This was the first hen do I had been a part of organising, and it was great fun to be a part of! With Alex working in the wedding industry, we felt quite a bit of pressure to get it right! We held weekly hen do meetings for about a month, to get all the details down and wrote a list of potential activities.
Firstly was the venue, which, after deciding on Edinburgh as a location, we settled on the an amazing period mansion house. The grounds were simply stunning and there was a bed for all 18 of us in one place, which we had really wanted. There was a huge living- dining room, which we decorated with paper garlands and Instagram style photos of Alex and her various hens over the years. It had a table that fit us all round as well – perfect for our planned activities!
We gave each hen a glass of fizz and a goody bag as they arrived. These contained flip flops with handmade pink Pom Poms, lanyards with their ID cards (photo, nickname and on the back a list of silly dares to complete during the course of the weekend), a bag of glitter, bubbles, premixed cocktail-in-a-can, sweets, and hen do hash tag stickers on which we printed Alex’s face superimposed over the body of a hen with her Instagram hashtag ‘Allydonhen’.
Our activities consisted of a Crafternoon Tea (flower crown workshop and full afternoon tea) led by me and cooked by my youngest sister, a life drawing couple of hours, which was hilarious but very fun, followed by dinner, karaoke and lots of dancing (and of course, a lot of prosecco!).
To anyone organising a hen do, I would really recommend a relaxed but fun-filled weekend away in a self catering space. Think about what the bride would choose to do herself and don’t try and pack too much in – that way it flows much better! And remember: a pack of gals take much longer to get ready for a night out than you’d expect – especially when you throw prosecco in the mix!
Do you love the flowers crowns? Well Laura can host a crafternoon tea hen party as party of Betsy’s Living Vintage.
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