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The guests are divided in to teams of three to five. One of the guests will be the model. Each team is given three rolls of toilet paper and five paper clips. They then have five minutes to design and create a wedding dress and veil.
It is preferable if each team can be out of sight of the others so at the end they can enter to be inspected by the real bride.

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What is the history of the Bridal Shower?
Legend tell us that the tradition of the bridal shower gift originated in Holland. A young Dutch girl fell in love with a poor miller, who had spent his life helping those needier than himself. As a result of his unselfishness he had little to offer his bride when they were ready to be married.
Soon after, the young woman told her father that she intended to marry the miller. He was very angry and forbade the marriage. In an effort to dissuade her, the woman's father refused to give her the customary bridal "dowry". He had hoped this would help her change her mind and wait for a man with more money and higher status.
Despite her father's refusal to accept her pending marriage the young woman decided to go ahead and marry her true love. Without a dowry, the couple had very little to their names and were very poor.
When the young couple's friends and neighbors heard about their situation they decided in an effort to thank the miller for all the kindness that he had shown them, they "showered" the bride with gifts and necessities for the couple's home. Thanks to their kindness the bride acquired what her father had denied her and she had everything she needed to set up a new home.