Our new 2020 wedding shower checklist will simplify the process of planning your shower and save you a ton of money too!

Check out our top wedding shower checklist steps and start planning the perfect party today!

Wedding Shower Checklist

Wedding Shower Budget

Planning your budget in advance is always important prior to making any purchase or planning any event.

It’s especially necessary when adding your wedding shower as an additional expense to your overall wedding budget.

Establishing this budget will give you direction for all other wedding shower decisions.

It will also help prevent the possibility of overspending on your shower.

Wedding Shower Location

 

After deciding on your wedding shower budget, you will want to decide if your shower will be indoors, outdoors or both. 

It is noteworthy that outdoor wedding showers are becoming more popular. 

If the shower is at a house, it is often helpful to expand outdoors to allow for more free space for guests and party items.

Furthermore, it is not uncommon to ask a close family member or friend to to host your shower at their home. 

This can potentially save you hundreds to thousands of dollars. 

Pick a Date

 

In addition to selecting the setting for your wedding shower, you will need to see if it’s available on the day that you and your fiance’ choose.

If you really have your heart set on a specific venue, there may be a chance you’ll need to change your selected date in order to book the space.

Be sure to take into consideration the availability of your most exclusive guests when planning your wedding shower date as well.

Furthermore, once your date is set and invitations are sent, it’s not advised that you change your event date.

Select a Theme

Adding a theme to your wedding shower is a lot of fun.

Some of the most popular themes at this time include luau, tea party, roarin’ 20’s, wine tasting and cocktail mixology.

Whatever the theme is, the main idea is to keep the vibe of the party light and fun!

In addition, you can take your guests’ participation to the next level by asking them to dress to match your wedding shower theme.

Mail The Invitations

 

With today’s technology, there are so many ways to invite guests to an event.

However in my opinion, if it’s within your budget to mail cost-effective physical invitations, I think it’s a great way to kick off the personalized fun for your party.

Furthermore, you will only want to invite guests who are also invited to your wedding.

Finally, although a wedding shower is a more casual event, still ask your guests to RSVP as soon as possible.

Wedding Shower Planning Team

 

I can definitely say from my 10 years experience that planning ANY event is a lot of work.

Planning a party without a little help from others can also be very stressful.

On that note, be sure to include putting together a planning team to your wedding shower checklist.

Furthermore, asking a few guests to contribute to your shower will help save you time, money and resources.

Most of them will be happy to do so and it often makes for a better party when you have multiple guests offering their ideas.

Make a List of DIY Decorations

 

DIY decorations can potentially save you hundreds of dollars on your wedding shower.

Furthermore, when coordinating any event, it’s a good idea to FIRST see if you can supply as many of the DIY decorations as possible.

I addition, I recommend that couples spend some time on Pinterest where they can get thousands of great DIY decoration ideas.

Once you have all of your supplies ready to go, invite a few guests from your wedding planning team to help prepare all of the decorations.

Wedding Shower Games

 

That’s right! Ya just gotta add games to your wedding shower checklist!

There are so many great DIY games that you can include at your event for a very reasonable cost.

It’s also important to ask a few of your guests to bring some of their favorite games as well.

This will help ensure there will be something for everyone to enjoy when it’s GAME TIME!

Space For Wedding Shower Gifts

 

Don’t forget to address the space for gifts on your wedding shower checklist!

On that note, the party space can often get crowed with everything from drinks, decor, food and guests.

I have literally seen so many gifts at a wedding shower that they took up half an entire room.

We want to have plenty of dedicated space for your gifts so nobody trips on them and so they don’t get damaged.

Time for Toasts

 

It’s always a nice gesture to set aside about 15 minutes for your selected guests to make a toast.

About one to two toasts is usually most appropriate.

Furthermore, it’s a good idea to keep the wedding shower toasts short, positive and fun, in the spirit of the celebration.

More formal and longer speeches should be saved for the actual wedding day.

Hand Out Wedding Shower Favors

 

Everybody LOVE party favors!

What better way to show your appreciation to your guests attending your shower than to give them a small gift at your party.

Wedding shower favors can also easily be prepared by buying all of the supplies in bulk and asking a few guests to help you.

Furthermore, this will save you a ton of money as opposed to buying prepackaged favors.

And “That’s a Wrap!”