Alternative hen and stag party ideas

You you don’t have to wear L plates and get drunk in Brighton for your stag or hen do. Lately a lot of couples have been having joint "sten" dos, which is a brilliant idea - you get to join forces and have a laugh together. You can do almost any of these ideas together. Here are 20 stag and hen do ideas!

Stuntman lessons

Leap from buildings, escape infernos and smash a bottle over someone's head.

Gorge walking

Waterfall jumps, boulder hopping, exploring caves and raging rapids — so much fun!

Go Ape forest adventure

Navigate from tree to tree and swing from the treetops like Tarzan. There are locations all over the UK.

indoor skydiving

Skydiving without the fear of heights!

actual sky diving

If you're brave enough, do it for real! There are skydiving places located all over the UK and beyond.

Ghost tours

Don't follow the crowd to Prague - hop on a plane to Transylvania and go on a ghost tour!

Zombie apocalypse

You're thrown into a disused shopping mall where zombies are lurking, waiting to infect you. Ultimate zombie fun!

Taxidermy workshop

From skinning to mounting, this is not one for the faint-hearted. You could even use the final pieces as centrepieces, like Nicky and Dave did!

wedding centrepiece ideas taxidermy fox and antlers and poison bottles

Pimp your wedding and bridesmaids shoes

Think wedding shoes are boring? Get the girls together and design your own! Stick things on them and paint them.

bushcraft workshop

Learn how to forage for food, make camp fires and sleep under stars.

wilderness festival

Escape room

You're locked a room and together you have to solve puzzles to get out - against the clock!

Belly dancing class

So that when you're on honeymoon in Morocco you can show those girls a thing or two!

Charleston lessons

Dancing the Charleston is the most fun ever. You could even hire a dance teacher and a swing band for your wedding and have a dance off!

Go to a festival

More specifically, get cheap flights and go to one abroad. A stag/hen do is the perfect excuse for a holiday!

wilderness festival

rent a cottage

Invite your mates, bring food, booze and games and lark about in the countryside.

Life drawing lessons

Hire a naked hunk, invite your arty and not so arty friends over and get creative.

Hire a vintage tearoom

Hire a pop-up tearoom anywhere you want, for vintage afternoon tea.

cocktail mixing

Mix up your own signature cocktail at a cocktail class. Then get wasted on them.

rent a narrow boat

Spend the day floating down the river or canal eating, drinking and messing about.

raft building

Build a raft then sail it down the river (AKA create something vaguely raft-like then spend an afternoon waist deep in a river).

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