The day is here at last. Your wedding? Not at all: your friend’s hen do. You have a date, but no idea what to do with it? Here is our advice for making sure it is not forgotten.
A hen do is one of the moments that matter most to the bride and to her friends, so it deserves attention. It is the day the bride forgets the stress of the preparations, lets her closest friends surprise her and comes away with memories none of you will forget. Or rather: memories none of you will let her forget (muahaha 😈).
How to organise the right hen do for your best friend
1. Start early:
2. Know what the bride actually likes:
You might love a gymkhana or an adventure park; the bride may have no intention of hanging off a tree. For it to work you have to accommodate everyone. If the bride is out of the ordinary, the day should be too.
3. Get all her friends involved:
somebody has to lead the project of bringing very different groups of people together. If that is you, be patient — it will be worth it. The day will not be the same if somebody who matters to her is missing.
4. Keep it secret until the last moment:
give nothing away to the couple or to anyone not coming. It is far better if the bride does not know the script.
5. Find a way for everyone to contribute:
It is right that somebody leads, but do not forget you have a whole team — friends and family who know the bride in different ways. Use all of that.
6. Organise something everyone does that takes everyone out of their comfort zone, so the bride is not the only one feeling exposed. A balloon flight works well for a hen do; or you might want something rather more violent, such as bungee jumping Fancy a wind tunnel?
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7. If you want to avoid the obvious and find something worthy of the bride, think about what you would all like to do together.
For instance: have you ever talked about hiring a boat and having a party on it? Perhaps this is the moment. Or have you spent years saying you would learn to surf, or take up some other outdoor sport? A lesson in the morning, before the party starts, makes the whole thing better.
Do not rule anything out, and do not fall back on the clichés, because on a hen do anything goes. On Pinterest has some ideas.
8. Why not let everyone be surprised? You will all need patience: as we said, a lot of very different people who all matter to the bride will be in one place, and the atmosphere has to be a comfortable one.
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This advice should help you organise a hen do nobody forgets
