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Hens party ideas and hens night activities, sorted by her vibe

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Hens party ideas, sorted by the kind of bride she is

Right now, your only job is her.

Everyone will have an opinion eventually. That part gets a lot easier once there’s a real plan to react to, instead of twenty ideas and a poll nobody finishes.

Creative hens party ideas

The Muse Club

For the bride who’ll find a new talent she absolutely does not need.

Heart anything that feels like her. Your shortlist waits at the bottom of the screen.

Life drawing sketches on a clipboard beside a glass of white wine

Life drawing

Bubbles and canapés around the easel and a model who takes his job very seriously.

The bride who’d laugh first and draw second.

Life drawing hens parties
A laughing guest holding up her finished painting of four birds on a wire

Paint and sip

A canvas she’ll actually hang, a cheeky one with a very distracting still life, or everyone painting the bride herself.

Strong opinions about colour palettes? Finally, a use for them.

Paint and sip hens parties
A hens group in heart sunglasses dancing in falling confetti in front of a disco backdrop

Dance classes

Pick her era: Barbie, 70s disco, the 90s, R&B or Taylor Swift. A choreographer, one routine and one performance the group chat will never let her forget.

She’s been rehearsing in the kitchen for years.

Hens dance classes
Friends in matching pink tracksuits decorating pink heart cakes with bows at a long candlelit table

Cooking classes

A chef, a floury bench and the girls rolling gnocchi from scratch, then lunch on what they made. Or split into teams, open a mystery box and let the judge pick a winner.

She plans every holiday around where to eat.

Hens cooking classes
Smiling friends in aprons along a table of beads and gold charms

Jewellery making

A long table of beads, charms and chains, and everyone walks out wearing what they made. Earrings or a necklace she’ll actually wear again.

The bride who has never once left the house without earrings.

Hens jewellery making
Friends in aprons testing perfume oils with scent strips along a long table

Perfume making

A fragrance expert helps every one of them blend and bottle a scent to take home. Hers will smell like the best night of her year.

The bride who can name your perfume from across the room.

Hens perfume making

More creative hens party ideas

Two friends in aprons pulling faces and raising cocktails at a clay workshop

Pottery

Hands in the clay, bubbles within reach, and a little bowl she’ll keep long after the veil’s in a box.

How it works
A smiling woman in an apron showing off her decorated pink cowboy hat

Cowgirl hat burning

Burn, paint and bedazzle a cowgirl hat for her last rodeo.

A hens group in sequins holding disco ball cups in front of a silver wall

70s disco dance class

Flares optional, the hustle compulsory, a disco ball overhead.

A bride to be in a Bride headband and apron smiling in a gnocchi bar

Pasta making

Flour everywhere, fresh pasta by hand and a lunch you made yourselves.

Three friends in flower crowns squeezing into a selfie with glasses of bubbles

Flower crowns

A table of blooms, a round of bubbles, and everyone walking out wearing the photo.

How it works
A bride to be in a headband and friends in red aprons stretching pizza dough

Pizza making

Stretch the dough, top it your way, then fight over the last slice.

Illustration: a bar of chocolate with a chocolate-dipped strawberry

Chocolate and dessert making

Tempering, dipping, decorating and a lot of quality control.

Hens in sashes decorating freshly poured candles with dried petals beside a glass of bubbles

Candle pour and sip

Pour, scent and decorate a candle, with a glass of bubbles never far away.

How it works
Illustration: a trapeze bar on two ropes

Trapeze class

Harnessed in, swinging out, and a story the whole group will tell at the wedding.

Illustration: a silver ring and a jeweller’s hammer

Silversmithing

Hammer, shape and polish a silver ring of your own.

Three friends in aprons planting tiny gardens in glass jars at a workshop table

Terrarium making

A tiny garden in a glass jar, built with a drink in hand.

How it works
Illustration: two aerial silks hanging from a rig

Aerial silks

Long ribbons of fabric, a gentle climb and a pose she’ll want framed.

A hens group sitting together in front of a colourful flower wall with neon lettering

Hip hop dance class

One routine, a choreographer and a group that walks out convinced they could tour.

A bride to be in a tiara with a friend in a pink sash holding their finished mosaics

Mosaic making

Tiles, glass and grout, and a piece that looks great on her hallway wall.

Hands arranging pink flowers on a wooden table

Floristry and bouquet making

Build a bouquet of your own and carry it out like you just caught it.

Illustration: a latte with a heart in the foam

Latte art

Hearts in the foam, a barista coach and more coffee than anyone needs.

Illustration: an aerial hoop hanging from a rope

Aerial hoop

A hoop in the air, a patient instructor and some very good photos.

A bride to be in a bow veil holding a heart cake in front of an In Her Bride Era sign on a disco wall

Taylor Swift Eras dance class

A routine for every era. Friendship bracelets strongly encouraged.

Three friends in pink and white posing with pink balloons under a neon sign

Barbie dance class

Hot pink, a choreographed routine and the whole group very much in their Barbie era.

Two friends in 1920s headpieces posing with champagne coupes in a bar

Roaring 20s Gatsby class

Pearls, fringe and the Charleston, learnt between rounds of bubbles.

A hen tasting the icing on a pink and white heart cake

Cake decorating

Piping bags, sprinkles and a cake that may not survive the tasting.

Two friends in aprons holding up the charm bracelets they are threading

Friendship bracelets

Beads, charms and a bracelet for every girl standing up there with her.

Illustration: an aerial yoga hammock hanging from a ring

Hammock acrobatics

Part yoga, part circus, mostly upside down.

Three friends with glowing face paint hugging and laughing under UV light

Glow in the dark painting

Neon paint, UV light and art that only really works with the lights off.

Five friends dressed as a 90s girl group in front of a bright balloon wall

90s throwback dance class

Every move from the film clips she rehearsed in the lounge room, finally performed properly.

Three friends in pink heart sunglasses posing in front of pink and gold tinsel

Pop dance class

Learn the routine to her favourite pop anthem, then perform it once, with feeling.

Three friends in heart sunglasses sipping one cocktail through straws under purple light

R&B dance class

Slow jams, sharp choreography and a little attitude, all of it for her.

Illustration: a wedge of cheese and a ball of fresh mozzarella

Cheese making

Stretch fresh mozzarella by hand, then eat the evidence.

Illustration: a gin bottle, a glass and juniper berries

Gin blending

Pick your botanicals, blend your own gin and name it after the bride.

Illustration: dumplings in a bamboo steamer with chopsticks

Dumpling making

Fold, pleat, steam, then argue about whose dumpling looks best.

Illustration: a tea tin and fresh tea leaves

Tea blending

Sniff, sip and blend a tea that tastes exactly like her.

Finished resin cheeseboards in swirled blues and white, packed in gift boxes

Resin board making

Swirl colour through resin and walk out with a cheeseboard worth showing off.

Illustration: a cork vision board with pinned pictures

Vision boards

Magazines, scissors, bubbles and her whole next chapter on one board.

A group of friends holding up their finished floral paintings in an art studio

Watercolour painting

Soft colours, loose brushwork and a painting she’ll want to frame.

A table of friends painting their canvases at a paint class

Textured painting

Thick paint, palette knives and a modern canvas that looks expensive.

A bride to be in a veil laughing with four friends under Y2K balloon letters

Y2K throwback dance class

Low-rise energy, a routine to a 2000s banger and a bride who peaks at the key change.

A hand painting coloured petals onto a white plant pot

Plant pot painting

Paint a pot, plant something green and take home a souvenir that grows.

Illustration: bath bombs and a jar of skincare

Skincare and bath bomb making

Mix your own bath bombs and skincare, then argue over the best scent.

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Pamper and day spa hens party ideas

Glow & Reset

For the bride who’d rather be horizontal.

Two friends in towel turbans, robes and sunglasses with drinks in hand

Spa day

Robes on, bubbles poured, a massage in some, and nobody asking her a single wedding question.

She’s been living on flat whites and seating charts.

Hens spa days
Friends in pink robes pouring pink bubbles into coupe glasses

Pamper parties

Her pick of massage or facial, time on a rooftop spa deck, then high tea and bubbles sky high.

Her idea of wild is a second glass in the spa.

Hens pamper parties
Two women laughing at a marble nail bar while one shows off her fresh nails

Nails

A marble nail bar, a deluxe manicure each and a cocktail waiting for the bride. Then share plates and a VIP booth to show them off.

That ring’s about to be photographed for a year. Give it a proper frame.

A makeup artist brushing shimmering eyeshadow onto a woman with a sleek high ponytail

Makeup and glam

The before photo in a private room, cocktail in hand. Then pro makeup artists do every face and the lashes, and the after photo happens in a VIP booth.

Everyone gets the good lashes. Not just the bride.

Nine friends in activewear with their arms raised beside yoga mats on a garden lawn

Pilates and yoga

A slow class the morning after, comfy clothes and a smoothie, before brunch puts everyone back together. Or the calm before a big night.

The bride who’d rather feel amazing than survive.

Two friends with cocktails smiling from a warm pool

Bathhouses and hot springs

Warm pools, steam rooms and a massage or facial each, with a long brunch before and a rooftop cocktail after.

She’s earned an afternoon where her phone stays in the locker.

More pampering hens party ideas

Hands with gold rings spreading tarot cards across a wooden table

Tarot readings

A reader, a deck and a mini reading for every girl while the bride waits her turn.

Four friends in white spa robes clinking glasses of bubbles

Massages

Knots out, robes on, phone in a locker for an hour.

Two women gazing up in delight, one filming the show on her phone

Content capture

Every reel and candid moment captured, so nobody’s stuck behind a phone.

Illustration: a lotus inside calm circles

Breathwork and meditation

A slow, quiet start before a big day, with nobody checking their phone.

Illustration: a hairdryer blowing

Hair and blowout bar

Everyone walks into the night with salon hair.

Illustration: a head spa basin with a gentle water stream

Japanese head spa

A scalp treatment so relaxing she might nap through it.

Illustration: a jar of face cream and cucumber slices

Facials

Glowing skin for the photos, and a quiet hour she’ll thank you for.

Illustration: a singing bowl with a mallet and sound waves

Sound bath

Lie back while bowls and gongs do the work. Snoring happens.

Illustration: a teacup with tea leaves under a crescent moon

Tea leaf reading

Finish your cup and find out what the leaves say about her.

Illustration: a pink camera mid-flash

Private photographer

Someone else takes the photos, so you’re actually in them.

Want the whole day slow? Try these relaxed hens party ideas.

Inside a real hens package: one Melbourne night

Anyone can book the class. This is everything around it.

One real night in Melbourne, from the door to the last drink.

  1. Cocktails in hand as they walk in.

    Not a queue at the bar while the class starts without you.

  2. A host, the clay and a private room.

    Two hours with the room to yourselves. The host runs the class; you get to be in it.

  3. Share plates on the table.

    Clay is hungry work.

  4. Then a rooftop, and a cocktail the bride didn’t order.

    Nobody had to ask.

Every package has its own version of this.

If you didn’t notice any of it on the night, perfect. You were busy.

Cheeky hens night ideas

A Little Mischief

Cheeky, without three people suddenly becoming very interested in their phones.

A fireman carrying the laughing bride to be in front of a tinsel curtain

Strip shows

Front-row seats at a male revue with topless waiters working the room, or a private show with her in the hot seat.

She’ll go red first and cheer loudest after.

Strip show hens parties
A laughing bride to be in a veil and sash with a topless waiter

Topless waiters

A charming gent in a bow tie, at lunch, at dinner, behind the cocktail class bar or on the deck of a private cruise.

A long lunch where nobody gets up for a top-up.

Topless waiter hens parties
A hens group in pink cowgirl hats and heart sunglasses on a party bus

Party bus

Your own private bus with BYO on board, so the trip between venues becomes the best bit. Some come with a cheeky show thrown in.

Getting there was never going to be the quiet part.

A drag queen in red sequins posing with a laughing group of hens

Drag queens

From drag trivia with the bride safely in the crowd to a private show with her front and centre.

The mixed group. She gets her moment without having to earn it.

Drag queen hens parties
A hens group posing with white feather fans at a burlesque class

Burlesque

Feather fans, a private instructor and a costume just for the bride. Then the whole crew takes that swagger up to a rooftop.

The bride who’ll try anything once, and twice if the song’s right.

Should you do burlesque at the hens?
A laughing bride to be in a veil holding a pole in a dance studio

Pole dancing

An instructor, a studio full of poles and a bride who discovers she’s suspiciously good at it. Then dinner, still in her showgirl era.

Leg day, but make it a hens.

How cheeky it gets is her call, and it isn’t one scale. Plenty of brides love a drag show and want no nudity at all.

More cheeky hens night ideas

A shirtless fireman host with the bride wearing his helmet and her friends

Fireman and fire truck

A fireman, a helmet for the bride and sirens entirely optional.

A big hens group in sequins at a male revue show with a performer behind

Man candy show

A full stage of abs, music and choreography, with her in the front row.

A hens group with a showgirl in a feathered headdress

Female stripper

A cheeky show with a showgirl in charge.

Women sketching at a table with flowers and drinks

Life drawing with a female muse

Same laughs, same bubbles, a muse instead of a male model.

Hands shaping a textured clay bowl beside pastel mixing bowls and tools

Cheeky clay class

Pottery, with a very specific subject to sculpt.

A big group of women laughing together on lounges in a private room

Toy party

A giggly hosted session with games, and a gift for the bride.

Hens in comfy shorts and tees laughing through a twerk routine in a lounge

Twerk class

A routine, a lot of laughing and a skill nobody asked for.

A bride with a burlesque dancer in a red costume and pink feather headdress

Burlesque show

Feathers, sequins and a performer who might just pull the bride into the act.

Illustration: a bow tie and cocktails on a silver tray

Topless waitress

Drinks topped up all night by someone very easy on the eye.

Illustration: a cheeky peach-shaped Jesmonite trinket dish

Cheeky Jesmonite casting

Cast something cheeky in Jesmonite. It’ll be on display at hers for years.

Illustration: a bow tie and a fan of playing cards

Topless poker dealer

Cards on the table and a dealer with nothing to hide.

Hens party cruises, winery tours and ideas with a view

With a View

For the bride who wants somewhere worth the photo.

A hens group in pink on the deck of a boat at sunset

Cruises and boats

A private cruise with the whole group on deck, a long lunch on the water, a drag queen on board, or a superyacht at sunset.

She’d trade the dance floor for a deck and a sunset.

Boat and cruise hens parties
Two friends sipping wine at a lookout over the vineyards at sunset

Winery tours

A private tour with the driving sorted, cellar doors and a grazing lunch, or a whole weekend among the vines.

Cellar door over a club, every time.

How to plan a hens winery tour
A laughing hen holding a champagne bottle and a glass inside a limo at night

Limos

An hour cruising the city lights with the music up and a drink in hand, then the door swings open and the bride steps out first.

The entrance she’ll pretend she didn’t want.

A bride to be in a sash laughing with two friends in heart sunglasses on a sunny rooftop

Rooftop bars

Bubbles by the river, a rooftop as the afternoon turns gold, then a laneway VIP booth. The city looks good from up here, and so does she.

Sunset first, dance floor second.

Hands toasting spritzes over a picnic grazing spread

Picnics

A boho picnic set up and waiting on the grass, by the water or among the vines. Grazing boards, bubbles, and nobody packed a thing.

Golden hour, good wine, shoes optional.

Five friends in pink dresses on the beach at sunset

Beach clubs

A reserved table on a beach club deck, bubbles in every hand, tapas to share and a cocktail shaken for the bride. Then an easy teeter to a VIP booth.

Salt in her hair, cocktail in her hand.

More hens party ideas with a view

Friends clinking big mugs of beer across a busy beer hall table

Brewery tours

Tasting paddles, big steins and a crew who suddenly have favourite hops.

A hens group in pink beside a black stretch Hummer limo

Stretch Hummer

Bigger than a limo, louder than a limo, and every head turns.

A person abseiling down a brick building wall

Abseiling

Step backwards off a building, then bring it up at the wedding.

Illustration: a horseshoe

Horse riding

A trail ride through the hills or along the sand, then lunch with a view.

Illustration: a copper still

Distillery tours

Behind the stills, a tasting flight and a new favourite gin.

Illustration: a helicopter

Helicopter flight

The whole city from above, and bubbles once you land.

Illustration: a parachute

Skydiving

The biggest view there is, and the best story at the reception.

Illustration: a jet boat speeding across the water

Jet boating

Spins, speed and spray. Hair will not survive.

Illustration: a snorkel mask and snorkel

Snorkelling

Fins on, face down and a reef full of colour.

Illustration: a fishing rod with a fish on the line

Deep sea fishing

Rods out past the coastline, and a bride who lands the biggest one.

Illustration: a bell tent under festoon lights

Glamping

Bell tents, fairy lights and a campfire, minus the actual camping.

Hens party games and competitive activities

Game On

For the bride who has to win.

Keeping score back at the house as well? Here’s the hens party games list.

A laughing woman holding a giant ring balloon with friends and white balloons around her

Scavenger hunts

A list of clues and dares, a ticking clock and the whole crew racing around town for photo evidence. Prizes at the end, cocktails straight after.

The bride who’s never once turned down a dare.

A drag queen in teal lace with a hens group in sequins beside a balloon garland

Drag bingo

Dabbers down, drinks up, and a queen calling the numbers like it’s a grand final. Some come with bottomless bubbles, which does wonders for everyone’s eyesight.

She’s still bringing up the 2019 trivia night.

Drag queen hens parties
Three friends in white cowboy boots and heart sunglasses with cocktails in front of pink balloons and a disco wall

Line dancing

Boots on, hats on and a teacher getting the whole group stepping in time. By the third song she’s leading the row.

Her last rodeo deserves an actual dance floor.

Three friends singing karaoke together, one holding the mic with an arm in the air

Karaoke

A private room for two hours, so nobody queues for the mic and the only audience is the girls who love her most.

She knows every word to that one song. You know the one.

A drag queen in pink sequins with two hens in red heart sunglasses

Drag trivia

A queen as quizmaster, a few rounds all about the bride and a scoreboard everyone pretends not to care about.

She knows every answer about herself. Let’s test that.

A bride to be in white and a sash dancing with glowing headphones on

Silent disco

Glowing headphones, a private room for two hours and the bride singing at full volume to a song only you lot can hear.

Her song, her volume, nobody else’s playlist.

More hens party games and activities

A woman in a 1920s flapper costume with pearls and long gloves

Murder mystery

Everyone gets a character and a secret, and someone at the table did it.

Four friends cheering around a treasure chest in an escape room

Escape rooms

Crack the code, beat the clock, then argue about who actually solved it.

A woman laughing as she pulls an axe from the bullseye of a wooden target

Axe throwing

A lane of targets and a bride who turns out to be a natural.

A woman in a white dress swinging a putter beside a mini golf water feature

Mini golf

Eighteen holes, a glass of bubbly and friendly rivalry. Mostly friendly.

Three friends in pink laughing while taking swings on golf simulator mats

Golf simulator

A famous course on the big screen, with a cocktail parked behind the tee.

A woman driving a golf ball down the range, its flight traced in orange

Driving range

A bucket of balls and a contest for the longest drive.

A laughing woman in denim riding a mechanical bucking bull in a graffiti games room

Mechanical bull

How long can she hang on? The whole group is counting.

A hens group in camo overalls posing with paintball guns at an outdoor arena

Paintball

Camo on, masks down, and the bride is everybody’s target.

Bare feet with painted toenails standing around a black lawn bowl on the grass

Barefoot bowls

Shoes off, drinks in hand, and a sport that rewards terrible technique.

A beer pong table set with red cups in a colourful checkered games room

Virtual sports and arcade

Arcade games, virtual sports and beer pong. Scores will be disputed.

Illustration: a golf flag on a green, with a ball rolling towards the hole

A round of golf

Clubs, carts and the bride driving the buggy. Bold choice.

Illustration: a racing simulator screen and steering wheel

F1 racing simulator

Racing seats, a real-feel track and some very competitive lap times.

Illustration: a racing helmet and a chequered flag

Go karting

Helmets on, foot down and a grid full of very competitive bridesmaids.

Illustration: a laser tag blaster with two beams

Laser tag

Pick teams, dim the lights and settle some old scores.

Illustration: bowling pins and a bowling ball

Ten pin bowling

Bowling shoes, a lane each and a scoreboard everyone screenshots.

Illustration: a soccer ball inside a giant bubble

Bubble soccer

Zip into a giant bubble and bounce off each other. That’s the whole game.

Illustration: two big boxing gloves

Inflatable boxing

Giant gloves, zero technique and a winner nobody will stop hearing about.

Illustration: a ball pit full of coloured balls

Grown-up ball pit

A ball pit built for adults, and photos that end up in the speeches.

Illustration: a game show buzzer under spotlights

Game show room

Buzzers, a host and a scoreboard. Winner takes the bragging rights.

Illustration: a clay target flying through a target sight

Clay shooting

Ear muffs on, clays up and a bride with surprisingly good aim.

Illustration: a muddy quad bike tyre

Quad biking

Dirt tracks, mud and a bride who refuses to slow down.

Illustration: a pickleball paddle and ball

Pickleball

Paddles, a round robin and a lot of trash talk.

Illustration: stacks of poker chips and a die

Poker night

Chips, cards and a bride with a suspiciously good poker face.

Illustration: a dartboard with a dart and a pool ball

Pool, darts and billiards

A pub classic, and a bride who swears she never plays.

Keeping score back at the house?

Hens party games she’ll actually want to play

  • How well do you know the bride?Questions about her, answers from everyone. Somebody will be very smug.
  • Mr & MrsHer partner answers in advance and she guesses on the night.
  • Hens bingoA different card for every guest, and an icebreaker that needs no performing.
  • Never have I everFingers down, stories out, and nobody has to explain the finger they’d rather not.
  • Prosecco pongBeer pong, in better clothes.
  • Photo scavenger huntA list of shots to snap before the night is out.
The full list of hens party games

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Hens party dinner, brunch and high tea ideas

Drinks and Dining

For the bride whose love language is a long table.

Friends laughing and clapping at a waterfront table lined with orange spritz cocktails

Hens dinners

A long table, a cocktail just for the bride and a room that gets louder by dessert. By the water, up on a rooftop, or with a limo waiting outside.

Golden hour on the water. She’ll want every photo.

A hens group in sashes around a long lunch table

Long lunches

A long grazing lunch with two hours of drinks, a rooftop above the city, then dinner and a nightclub booth. Four venues, one very spoiled bride.

Lunch that somehow turns into dinner.

Hens in sashes and a tiara clinking glasses of bubbles across a marble table

Bottomless brunch

Two hours of drinks, a table that gets louder by the round, and a brunch that turns into a power-ballad sing-along or a limo ride.

The best parties start before noon. She’s been saying it for years.

Why a brunch or long lunch works
A tiered high tea stand with macarons, sandwiches and cakes beside teacups and flowers

High tea

Tiered stands and tiny sandwiches, or a cocktail high tea with a tarot reading on the side.

Something pretty, and everyone she loves at one table.

Two friends laughing as they shake cocktails in front of a lit back bar

Cocktail making

A mixologist behind a private bar, three cocktails each and a bride who suddenly has opinions about garnish. Pair it with dinner, a topless waiter or a burlesque class.

Half of them have never met. By the second round, nobody could tell.

Cocktail making hens parties
An aerialist performing above a glowing mirror ball over a darkened theatre audience

Dinner and a show

Cocktails, tapas and a rooftop, then velvet, feathers, acrobats and plenty of cabaret sass from reserved seats.

She’ll be humming the finale all week.

More drinks, dining and night out ideas

A brunch grazing box of pastries, strawberries, figs and berries

Grazing platters

Boards piled high while everyone gets ready, so nobody goes out hungry.

Iced hens cookies decorated with Miss To Mrs, rings, disco balls and bride designs

Custom cookies

Iced cookies with her name, the ring and every inside joke.

Three women with wine glasses outdoors on a sunny day

Wine flights and tasting

A flight of wines, a few notes on each and absolutely no spitting.

Five whisky tasting glasses behind grazing boats of cheese, salami and fruit on a timber table

Whisky tasting

A masterclass in single malts for the bride who takes it neat.

A bride to be in white with her hens group holding cocktails in a lounge

Cocktail bar hop

A different bar, a different cocktail and a new photo at every stop.

A big group of smiling young women posing close together inside a pub

Pub crawl

Pub to pub with sashes on and a plan for every stop.

A group of women at a nightclub, one wearing a sash

Club crawl

Club to club, with someone else working out where’s next.

Six women clinking glasses around a small table with share plates in a red booth

Nightclub booth

Your own booth, your own table and the dance floor right there.

A teal velvet booth with a bottle of bubbly on ice on the table

VIP bottle service

Bottles on ice, delivered to the booth with a little theatre.

Three smiling friends posing together on a busy dance floor

VIP nightclub night

Straight past the queue and onto the dance floor.

A bride to be in a pearl crown laughing with a friend in sequins at a cocktail bar

Comedy club

A night of stand-up, and a bride who laughs loudest.

Hens in sashes holding party props beside a shirtless waiter in a bow tie

Photo booth

Props, a backdrop and a strip of photos for everyone’s fridge.

Illustration: a fire staff burning at both ends

Fire dancer

Flames, music and a performance nobody will be scrolling through.

For the group, not just the bride

Hens party ideas for every kind of guest list

Planning chat already loud? Why the group chat ruins the plan, and what works instead

Hens party ideas when not everyone drinks

They’re in, at the same price per person. Where drinks are part of a package they get a non-alcoholic alternative, and in a cocktail class they make the non-alcoholic versions. At pottery, nobody’s nursing a lemonade in the corner: the clay doesn’t care what’s in anyone’s glass.

Hens party ideas without alcoholFun activities that don’t need a drink

Hens party ideas for a pregnant bride

She’s in. Her glass gets the non-alcoholic version, the food can usually be adjusted around what she can’t eat, and anything built around making something, a long lunch or a pamper session means she isn’t sitting anything out.

Pregnant bride hens party ideas

Hens party ideas when half the group has never met

Very normal. School friends, work friends, family and the partner’s side, all at one table. A cocktail class or a creative workshop gives everyone something to talk about while their hands are busy, and a drag queen does the same job from the front of the room.

Three generations on the guest list? All ages hens party ideas

Low-key hens party ideas for a bride who doesn’t want a fuss

Nothing that puts her on show, and fun the whole table shares: a long lunch, a paint and sip, an afternoon at the spa.

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Hens party reviews from the organisers

They organised it. Then they got to enjoy it.

Our night flowed really well, no stuffing around and most importantly I got to actually enjoy my friends hens instead of playing event manager all night because everything had already been thought through. The timing, what was included, where we'd go next, what suited the 9 girls we had and honestly, I didn't properly realise how much difference that would make until the actual night itself. It felt like a proper event rather than us just meeting at a few places Han loved every part of it and even said how did you do and find all this?? So that was the review from her I needed and I would use them again in a heartbeat!

Jess Mitchelson-Hallwho organised her friend’s hens for nine, on Google

So I organised a hen party from London for my best friend in Australia and honestly didn't know how I was going to pull it off and so happy I found My Ultimate Hens. From start to finish everything exceeded expectations, thankyou for all the little surprises, how smoothly everything went and it all just worked and we had just the best time and honestly just soak it all in, which is pretty rare when you're the one organising. It ended up being one of the best nights ever and there's no way I could have done it from the other side of the world without you. I'm so grateful and honestly couldn't recommend you more.

Emily Stedmanwho organised her best friend’s hens from London, on Google

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Hens weekend ideas with accommodation

Two days, for when one night won’t cover it

Some of these deserve two days. Life drawing, a day spa, a cruise, high tea or the vineyards, with one place for everyone to come home to, where the robes, the snacks and the post-mortem all live.

Not fifteen girls, two bathrooms, bunk beds, and one exhausted organiser up at seven vacuuming and taking the bins out while everyone else sips bubbles on the balcony.

Every city has hens weekends with the stay built in, and everyone gets a bed of her own, or a rollaway. The only thing anyone’s fighting over is the aux cord.

And the girls night in sleepover is the hens weekend theme made for it: matching pyjamas, face masks and the movie she’s seen forty times.

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Hens party ideas FAQs

Hens party questions, answered

What’s the best hens night activity?

The one that makes her look at you and say “how did you know?” Start with her, not the list: making something, being pampered, a bit of mischief, a game she has to win, a view, or a long table. Then pick her city. Heart the ones that feel like her and send us the shortlist.

What are the most popular hens party ideas in Australia right now?

Going by Google’s Australian search data, the hens activities searched most by name are boat cruises, life drawing and male entertainment like topless waiters and strip shows. Boat cruises and paint and sip are growing fastest, with hens searches for each more than tripling in a year, and life drawing keeps holding its ground. Line dancing and bathhouses are climbing with Australians generally. Popular is a good place to start, but the right one is whichever makes you think of her.

Is a hens party the same as a bachelorette party?

Yes. Bachelorette, or bach party, is the American name, and it’s turning up more and more in Australian searches. Here it’s a hens party, hens night or hen do. Same brief whatever her group chat calls it: a day or night that’s all about her, and every idea on this page works for it.

What is a My Ultimate Hens package?

A My Ultimate Hens package is one complete hens celebration, designed for a hens from the first glass to the last stop. The experiences, food and drinks, hosts and entertainment, and transport or accommodation where included, run as one flow, at one price per person.

How much does a hens party cost?

Most My Ultimate Hens day and night packages sit between about $130 and $350 per person, and weekends away with accommodation between about $250 and $550. The bigger the group, the lower it tends to go, and every package shows its own price per person. How much a hens party costs

Who pays for the hens party?

There’s no hard rule, but in most Australian friend groups each guest pays their own way and the bride’s share is split evenly between everyone else, so she doesn’t pay a cent. How to split the cost of a hens party

Who organises the hens?

Usually the maid of honour, though a sister or a best friend often takes the lead. It works best when one person decides and the group chat reacts to her shortlist, rather than writing it. How to plan a hens party

How long before the wedding should the hens be?

Most hens land a few weeks to a couple of months before the wedding: close enough to feel like the countdown has started, far enough out that nobody’s still recovering at the altar. Weekends away usually need the longest run-up.

Who should we invite to the hens?

The bride’s call. Usually her bridesmaids and the friends and family she’d want beside her, and only people who are invited to the wedding. Hens party ideas for every kind of guest list

Should it be a hens night or a hens weekend?

A day or night suits most groups. A weekend works when guests are travelling in, when she’d love a getaway, or when one night won’t cover everything she’d want to do. Hens weekend packages

Do you bring a gift to a hens party?

Not unless the invite asks. Plenty of organisers say no gifts and many brides prefer it that way. A card with something specific about her is more than enough. Should you give a gift at the hens?

How far ahead should we book?

More notice means more choice, particularly for accommodation, private spaces and Saturday times. A closer date is still worth asking about.

Do I need final numbers before I book?

No. When you book, you only need to be confident you’ll make the package minimum. Final numbers are due three weeks before the hens, unless your booking gives a different date.

What if some of us don’t drink?

They’re in, at the same price per person. Where drinks are part of a package, non-drinkers get a non-alcoholic alternative.

Can we choose how cheeky it gets?

Yes. How cheeky it gets is her call, and it isn’t one scale. Tell us what’s in and what’s out for her.

Nyree, founder of My Ultimate Hens, in her office

About this hens party ideas guide

This is My Ultimate Hens’ guide to hens party ideas in Australia: more than 100 hens party and hens night ideas, from life drawing and boat cruises to spa days, scavenger hunts and long lunches, grouped into six styles so you can start with the kind of bride she is. The ideas are chosen from what Australians actually search for when they plan a hens, then sorted by a team that has been creating hens since 2011. My Ultimate Hens creates hens party packages, hens nights and hens weekends in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Perth and Adelaide.

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Where is she celebrating?

Knowing which one is her was always your call. The toast, the table and the next stop come with it.

Found the one? Pick her city and we’ll check her date.

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Start her hens wishlist

Know exactly what she wants? Put it in. Only know what she’d hate and the one weird thing that’s so her? That works too. We’ll come back with the packages that fit her.

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