Its your responsibility to organise the hen night. You've gone through the various ideas, several times, you've agreed on the budget, you've spoken to everybody invited, and you’ve even managed to pin everybody down to a date and decided what you all want to do, be it a nice meal and a club or a full on hen weekend away. Now all you need are some good themes and ideas to make the hen party experience one to remember!
Every hen night is different, and so it’s very difficult to come up with fun ideas that everyone will want to do and enjoy. However no matter what you are doing or where you are going, one hen night tradition that gets everyone into the spirit of things is dares!
If there is anything guaranteed to leave girls quivering in their boots at hen parties, its being subjected to a list of dares. These can be as cheeky or as funny as you want and its always a great idea to get photographic evidence which can be given to the hen afterwards as a souvenir of her amazing hen night!
Dares come in many forms and could be anything from a treasure hunt to a drinking game.
Here are some hen night dare suggestions:
The most popular hen night games are ones involving drinking. Get some photos of the hen in various stages of her life and in each of the venue’s you visit, get one of the other girls to stick a photo up. During the evening get the hen to run around and try and find the photo and bring it back within 2 minutes or face a forfeit in the form of a shot or disgusting drink.
Playing the How Well Do You Know Him game is also another way of getting people to do forfeits. Ask the groom 20 or so questions about himself before the hen weekend. At the hen party, get all the girls to ask the bride-to-be questions on how well she knows her future husband.
One of the ways of making sure everyone in the hen party gets in on the forfeits act is the NEVER SAY NEVER game. All the girls sit in a circle or around a table. The first girl starts out with a true statement ("I never kissed a priest before") and anyone that has done whatever the person says is required to drink. The next person in the circle makes an I NEVER statement and everyone that has done that dastardly thing has to drink.
Truth or Dare is also another very popular game to keep the hen night forfeits coming. You give the person an option of answering a question or doing a dare. Let your imagination run wild and see how many embarrassing questions and dares you can come up with!
One word of warning though when it comes to thinking up the dares for hen party games, you may have to do them yourself! Dares are a great way to inject fun to the evening, and it will help people to get to know each other and have a brilliant hen night experience!
Jokes are also a good way of getting people to speak to each other and join in the fun of the night. Perhaps this could be incorporated into a game where everyone has to tell their favourite joke and if they can’t remember the punchline or get it wrong, they have to down their drink.
It is the responsibility of all her close friends and family to help the hen prepare and wise up, and a little male bashing in the form of jokes should do the job:
Why don't women blink during foreplay?
They don't have time.
Why does it take 1 million sperm to fertilize one egg?
They don't stop and ask for directions.
How does a man show that he is planning for the future?
He buys two cases of beer.
What is the difference between men and government bonds?
The bonds mature.
Why are blonde jokes so short?
So men can remember them.
Why are married women heavier than single women?
Single women come home, see what's in the fridge and go to bed.
Married women come home, see what's in bed and go to the fridge.
Why is it difficult to find men who are sensitive, caring and good looking?
They all already have boyfriends.
Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into someone whom we'd like to have dinner with.
What they really mean
The hen is soon to be making a seriously huge commitment. Is she ready? Can you help her? Yes, and here we remind you to remind her that men (all men, not just some) fudge issues and never quite tell it as it is. Let us give you a few examples:
"It's a great film" really means - it's got fast cars, lots of fight scenes and naked women.
"It's a guy thing" really means - there is no rational thought pattern connected with it.
"Can I help with dinner?" really means - why isn't it already on the table.
"Darling we don't need material things to prove our love" really means - I forgot our anniversary again!!!
Chat up/put downs
It is an occupational hazard for hen parties - you are a magnet to those of the opposite sex. As soon as you acknowledge that yes you're on a hen party, the chat up lines flow. Now this may be a welcome interlude to some, but not always. Here Freedom offers you some cutting putdowns to utilise:
He says - "If I could see you naked, I'd die happy"
You say - "If I saw you naked, I'd probably die laughing"
He says - "Haven't I seen you somewhere before"
You say - "Yes, that's why I've stopped going there"
He says - "Is this seat empty?"
You say - ""Yes, and this one will be if you sit down"
He says - "can I buy you a drink"
You say - "yes and my 20 mates would like one too"
He says - "has anyone told you you're the most beautiful girl in here"
You say - "yes and I didn't sleep with him either"
Let us know if you can add to the list, so that we can spread the word and arm our fellow long suffering, sisters.
We hope these dares and jokes will help to make your hen party a great success! Remember to stay safe and have a wonderful day/night. As well as the above, perhaps you could think of a theme for the hen night where you all wear a particular costume or item of clothing such as a t-shirt or headwear. Click here for more great ideas on Hen night and hen weekend themes!
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