If you’re in need of a unique theme for your nearing bridal shower, consider keeping guests entertained and engaged with a murder mystery themed bridal shower complete with costumes, themed decor, and a murder to solve. Use these murder mystery bridal shower ideas to plan a to-die-for soiree your guests will never forget.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas
A murder mystery party is an interactive party where guests are given specific characters to play and a murder to solve. The guests have to investigate, ask questions, and work together to find out who among them is the culprit.
Murder mystery bridal shower games can be purchased as a kit in a box or downloaded online. If you’re willing to invest a lot of time and thought into it, you can even create your very own murder mystery bridal shower game from scratch.
Murder mystery parties work best with a group of 10 to 30 guests. If you’re planning a more intimate bridal shower, host a murder mystery dinner instead, a shorter, easier version of a full murder mystery party.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas: Choose a Game
A murder mystery themed bridal shower will not only keep your guests entertained, but the unique costumes and decorations will give your bridal shower an unforgettable and totally original look and feel.
Murder mystery is also a great theme for your bridal shower because there are a variety of games to choose from. You can find murder mystery games that are catered to all women groups that span a variety of fun topics and decades, from titanic murder mystery games to Alice in Wonderland, Clue, and vintage 1950’s Hollywood themed murder mystery games.
If you have a special theme in mind for your murder mystery bridal shower and you can’t find a game that matches it, you can create your very own murder mystery game from scratch online. This option is great because it gives you a chance to include personal references, your choice of characters, and weddings related motifs in your game. But on the downside, this method will take more time, effort, and creativity. Learn more about creating your own murder mystery game here.
An easier way of creating a personalized bridal shower murder mystery game is to hire professional murder mystery designers to put one together for you. You can give them details, themes, and characters that you would like your game to include and they will build a special bridal shower themed murder mystery game for you. Learn more about it on Host-A-Murder.com.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas: Invitations
After selecting a murder mystery game for your bridal shower, try selecting invitations that match your game’s decade, plot, and overall theme and appearance. Your invitations will give guests a glimpse of the thrilling murder mystery bridal shower ahead, so you will want to ensure that they not only relay the whens, wheres, and whats, but also properly introduce your bridal shower’s theme to guests.
Since a murder mystery bridal shower is such a unique theme, we recommend making your own custom bridal shower invitations on WeddingPaperie.com. Using their easy to use design center, you can either personalize one of their beautiful bridal shower invitation templates or you can create your very own murder mystery bridal shower invitations from scratch.
Also, make sure to note which character each guest is going to be playing on their invitation, and include RSVPs with your invitations to ensure each character is covered. If a guest who is supposed to play a specific character doesn’t show up, it can really complicate the game.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas: Costumes
After purchasing a murder mystery game for your bridal shower, you will get a list of characters for each guest to play. Let your guests know ahead of time which character they are playing. Fill them in on their character’s personality and details, which will also be noted within the game instructions.
Let your guests come dressed however they like or give them costume suggestions. Either will work, but just make sure they come dressed up. Costumes will really add to the atmosphere of your murder mystery bridal shower. Plus costumes will help bring their character’s to life.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas: Decorations
Decorate your bridal shower’s venue according to your murder mystery game’s theme. If you murder mystery game takes place in the 1920’s, adorn your venue with vintage embellishments, like retro vases filled with fresh flowers, frilly table clothes, and candelabras.
Beyond tablecloths, table centerpieces, and bunting, you can also use your appetizers, drinks, and entrees to set the mood for your murder mystery bridal shower. Serve cocktails that reflect the era in which your murder mystery game takes place. The same goes for entrees and horderves.
Murder Mystery Bridal Shower Ideas: Favors
There are plenty of fun murder mystery bridal shower favors you can pass out to guests. Try renting a photo booth for your bridal shower filled with props that reflect your murder mystery theme. This will provide guests with entertainment and a souvenir of your murder mystery bridal shower. It will also be fun to have keepsakes of your guests dressed in costume.
If you’re willing to spend a bit more, you could also give guests personalized items that coincide with your bridal shower’s murder mystery theme. You can snap photos of guests throughout your celebration and later add the photos to custom coffee cups. Or you can personalize coffee mugs with each guests’ character ahead of time and pass the cups out to guests as they arrive. This will help guests remember who is who and also provide them with a practical keepsake they can use again and again later.
Hopefully you found these murder mystery bridal shower ideas helpful!
