Hen party gifts - be original

There is a nice tradition of giving some gifts to the bride-to-be during the hen party. Not all the organizers do this, but that may be turned into quite an interesting action. Of course collecting 20 pounds from each participants and buying a discount voucher to spa or any other beauty service is also OK, but it seems little bored and too simple. Grandmother can make such present on 30th birthday of her not so beloved grandchild, but not the closest friends with an intention to party afterwards.

The money is usually given during the wedding if the bride and groom express such wish in their invitation cards. Giving money in a nice envelope during the hen party would not be original enough, however you can make it in an original form and way. Just collect all the money in coins, buy some transparent glass vase (no any textures or matted glass) for a few pounds and a plastic bucket of flowers. Such bucket may be big, so you will need to cut some flowers and make a new composition. Pour all the coins into the vase and “plant” the flowers. Money instead of soil will mean the prosperous life. Flowers which never wither can symbolize the feminine beauty which will never feel the consequences of aging. Of course, money can be taken when there is a big need with the promise to be returned. As you can see even money gifts can be nice and original.

Another type of hen party gifts are related to sexual education, so you can buy soaps, creams, shower gels in a penis shaped bottles or sacks which will be uses when husband will travel somewhere on business trip. Of course these gifts should not be replaced by regular pleasures of a married woman, so please do not overestimate the size of such gifts.

One more type of original gifts are some other things which may be useful in a married life and house. For example sexy apron, towel for sauna, sexy nightgown, some original form cookie frames, some adult board games which can be played only with the husband and end up in the bed etc. All the gifts should have a secret wish - to keep the future family together and help the bride-to-be to perform the duties of wife better, sexier and more interesting than usually. Routine is the main enemy of the family, so ladies should try to diminish it by giving some original gifts.

If you want to make a sincere and memorable gift, you can make it yourself. Personalized gifts remain longer in some visible places at home, so the gift giver will always be remembered.

Hen party in the air

Flying is the oldest dream of a human. From ancient times people tried to lift their body over the trees and lands and to see the world from the bird’s fly. 150 years ago this dream came true. Now we can fly to space, not speaking about small aircraft for entertainment.

Let you bride-to-be feel the real freedom and fly high into the sky. I mean doing that directly, not using some drugs or imagination. Just arrange a couple of venues in the air.

Parachute. Parachuting is not simple venue. It is a whole day training where you get the full instructions how and what to do. In the end of the day you can jump out from the flying plain. Of course you will not feel a free flight, because the parachute rope is attached to a plane and it is immediately open once you jump out of the plane. If you want to feel the free fall for a few second, you can choose an option to jump with instructor firmly tied to his parachute.If you would like to jump on your own you need to pass the training. It may take few days, therefore it is not good for a single hen party. Sky diving is really extreme way of celebrating hen party, but it will be remembered by all participants.

Hot air balloon. Hot air balloon is another option when you can fly over the land and see the surroundings. The problem is that balloon’s pit can take only 2-3 people most, so this attraction is only for a bride-to-be. Also it is quite expensive.

Paragliding and paramotoring. That’s a really extreme sports as you can fly with instructor who has a parachute and propeller on his back. If paragliding is just flying with the wind, paramotoring is a more complicating activity where motor is involved.

Small aircraft flight. There are some small planes which are privately owned by pilots. Usually they are used for overview flights and some informational message pulling in the air. This aircraft can take one person only, so you can make an unforgettable hen party venue for the bride-to-be.

The mentioned venues are great for a couple of hours, but they are expensive. It is much cheapier to buy some real aircraft tickets to any country and fly over the weekend. You can find some directions in low fares carriers websites such as EasyJet or Ryanair.

The hen party in the sky will be an impressive way to celebrate the last day of freedom.

Hen party at home

Sometimes shit happens and all the planning goes wrong. The participants of a hen party do not agree on venues, budget themes and other stuff. The chief maid is getting ill or must leave immediately with serious reasons (illness of relatives or even funeral). The bride-to-be suddenly is left alone with bunch of ladies invited to the party which do not imagine that they are not going to any party. There are thousands of reasons in women's live what can be an obstacle to one of the most memorable days in entire life.

Do not give up! You may cry, shout and yell, be angry, but do not give up and make a blitz hen nigh just at home by yourself.

All you need to do is to buy some snacks and drinks, also some balloons and party decorations (can be found in any bigger supermarket). Also make sure you have some simple things, for example deck of cards, candles, matches, photo camera etc. If you have a computer with internet connection at home, you are saved. You can find lots of amusement online.

When participants come you just explain what happened and offer to help decorating your apartment with balloons and other party stuff. This procedure is very important, because doing something together relieves the tension which was caused by the fact that you are not going anywhere and chief maid is missing. Open the bottle of wine or whiskey, ask helping with the snacks. All ladies will be busy for an hour and you can know them better.

Crazy idea. Ask the ladies to surprise you by organizing impromptu hen party. Leave them in other room and give some time. They may discuss and organize a crazy party for you.

Once you have prepared everything for a party, you may discuss some venues which can be done at home. Here are some suggestions:

• Ghost party. Just wrap yourself to the white sheets, close all lights, light some candles and tell the horror stories. Or you can watch horror movie on TV or from your DVD collection (of download from torrent site)
• Poker night. Get the cards and some small things like matches or cut some piece of paper into small triangles and write some numbers on them, for example 10, 50 and 100. They will be your "chips". If you want something exciting, you can download any most popular online poker client and deposit some small amount of money. Then you can participate in some tournament and allow ladies watch and give advices. Of course you have drink a little first :)
• Porn night. Men always watch porn. Try to watch porn for you. Find some porn sites with naked men (not gay). This may be exciting for an hour, but if your participants are still virgins (joking). Of course you can play "truth or dare" game while watching male sex photos or videos.
• Photo session of a housewife life. Just try to get into the closet and get some clothes of the hostess. Grab a photo camera and make some sexy pictures of some participants in the kitchen, cleaning toilet, ironing, washing dishes etc. The ladies should wear just panties and some other clothes (not bra) and act like sexy and horny housewives. Later you will have fun selecting the best pictures. Use simple image editing program called Picasa and make some simple effects such as negative photo, Sepia effect which turns your photo to an old like picture. Then write to CDs and give to participants.
• Cooking party. You may also try to cook some masterpiece from what you can find in cupboard - pasta, flour, vegetables, sausage or any other products which are not used frequently. This experience will help in future life when husband will require some home made hot meal. Also cooking some delicious meals as cheap as you can is an art which women should practice from time to time.

Of course you should drink a little to make sure the party is cheerful enough. Otherwise it will not be a hen party.

Hen party theme idea - hens and other birds

Hen party has derived from a loud ladies only party where semi-drunk ladies were chuckling like a bunch of hens in a village. Organizing a unique party you can remember this historical fact and choose a theme “birds” for you hen night. No one will be wondering what costumed women are doing not in Halloween time, because everyone will see the bunch of gaggling hens, geese, ducks, peacocks, seagulls and other colorful and loud speaking birds. The bride-to-be can be a most gracious white bird - the swan. Just do not turn birds hen party to ballet hen party :)

This theme is a little difficult, because you will need some feathers if you decide to create all the clothes yourselves. Maybe you will need a sewing machine to make sure feathers will stay all the night. The other option is to buy ready clothes in one of carnival dresses shops. They may be costly as artificial feathers are expensive.

Also you should not forget the appropriate sounds of birds. You can get some whistlers imitating bird sounds in some hunting shops online. In general your laugh will be enough to keep the gagling going all the night.

The meaningful idea behind the bird costumes are not intellectual capabilities of hens, ducks or peacocks. The birds are colorful personalities. Also, flying birds are associated with freedom which is dreamed off by every person, who has no wings. All the girls should fly away from their wedding problems and feel the freedom. Please remember not to jump from the bridge to check if you can fly with artificial wings and feathers. :)

Hen party venues can be associated with flying - hot air balloon flight, party in amusement park etc. As costumes are really impressive, do not forget to make lots of photos and shoot some videos.

Hen party on wheels

Please do not understand the title wrong. We do not use drugs during hen parties neither recommend to use them. There are plenty of other ways to maintain fun and groovy atmosphere. One of hen night suggestions we would like to explain is related to real wheels of a vehicle.

If your party is not half of university dorm or 2 rugby teams, you may probably consider making it somewhere outside the city you live in. UK is a very good place as you can easily travel to the sea. So what are you waiting for? Get a car and drive drive drive.

There are some options of driving hen party:

1. Own cars. If your party has up to 10 participants, 2 cars would be enough. Of course, someone will not drink. If that is a problem you should look for a driver which is not participant of your hen party. That person can be your mom, grandmother, aunt or good friend which is not a friend of the bride-to-be. Get some male proud form balloons, some snow spray (usually for windows before Christmas) to write “Last days of Freedom” on back window and decorate your cars.
2. Rent cars. Be careful with them because if something goes wrong, you may have some financial expenses.
3. Minivan or mini bus. Rent or borrow some bigger car than usual and turn it to the empire of virginity or crazy flower kids bus. Usually minivan has 7 seats while minibus - 9, so make sure you feel comfortable.
4. Camper van. Just rent a campervan which is for long trips and you can even sleep in it if you want to have some extreme trip around the county. Camper has toilet, kitchen, gas heating and sometimes oven, so you can actually stay here for a couple of days. Camper is suitable for a hen weekend which starts on Friday and ends on Sunday evening.
5. Limo. This is very expensive hen party, but if you want to make posh hen party in other city, you may take a risk finding some inexpensive long limousine which will be full of music, pink lights, ice cubes and champagne (or at least sparkling wine).

Of course, traveling requires some additional expenses for drinks, food and some preparation as you will need to pack some stuff. If you do not want to go anywhere, boogie bus would also be an option to celebrate in the city.

Do not forget your cameras and at least one battery charger for the car which will be very helpful if your batteries are down. You also may consider taking your cell phones if you wish to send your pictures to Facebook or Twitter immediately. Let everyone know that you have an amazing time somewhere near nowhere :)

Hen party in Eastern Europe

Maybe UK hen parties are different from those in Eastern Europe? Not at all they are the same. Eastern Europe countries has taken the best out of UK hen party traditions therefore every UK girl can celebrate her last days of freedom there.

Check if you do not need visas for non EU member
countries like Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro etc.

Some basic reasons why Easter Europe is good for a fabulous hen party

1. It's cheap! Yes, it is really cheap in comparison with UK prices. For example the glass of beer 0.5 litre costs 1-1.5 pound in a bar. The bottle of beer - half of pound, but if you buy 2 litre plastic bottle of lager it will cost 1.5 pound. The bottle of vodka in a supermarket cost 5 pounds, 0.7 litre - 6-7 pounds. If you buy a bottle of vodka in a bar it may cost 20 pounds. Double room in 3 star hotel - 40 pounds with breakfast. All day long spa procedures - 50 pounds. That’s general prices, so there can be cheaper options.
2. Interesting countries. Italy, France, Holland, Spain have been visited so many times that it seems you know these countries better than your own city. Visiting one of Easter European country may be an adventure as 20 years ago they were quite isolated. You can still find some statues for Soviet leaders and some neglected buildings which are from these old times. The nature of these countries are also unique - lots of natural forests and lakes. You may even see some wild animals. Hens are not afraid of other animals, right? ;)
3. Original hen party venues. If Bollywood dances is quite popular and common hen party venue in UK, Eastern Europeans do not have it at all as it is so exotic to them. Imagine reaction of locals when you arrive in saris and little drums. Locals have got their own outdoor venues  which have never been popular in UK. For example amusement parks in Forest where people climb high in the trees like Tarzan. Or canoeing in fast and stony rivers (as well as rafting). Of course they have carting, bowling, 4x4 drives, paintball, dance lessons etc. Anyway, your hen nigh with local venues can be interesting.
4. Cheap flights. Low fares airlines are very popular in Eastern European countries, so you can get Ryanair, Wizzair, or any other cheap flights carrier and buy some cheap tickets. You do not need much luggage for 3 days, so everything can be placed in hand luggage bags and bagpacks up to 10 kilo.

These are only few of reasons why to choose unknown Eastern European countries. Stags have discovered them for a few years already, so hens should follow them and experience the hospitality of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia and some other Eastern European countries EU members.

Hen party suggestion - know your participants

One of the basic hen party suggestions is very simple - just get to know who and what is going to participate in a hen party. In UK usually the bride gives the right to organize the hen party to her chief maid which is her friend or close relative. Usually best maids do not know all the invited participants well, so it is very important to get as much specific information about them BEFORE the party organization. Why? There are a few reasons:


Girls have different background and point of views, including the opinion about how to organize the best hen party ever. If you will not be diplomatic, the discussion about hen party theme clothes can end in a girly fight. Then the party will be ruined as some participants may even refuse to participate.

Not all the girls have the good sense of humour, therefore some events and actions may appear not funny to them. If one laughs and all the rest are sad - the party failed.

The girls have different understanding about modesty. Be careful choosing the sexy clothes and control your behavior as it would be quite funny when all girls will be dressed in pirates, but one of the pirates behaves like whore and the rest like run-away nuns. The extravagancy of the party should be discussed in the beginning.

Find out if the girls prefer indoor or outdoor party. It would be very selfish to dress up like  cinderellas, and go camping, paintballing or even to a military hen party. City girls usually do not like mud and flies around their heads, so before arranging anything in the village or woods, please find out if there are any nature 'haters'.

The alcohol part is also very important. Make sure you find an acceptable option for hen drink out. Some girls may not like strong drinks, some would prefer beer. As organizer you should find a general solution. Please do not force ladies to drink something extreme. Mixing various drinks can be dangerous for health next day and spoil the clothes if there won't be lavoratory nearby and on time.

And the last, but not least issues is money. Please find out how much money girls can spend on party organization and drinks&snacks. If you think 100 pounds are almost nothing, other participants would not agree with you as they have some other financial responsibilities and cannot afford to give such money. Budget planning is a very important task, so please find out about each participant's capabilities.

How would you find out such information? There are 3 ways:

1. Meeting girls personally (recommended)
2. Calling on phone or Skype
3. Writing the questions by email if participants will arrive the same day as party

Sharing information is very important, so make sure you can send some options and comparisons of events and prices to their emails or by SMS.

And forget for blasphemy - Democracy is not the best order to organize the party. Less discussions - quicker the organization - less nerves and stress.

Hen night UK

What is the difference between hen party and hen night? Usually people in UK use both phrases meaning the same, however it should be considered as two different types of venues. There is also another two hen party activity types - hen do and hen weekend.

Hen party is a single party held somewhere in the bar, village house or regular flat in the London suburbs. The party involves regular party activities - drinks, laugh, loud music, dance (both on the dancefloor and pole if allowed by security guys). Parties can be held privately or in public places such as bar, night club, cafe etc. During the party you can grab some snacks as you have a table nearby in the same facility.

Hen night is the same just pointing to wide rage of party-like activities. Hen night is usually referred to when speaking about the action taken in time. Usually hen nights begin in midday and end in the next morning. The Hen night can include a few hen do’s and parties, but it must last no longer than 24 hours otherwise it should be called “hen weekend”.

Hen do is a simple attraction for hen night participants. For example a 2 hour Spa course or Hen party in Army event is a simple hen do. During the hen night there can be several hen dos - hanging-up strangers, disclaiming the oath, music video filming, photo session, paintball etc. Usually they are associated with hen themes - the costumes or roles the participants of the party are playing - pirates, movie stars, soldiers, nurses, angels and devils and hundreds more.

If the party lasts longer than 24 hours, it should be called hen weekend. Usually it starts on Friday and lasts all Saturday. It may end even on Sunday. That would be a long hen weekend. During the such weekend the participants - maid and her maids and best friends - usually have at least 2 hen parties and lots of various hen do’s. Here are some ideas about 2 day hen weekends.

Anyway, all the hen activities are crazy, funny, sexy and relaxing as this is the last days of freedom of a future wed.

Best Hen Party in UK

The week before every woman’s wedding is full of stress, therefore there is a wanderfull tradition to get away from a routine in hen party. UK is the country where such tradition has begun few hundred years ago. Hen night and slug party have been traditional dinner for groom's and bride’s friends and relatives so called best friends and maids. Later the tradition came to USA. All other countries took some traditions from American bachelor’s nigh and eventually has some national traditions and party scenarios.

Hen party in UK is celebrated as costume party where participants dress up like maids, angels and devils, concubines, strippers and other characters. Slug night participants have their own characters - priests, gentlemen, middle-age noblemen, pirates, movie heroes etc. Usually the bride (and groom) gets the exclusive role among the other participant with special tasks. Usually these tasks are related to future life in marriage and husband (wife).

The parties are initiated and organized by the closest friends of bride and groom. The organizers must be really skilled and have some good ideas to organize the best hen party in UK. Of course some costs are involved as you cannot find the bar with free drinks. The hen night must be remembered for the rest of one’s life, therefore lots of original parties are held in the United Kingdom.

The only requirement for such bachelorette night is creativity and original scenario. If it will be like hundreds of others, it will seem like any regular drink party with crazy tipsy women.