Truth or Dare
Sometimes, hen party games are all about keeping things simple. Reminisce on your childhood days with a classic game of truth or dare. A great way to spice up the night, get each person to write out a truth or dare, collate them and take it in turns to take one from the pile. It’s generally advisable to keep the game relatively clean, especially if mothers and mothers-in-laws are in attendance.
Monopoly Live
Hen parties are all about getting creative and going big. Redefine playing Monopoly with London’s brand-new life-sized Monopoly gameplay. Across 80 minutes of exhilarating fun, build houses, charge rent and try to escape jail, while earning money and completing escape room style challenges across the board. With a choice of themes on offer and an on-site bar with Monopoly-inspired cocktails, this offers a hen party game like no other.
The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience for Two, London
Take on your most exciting adventure yet with The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience with Cocktail for Two. This fantastic brand-new experience, based on the epic 90s TV show, will have you running, yelling, completing exciting challenges and even donning some sensational satin bomber jackets.
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Crystal Maze
If the bride’s a fan of the 90s TV show The Crystal Maze, this game is a chance to get nostalgic. Guided by a Maze master, head into four uncharted territories in search of the coveted crystals. Expect physical and mental tests, skill challenges and more. Players even get to don some sensational satin bomber jackets, making for a unique photo opportunity.
Escape Room Games
This game is a fun one that is sure to unite all the hens. Ideal for an at-home hen party, work together against the clock to unravel the mysteries hidden within four different virtual escape rooms. Solve mind-bending puzzles and uncover clues in a series of challenging narratives, ranging from The Sinister Soirée to Who Shot The Sheriff?
Gourmaze: The Sweet Escape Food Tour
Perfect for the foodie bride, this is more than just your run-of-the-mill food tour. Bring out your competitive sides as you embark on an immersive treasure hunt filled with escape room style riddles. Across Covent Garden, solve clues to find each mystery food item hidden at three restaurant stops. Timed to add that extra element of pressure, this is the tastiest idea on the list.
How Well Do You Know the Bride?
No hen do games list would be complete without this classic. Always sure to get the good vibes flowing, pre-arrange a series of statements about the bride, split everyone up into teams and read out each question one by one, asking guests to shout out their answers. The winner gets a prize and everyone else gets the chance to consolidate their knowledge about the bride, it’s a real win-win.
Mr & Mrs
Never failing to break the ice, this is a great way to test the bride on her knowledge of her other half. All you have to do is prepare a list of questions about the groom, get him to answer them in advance and then on the night, pose the questions to the bride and see how well she knows her soon-to-be spouse. If you’re looking to add some alcohol into the mix, you can make her drink a shot for every wrong answer.
Prosecco Pong
You’ve heard of beer pong, but have you heard of prosecco pong? Adding an element of class to hen games, split the group into teams, pour some prosecco into plastic cups and try to get your ping pong ball into the opposite glass. Whoever lands their ball in the glass first wins that glass of prosecco.
Would She Rather?
Test who knows the bride best with this fun hen twist on the classic game of Would You Rather. Best played in groups of 2-4 players, print out a few sheets with a series of would you rather questions, before giving everyone 5 to 10 minutes to guess what they think the bride would prefer in the situation. When everyone is finished, ask the bride what she’d pick and tally up the scores.
Mini-golf
Pop Golf is the perfect place to kick off the hen party as you count down to the big day. Located in the heart of Wembley Park, this nine-hole golf course offers a mini-golf game like no other as it’s uniquely designed around pop music and music videos. Not to mention, there’s Prosecco Poptails on arrival and two hours of bottomless Recheister Prosecco to boot.
Toilet paper wedding dress
As hen night games go, this one’s pretty cheesy but anyone who’s actually played it will tell you how fun it really is. The premise is simple: split the hens into teams and have them create beautiful wedding dresses from rolls of toilet paper. The judge can then pick out the best dress and that team wins a prize. You can even try to make the style of the dress that you think the bride will wear on the big day.
Two truths and a lie
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to hen do party games. Instead keep things simple and take inspiration from tried-and-tested favourites like two truths and a lie. The rules are simple: get each guest or just the bride to create three statements about themselves - two that are true and one that’s entirely false. The other members of the group must then guess which statements are true and which are false.
Wine Tasting Game
If the bride’s something of a vino connoisseur, you’ll want to make sure the hen party games incorporate as much of her favourite tipple as possible. Discover who has the most discerning taste buds in the group with this fun wine tasting game. Collect a selection of bottles from a variety of regions, give each player a sample and get them to guess the region of each wine. We’ve even got Virgin Wines Luxury Dozen right here to help make the job easier.
VR Arcade
In case you hadn’t guessed, we’re all about the latest and greatest hen do games ideas and this VR arcade experience is no different. Offering more than 100 games in 360-degree, room-scale virtual reality, the group will be guided through several games by a fully-trained member of staff. Compete for high scores, play as many as you can but most importantly, just have fun.
Bowling
A trusty favourite for hen party games, bowling is all about exercising your competitive streak on the lanes. Ideal for a group with a variety of ages, flex that bowling wrist, pick out some fun names and roll that all-important strike. Relatively low-effort to organise and budget-friendly, it’s a great game to break the ice too.
Wedding Film Charades
A bit of a different take on the old-school word guessing game, Wedding Film Charades adds a fun hen twist. Get a list of wedding-themed films together, put them all in a hat and get each person to pick one to act out for the rest of the group to guess. Alternatively, split into teams and engage in a little friendly competition against each other.
Pass the Balloon
Think Pass the Parcel but reimagined. For this hen party game idea, you’ll need to divide yourselves into different teams and line up. Starting at the top, players must hold a long balloon between their legs and pass it between their knees and get it down the line as quickly as possible. It goes without saying no hands are to be used and you can get creative with forfeits.
Get painting
Start with a photograph of either the bride or groom and assign each person one part of their body to paint onto a blank canvas. The end result should not only be pretty entertaining but also a great gift your bride can cherish forever. Alternatively, add some structure to your painting game with a live online class, complete with a beginner’s starter pack, prosecco and see who can paint the best portrait.
Electric Gamebox
Situated in the heart of London, Essex or Manchester, Electric Gamebox offers hours of endless fun - perfect for hen games with a difference. An immersive adventure in a fully-private, interactive room awaits, as cutting-edge technology creates a one-of-a-kind gaming experience. Search for rare Martian minerals, team up with secret agents to take down villains and enjoy a shared gaming extravaganza.
Don’t Say It
If you’re looking for hen party game ideas that’ll keep everyone on their toes, Don’t Say It is the answer. Fun and simple, all you have to do is select a word or two early on in the night that cannot be said. Easy right? Of course, the real challenge comes from choosing a word like ‘bride’ or ‘wedding’ and coming up with a forfeit for any slip-ups, of which there are bound to be many.
Paintballing
Great for working out some of those pre-wedding jitters, paintballing certainly adds an element of action to hen party game ideas. Kitted out in full paintball fatigue, let loose with a semi-automatic paintball gun running, dodging and hiding in the undergrowth. Compete for points on a solo or group mission, eliminating the enemy by firing splats of paint.
Hen Do Bingo
The great thing about this game idea is you can really tailor it to what your group likes. One version will see squares filled in with people’s traits, like ‘owns a cat’ or ‘been on a plane’. Give the group 10 minutes to go around the room and fill in the squares - the winner is the person who fills in all the squares first. It’s a great way for hens to bond if they don’t know each other that well too.
Play ping-pong
The traditional game of ping-pong has received quite the revamp in recent years. Venues like Bounce in London or Manchester’s Twenty Twenty Two now have a ton of tables, cocktails and bar food, elevating the game further with cutting-edge technology to bring it to a trippy new level. As far as ping-pong hen parties go? It’s a game changer.
Treasure Hunt
This treasure hunt game works best for brides who like their hen do party games to incorporate as much adventure as possible. Taking place in over 35 UK locations, from London to Edinburgh, Cardiff to Belfast, this game will see the hens solve 40 separate clues to discover 40 famous landmarks and hidden gems en-route. Alternatively, if you want to get creative, you can make your own treasure hunt with clues based on the bride e.g. where she met her spouse-to-be, their first date etc.
The Great UK Outdoor Treasure Hunt for Two
Get ready to experience a city in unique style, with an Outdoor Treasure Hunt for two people. This fun and challenging experience lets you test your detective skills in any one of over 50 areas across the UK of your choice. You’ll work as a team to undergo a challenge of mental and physical tests, including strategy, logistics and lateral thinking. See if you have what it takes to crack the puzzles and win the treasure!
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Who Am I?
Take a trip down memory lane and pay homage to your childhood with Who Am I? One of the games for a hen party, get a selection of post-it notes, write the name of someone (a mutual friend of the group or a celebrity) and stick it to the forehead of one player. The player then gets a 20 question opportunity to try and guess the name on their head. Be aware the questions can only be “yes or no” answers.
Cocktail Challenge
As if you needed another excuse to get the drinks in, this cocktail making game will see you all channel your inner mixologists. Gather a selection of spirits and mixers, ensure no recipes are around and get the hens to make a winning concoction. The champion can be declared by the bride-to-be herself and you’re sorted with drinks for toasting to the upcoming nuptials.
Post-it note
In case you hadn’t guessed, post-it notes play a pivotal role in funny hen party games. A chance to get nostalgic, each guest must write down a few sentences - it might be a memory, an inside joke etc. The bride will then pick out the notes and guess who wrote each one.
Hen party piñata
Was there ever a better excuse to be showered in sweets? Take the traditional piñata and give it a fitting hen twist - we’re talking ring shapes, Champagne bottles or even tiaras. Fill it with sweet treats, props for the photo booth, accessories and so on. Naturally, every person must be blindfolded as they attempt to hit it, making for a great show for spectators.
Murder Mystery
If you’re looking for a sophisticated soirée, one of the best hen do games around is murder mystery. An original and clean idea, play along as the plot unravels before your eyes with professional actors playing the central characters of victims and suspects. Mingle, ask questions and help solve the mystery of ‘whodunnit’. With a three-course dinner and coffee on tap, it’s got all the ingredients needed for an unforgettable hen night.
