50 hen do photo challenges (that the bride will love)
By the Mission Memories team · Updated
The short answer
A hen do photo challenge gives the group a list of photo missions to complete over the day or night, like "recreate the bride's most famous photo" or "get a stranger to give the bride marriage advice". Pick 15–25 from the list below, keep them kind (nothing the bride would hate), and run them on everyone's phones with an app like Mission Memories so there's a live leaderboard and every photo ends up in one album for the bride. It's free for up to 5 people and £4.99 for up to 40.
How to run it
- Choose 15–25 challenges and check none would embarrass the bride or anyone else.
- Split into two or three teams, or let everyone play for themselves.
- Share the list in a photo game so the group joins from a QR code and the scores update live.
- Announce the winner at dinner, and give the bride the full album the next morning.
Getting started (10)
- Group photo before anyone has had a sip
- Recreate the bride's favourite photo of herself
- Selfie with the bride doing her signature pose
- Photo of everyone's matching outfits or sashes
- Find something with the groom's initial on it
- Recreate a photo from the bride's childhood
- Photo of the bride with the person she's known longest
- Capture the bride's reaction to the first surprise
- Photo of the most organised hen (the one with the itinerary)
- Get everyone in one jump shot
Out and about (10)
- Get a stranger to give the bride their best marriage advice (and photograph it)
- Photo with someone else celebrating something today
- Find a couple who've been married 20+ years and ask for a photo
- Recreate a famous film scene in public
- Photo of the bride in front of the most romantic spot you can find
- Get a photo with someone who shares the groom's name
- Spell out BRIDE with your bodies
- Photo of the whole group mid-laugh
- Snap the bride doing her best catwalk
- Find something blue for the big day
At dinner (10)
- Photo of the best dressed hen
- Recreate the moment the couple met
- Capture the speech or toast to the bride
- Photo of the bride trying something she's never eaten
- Snap the funniest reaction to a quiz question about the groom
- Recreate the proposal with a breadstick ring
- Photo of the table pulling their best wedding-photo faces
- Get the waiter or waitress in a group photo
- Photo of the bride's best "I'm getting married" face
- Snap the dessert before it disappears
Silly ones (10)
- Recreate an album cover with the group
- Photo of the bride wearing everyone's sunglasses at once
- Make a human wedding cake
- Recreate a famous wedding photo (royal weddings count)
- Photo of a hen pretending to catch the bouquet
- Snap the most dramatic dance-floor moment
- Get the group into a perfect pyramid
- Photo of someone attempting the groom's signature move
- Find the most ridiculous inflatable
- Photo of the bride being serenaded
Sweet ones to finish (10)
- Photo of the bride with each hen
- Recreate a photo from the first night out you all had together
- Snap the bride's happiest moment of the day
- Photo of everyone holding a word that describes the bride
- Write a note for the bride to read on the wedding morning
- Photo with the maid of honour
- Capture the moment the bride opens a gift
- Group hug photo
- Snap the last ones standing
- Final photo: the whole hen party, together
Keeping it fun
- Check the list with the maid of honour so nothing hits a sore spot.
- Make drinking optional: none of these need alcohol.
- Ask before photographing strangers, and leave out anyone who'd rather not.
Run your hen do photo challenge on Mission Memories: the group joins from a QR code, no app needed, and the bride gets every photo in one album. Free for up to 5 people, £4.99 for up to 40.
Frequently asked questions
What are good hen do photo challenges?
Mix sweet ones (recreate a childhood photo of the bride), out-and-about ones (get a stranger's marriage advice), dinner ones (recreate the proposal with a breadstick ring) and a few silly ones. 15–25 challenges suits a day and a night out.
How do you do a hen party scavenger hunt?
Choose your challenges, split into teams or play individually, share the list on everyone's phones and give points for each photo. A photo game app like Mission Memories keeps score and collects every photo in one album.
Is there a free hen party photo app?
Mission Memories is free for up to 5 people and 5 missions. A group of up to 40 is £4.99 for the whole hen do, with no subscription.
Run it with Mission Memories
Free for 5 guests. Guests join with your code from their phone's browser, no app needed.