If you’re planning a beach themed bridal shower or a destination bridal shower, our new Beach Love Bridal Shower Supplies could be the perfect addition to your celebration! The tableware and decorations of this bridal shower theme feature aqua blue waves lapping on a white beach with a heart drawn into the sand. It’s perfect for a bride who’s jet-setting to a tropical locale for her wedding — or a bride who just loves the beach!
Here are some ideas to get your beach bridal shower planning started:
Decor: Decor comes naturally when planning a beach-themed bridal shower! For centerpieces, fill hurricane vases and apothecary jars with sand and seashells. Another centerpiece idea is fill the bottom of mason jars with sand and put tea light candles in the sand. Wrap a portion of the jar above the sand with twine, and glue a seashell onto the twine. Above the party space, hang tissue paper pompoms in shades of aqua and sea-foam green.
Food: Keep to the theme with the menu! For a simple and light option, serve tuna and chicken salad sandwiches on croissants with a veggie tray, cheese board, and desserts. For a heavier meal, you could consider hosting a seafood boil featuring potatoes, corn, crab, shrimp, and clams boiled with Old Bay seasoning. Serve the seafood with clarified butter and white wine for a delicious and indulgent meal!
For the cake, you can make your own simple beach themed cake by baking a sheet cake, icing it white, and sprinkling finely crushed graham crackers on top to look like sand. Draw a heart in the graham cracker sand to look like the image from the Beach Love ensemble!
Serve all of the foods on serveware from our Beach Love party supplies. We have banquet and dessert plates, cups, napkins, and cutlery in coordinating blue and white hues.
Activities: For a thematic craft that everyone will enjoy, have each guest make her own beach Christmas tree ornament! For this activity, give each guest a clear glass ball ornament and have them fill their ornaments with sand and shells. Provide various colors of ribbons for your guests to choose from and tie to the ornaments. Just be sure the seashells you choose are small enough to fit in the ornament holes!
For a game that fits with the Beach Love theme, play the Bridal Shower Beach Ball Toss Game. For this game, you will need a beach ball and cards with questions and prompts based on categories like: bride and groom trivia, all about the bride trivia, truths, and dares. Have each category coordinate with one of the colors on the beach ball. Toss the beach ball to each guest, paying attention to which color the guest touches when they catch the ball. Give them a question/prompt in the coordinating category. Depending on the guests in attendance and if the shower is in coordination with a bachelorette party, the questions and prompts can range from tame to a little more spicy!
With these ideas, you’re well on your way to planning a wonderful Beach Love bridal shower for a special bride! Be sure to drop your questions and ideas in the comments below.