What does the bride like?
That's where I start with hen nights. It's not the time for majority rules, this one us all about the bride spending time with her friends without the worry hosting brings.
Do something the bride will love, the other guests all have the option of not going if it doesn't appeal! (Or organising something themselves).
The best hen night I went to was a night away in a cottage in Edinburgh, just bride and her best friends.
-collected bride at 1pm (without telling her where we were going.)
-afternoon tea
-printable bridal game
- decorating empire biscuits (ending with the fiasco "Amy! Don't lick the penis, I haven't finished!" )
- lots of chatting, cake, food and prosecco
- gave Bride option to go out for drinks (she declined)
- Cards Against Humanity
- Balloons fIlled with questions. Pop the balloon, everyone answers question. Silly forfeit if you don't answer.
Loads of people would have hated that. She loved it. It was just the 5 of us (bride and bridesmaids), all friends for years. The next day we had breakfast delivered to the cottage from hotel, packed up and drove to one house for hair and make up trials.
Another bride is doing a vintage style wedding in church hall. She likes sewing, knitting crafting. The rest of us stab ourselves trying to fix buttons. Her hen might include a sewing workshop were we make bunting for the hall, cake and cocktails. (Unless her maid of honour has her way- then there will be strippers).
Escape Puzzle Rooms could be fun for a bride who likes puzzles, there are city treasure hunt companies out there with entire afternoons worth of scavenger clues and prizes.
If you focus on what the bride enjoys Google that with "hen do" you might be surprised at what comes up!