Help with sisters hen night!

miss_essex01

Hey Everyone.

My sister gets married 4th July so me and our other sister are arranging her hen night - but im toatally stuck for ideas on what to do. She doesnt like going really cluby nightclubs - Or any male stripper things.

If you could help me with some ideas that would be fantastic

Thanks xx

aimee21j

How about a spa day with a nice meal? This would be my ideal hen do.

jackieb8man

How does she feel about musicals or plays. How about going to see a show and having a meal before hand. If you are not to far from London then there are several companies that do packages where you can stay in a hotel overnight. A meal, a show (Chicargo maybe), then back to your hotel for drinks sounds good to me. Or how about a murder mystery evening?

Minxy_Bella

One of my friends took all of her friends to one of those ceramic pottery places where you can paint your own plates/bowls etc. She asked everyone to make her a piece to make up a dinner set for her trousseau - which seemed to go down quite well.

It's not my cup of tea - I shall be painting the town scarlet! LOL

MsChazzer

I like aimee and Minxy's ideas, and a hen do involving clubbing and strippers would be my idea of hell, but that's just my personal taste! I also like the idea of just chilling out at home with a takeaway and lots of girly films.

Has your sister got any particular interests? I read on a blog of a bride who included a craft afternoon as part of her hen do, I suppose it helps if all the other girls are into that as well.

kentishdoris

I love the idea of a girly weekend but don't have anywhere big enough to accommodate everyone so have booked a cottage for the weekend. Went through these: http://www.acaciacottages.co.uk/ and they will book most things for you which saves a lot of work.

Not going for another month so don't know what it will be like yet...fingers crossed!

bride_on_a_budget

i'm not a club or stripper sort of person, so i opted for a pamper party, i had a local salon come to my house and charge per treatment, their were 15 of us and each had 2-3 treatments eachcosting from £3 for a nail paint to £20 for a full massage.
everyone bought wine or food and we had a great night.

bride

roxalana

Some suggestions I have heard (some of which I have been to!) have been:

Afternoon tea at a 'proper' tea room

Wine tasting

A tour of Newquay zoo including feeding the penguins (I did it for my 21st bday but they had done hen parties in the past!)

Bingo

in house pamper/girlie dvd evening

Nice meal

Picnic

BBQ

Bellydancing lessons/ burlesque fan dancing

Paintballing/quadbiking/rockclimbing

As you see the possibilities are endless - it just depends on what the bride and her invitees are into (some people had 2 parties to accomodate different tastes!)

Mme.Hibou

I don't really see what all the big fuss about hen nights and stag dos are. They're just not my kind of thing.
We'll see when the time comes I suppose, but I'll probably just head out somewhere nice and expensive for dinner with my sister.

How far in advance do people do their 'day'?

LilMissEmmylou

u can get a theatre ticket and a meal for £20 on last min at the mo or pricier ones up to £40ish.

What about going to Milton Keynes and doing a snowboarding sessions? Or going indoor rock climbing somewhere?

I do also like the sound of a spa day too.

Poppymoo

hi
how about doing the hen at the theatre - Mamma Mia??? Or Dirty Dancing.....
Have a look on
www.seatchoice.com

mamma mia!
http://www.seatchoice.com/index.php?pg=25&action=details&show=L031245450
dirty dancing
http://www.seatchoice.com/index.php?pg=25&action=details&show=L01917624041

to get ideas and prices
You could always do a theatre /dinner /hotel package which would be a lot of fun : )