Strange Utensils 

Preparation Time:  10 minutes - plus shopping time

Duration:  10 minutes for version 1, up to 30 minutes for version 2

Ingredients needed: Various odd kitchen utensils

Description: This is a fun game, especially for young brides.  It's a bit expensive to set up, but since it all goes to the Bride, think of it as a gift, too!  

There are at least two variations of this game:

1:  Pull out each utensil and display it to the group - make sure to demonstrate if it has any moving parts.  Each guest writes down what they think it is.  Then go through all the utensils again, and have the Bride read off what she put down.  Then tell her what it really is!  The guest who has the most correct utensils wins.

2:  Have each guest pick out a utensil and then describe it.  The fun part is that the guests can either describe it truthfully or make up a description.  Then the Bride has to judge whether they are telling the truth or not.  As each utensil is completed, it goes back in the basket, and the Bride gets the whole kit-n-caboodle after the game.  There are no "winners" in this version.

How to get ready:  Visit one of those specialty cooking stores that seem to be at every mall.  Find the wall of utensils and pick out 6-10 of the weirdest, oddest ones you can find.  Its best if you don't know what they are - but make sure the package says what it is.

Open each package and place all the utensils in a pretty bag or basket.  Don't throw the packages away - they go with the utensils when you give them to the bride, so she can figure out what they are.

Fun Stuff:  This can be combined with a Kitchen Shower Theme or with a Pampered Chef party.