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For those of you that want some outdoor activities at your hen party, there’s shed loads of stuff you can sort out. It needn’t be expensive. Here’s a list of things of ‘extra activities’ that girls might love. (Not me; I hate that kind of thing but actually SOME of it has been quite fun and I’ll let you know how it was fun)

In the next post I’ll be writing about cool indoors activities.

Expensive: For the thrill-seekers out there you could do loads of whacky outdoorsy stuff.

Depending on how many of you there are, how about something totally different, like zorbing.

ZORBING

Never heard of zorbing? it’s some mad new thing whereby you hurtle yourself, full speed, down a hill in a massive inflatable ball.

Zorbing in the south

Zorbing UK

It’s meant to be mega fun and not too expensive, either. 

GO KARTING:

Go karting is good fun because it lasts a whole day and you can have competitions against each other. It can normally be quite expensive but totally worth it as it’s hours of entertainment.

Batting cages
Batting cages are absolutely hilarious fun and somewhere in between indoors and outdoors activities. You can also do keg party batting cages whereby you can order a massive keg and every bat taken, ends with a swig from the keg. Pretty similar to rounders but more organised. Brilliant. And also quite cheap.

Other ideas: Quad biking (not for the faint-hearted) and make sure the bride-to-be doesn’t break a leg!
Zip wires, climbing, rock climbing, paintballing and blind driving.
These are quite blokey activities but some girls love it, especially if they love adrenaline seeking sports. (And you could even go the whole hog and do some paragliding or sky diving!)
more outdoors activities ideas

FOR CHEAP OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:
For cheap outdoor activities you should try organising a massive sports day. It takes more time but it’s a free hen party and really good japes. Organise teams and you can play rounders, tennis tournaments, races, egg and spoon races, three-legged races etc. Good honest clean fun. Until you get so drunk you are running three legged without trying.
Have fun! X

Loads of hen party organisers (er that’ll be you, the bridesmaid!) have loads of difficulty with the hen guest list. The bride-to-be should give the hen organiser a list of whom she wants at her hen but there are always going to be people that are upset and offended at having been left off the list. And it’s normally the people who are going to get most upset. Here’s a few ideas at not offending people:

If you have a limit to the amount of people you can invite to a hen party, and you have to leave a few people off, bite the bullet and speak to them about it. Especially if you know they are going to find out. (Facebook pics dangerous when you are trying to keep things secret!)

Alternatively you can tell everyone not to breathe a word! but then if people find out later on they’ll be even more upset.

Conversely, people in life are always going to be upset and you are always going to hack someone off by not inviting them to things; you can’t always invite everyone to everything. It’s unfeasible. So don’t let it worry you – BUT if you know someone is going to be ruined by not being invited, perhaps make an exception. (ie if you know that it will upset them uncontrollably). When you are feeling guilty about not having invited some people, just remember, it’s THE BRIDE-TO-BE’s night. Not theirs. Or yours.
Have fun! X