Master the art of flower arrangements while bonding with your squad during your bridal shower! Not only does it help you practice & prep for the big day, it also gives you and your ladies a fun activity to do during your bridal shower. Working on your flower arranging skills is a great addition to all of your bridal shower games or is an awesome alternative if games aren’t really your style.

In addition to nailing down your designs for centerpieces and/or bouquets for your wedding day, the bridal shower flower arrangements you create can even be used as party favors! Who doesn’t love being sent home with a beautiful bundle of flowers to freshen up their homes after the shower?

If you’re new to flower arrangements, we’ve got you covered. We’ve put together our top pro tips to make your bridal shower flower arrangements as easy as possible – and of course, help them turn out beautifully!

Organize Your Options

Sit out all of your floral options and organize them in vases so your guests can pick from them and design their bridal shower flower arrangement with ease! Make sure you have a wide selection of textures and sizes that match your wedding color scheme. Don’t be afraid to work neutrals in like pampas and branches, or greenery and filler like baby’s breath or cotton stem twigs!

Tips & Tools

Take a note from professional florists and make sure you have the right tools so that your floral arranging is a success. You’ll want a cutting tool to make snipping your stems and leaves a breeze.

More tips from the pros:

• Snip all of the leaves except the ones closest to the blossom
• Arrange your florals with these 3 components in mind: thrill, spill, fill: an eye-catching blossom or blossoms (thrill), some greenery or spillover flowers that give the arrangement dimension (spill), and filler stems, greenery or subtle florals like baby’s breath (fill).

Don’t Forget the Bubbly

Give your group something to sip on while you make your gorgeous creations! We love a classic champagne to toast your bridal shower & special day, but you can’t go wrong with a signature cocktail or a cute little bar set up! We love these ideas:

Mimosa Bar

If you’re a mimosa fan, this is the perfect set up! Give your guests juice and fruit options to make their mimosas all their own. Don’t forget festive straws!

All the Beverages

Give guests a wide variety for their flower-arranging sipping. Beverage dispensers are going to be your best friend here – they not only look cute and classy, but they’re super convenient for guests to fill up their cups without making a mess! Fill yours with lemonade, iced tea, water, and a signature cocktail.

Coffee Bar

Have some caffeine lovers in attendance? Or maybe your bridal shower is an early brunch. Keep your guests energy up with a coffee bar! You can even incorporate fun extras like muffins, donuts, and Bailey’s or Kahlua if you want to spike your coffee – whatever floats your brunch boat!

Dessert Bar

Scrap the boozey bar all together in favor for a yummy dessert bar -or do both! Everyone loves a good donut wall, but give your guests several options like an array of cookies, cupcakes, candy, or even a make-your-own-sundae station!

Show Them Off!

Now that you’ve created your beautiful floral masterpieces, it’s time to show them off! Make sure you have enough vases, tea cups, glasses or pretty ribbons available if you’d like to do your floral arrangements bouquet-style. Then take lots of pictures of your creations!

Send Them Off Gift-Style

Let your attendees take their floral arrangements as party favors by providing cute little gift bags that fit glasses or vases perfectly, giving their flowers room to breathe and not get smashed. It also looks oh-so-pretty!