Wild or Classy - Bachelorettes Just Want To Have Fun

The bachelorette party is either the most dreaded or the most anticipated of events leading up to the wedding ceremony. Either way, it’s almost always the most memorable. Usually overlooked by the bride, planning for the bachelorette party is often left to the bridesmaids.

The first thought bridesmaids often have is the wild night out. This normally involves a male-shaped something-or-other and an inebriated limousine ride looking for ways to cause trouble and generally embarrass the bride-to-be ... in a good-natured way, of course. This is the stereotypical bachelorette party portrayed in the movies, and it’s usually a threat or reality for brides-to-be. Remember: hide the photos.

Girls Nite-In Bachelorette Party Ideas

For a more respectable and relaxing evening, bachelorette parties can either go to the spa or bring the spa home. The day before the wedding, all the girls can go to the spa to enjoy massages, manicures, pedicures, and other spa luxuries. However, it’s never a good idea to get haircuts, highlights, facials, or eyebrow waxing. Haircuts take about two weeks to grow into their most flattering shape, and the redness from a facial or eyebrow waxing can last over 24 hours. The other risks from cutting and coloring make these and other drastic appearance changes bad ideas.

Bringing the spa home can be a unique and extravagant experience for everyone. Masseurs, manicurists, and cosmetologists sometimes make house calls allowing for a relaxed evening at home with the girls. Guests at the party can then enjoy food, drinks or many other things such as a movie. Another option is to have the supplies ready at home for an evening of Do-It-Yourself spa activities.

Another party-at-home idea is to bring in a chef for a cooking class. Everyone gets to participate in preparing the meal, which is much more fun with the assistance of a professional cook, and everyone gets to enjoy the fruits of the labor from a bridal party plus a chef. This is a clever all-in-one approach to a party by combining the main activity and catering into one event. The food is often much more complex and interesting than an average meal. Sushi chefs can come over and give a lesson, specialists in ethnic foods can teach everyone a new recipe, or everyone can make the bride’s favorite meal.

A Little Competition Never Hurt A Bachelorette Party

A new approach to a bachelorette party is to indulge in a hobby, gaming being one of the newest. With the release and popularity of multi-player games, everyone can get involved by picking up a guitar, drum sticks, dance pad, or microphone and try make it to the next level. Ordering in and plugging in the console can be enough to entertain the girls for hours with such addicting games.

If the bride is a fitness buff, hire a personal trainer for an evening. Eat a healthy meal, put on the music, and sweat it out as a group. Yoga can be a great, soothing activity, and instructors abound in most cities. Any physical activity should be of reasonable physical demand so that everyone can participate and enjoy the evening.

You Can Never Go Wrong With Tradition At A Bachelorette Party

Aside from the unorthodox hobby-themed parties, there is always the lingerie party which is often a party unto itself but is rapidly becoming a part of the bachelorette party. This can either be a component of one of the more innocent evenings with classy gifts, or it can be part of the wild night out, certain to elicit snickers from the guests and much blushing from the bride-to-be.

There are endless ideas and resources for a bachelorette party. That being said, it’s important to not let such a burden lead to stress. The bachelorette party should be a fun and memorable event that reflects the personalities of the bride and her closest friends. This may mean bringing in a caterer, hiring a photographer, and riding around town in a limousine or perhaps just ordering a pizza and shuffling some cards. No matter what the activity, having her best friends around her before her big day ensures a bachelorette party will be the fun, memorable event it should be.

Contributor: Ashley Slayton

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