think to buy themselves but are useful.

Time-Of-Day Shower: For this shower theme, each guest is assigned a different time of day (7:00 A.M., 8:00 A.M., 9:00 A.M., and so on) and is supposed to bring a gift that is useful at that hour or reflects the mood of that time of day.
Kitchen Shower: If the bride or groom loves to cook, this is a great idea. Guests bring gifts for kitchen: pots, pans, griddles, ice-cream makers, waffle irons, cookbooks, and so on.

Around-The-House Shower: Each guest is assigned a different room in the house and brings a gift for that room. This will vary the type of gifts the bride receives.

Lingerie Shower: (Is the mother of the bride going to be there?)

Time-Of-Year Shower: Assign each guest a month and have them bring gifts that reflect their designated months. Gift ideas include: February- lingerie, June- an iced tea pitcher and tumblers, October- an afghan or wool blanket, December- a cappuccino maker and/or mugs.

Seasonal Shower: Same as the time-of-the-year shower, but broken down by seasons- spring, summer, fall, winter.

Hobby Shower: Everyone brings gifts that reflect the couple’s favorite hobbies or activities.

Scrapbook Shower: Along with miscellaneous gifts, guests bring either a scrap of something they shared with the bride- such as- an old picture, or a written anecdote about the bride etc. During the shower, everyone pastes her scrap or anecdote into a scrapbook for the bride to keep.

Recipe Shower: Everyone brings, along with her gift, a favorite recipe. Collect them in a recipe file for the bride to keep. This can be done in conjunction with the Kitchen Shower.

Invent some of your own: Shower themes can be personalized to encompass anything, decorate accordingly and you will rock!