Looking for an engagement gift idea for your fiance, daughter, or friend? Purchase
a Bwedd.com Wedding Website gift certificate good for
ALL of our add-ons - for just $75!
Unlimited photos, online rsvp, a
wedding countdown, much
more!
...Someday we will be like that couple living down the street - married for longer than we can remember taking our morning walk arm-in-arm. We will go "strolling".
And, we'll be even happier than we are today.
Imagine that.
Bwedd.com
"We have many out of town guests coming and we have been able to share the excitement and details of our wedding with them. It was also very easy to set up our site!!" - Heather, Palm Harbor, FL
Are you inviting lots of children to your wedding? Or
debating inviting children, but just can't decide
because you don't want them to be in the way or too
distractive? Well, here are some ideas that will
hopefully help you to incorporate the children cost-
effectively.
Ceremony
First, at the ceremony children tend to sit with their
parents. If you are having lots of smaller children
(say, under three years old), you may want to consider
offering childcare to your guests. A great way to
accomplish this is to ask one of your responsible teen
relatives or friends to be in charge of this. In
helping to convince them to do this, you can tell them
that you would like one or two of their responsible
friends to help them out as well.
Dinner
During dinner, many reception halls now offer
children's meals. This is a wonderful idea, because it
will save you money - it costs less, and the kids like
the menu better. For example, chicken fingers and
french fries instead of steak and potatoes. Make sure
to look into this possibility if you are having lots of
kids (around 12 and under) to your wedding.
Reception
The hard part about having children to your wedding
reception is that they get tired earlier and bored
easily. When the parent's want to be enjoying your
day, instead they have to take the children home. To
solve this problem, you can ask those same teen
relatives and friends to head up a children's table at
your reception.
This can be a table that has crayons, paper, legos, and
some games at it. You can ask the parents of the
children to bring their favorite game and you can
provide the crayons and paper. The "babysitters" could
even have the children draw pictures of your wedding or
make cards to wish you well in your marriage.
Another way to separate the children from the reception
is to book one hotel room (if your reception is in a
hotel) for all of the kids and the "babysitters".
Bring a VCR and some movies, a Nintendo, some board
games, crayons, and paper, and the kids are set for
quite awhile. Plus, if some of the smaller kids get
tired, they can crash on the bed.
Some other ideas that may take a little more time and
effort are to plan a scavenger hunt for the kids or
another kind of contest. If you are having an outdoor
reception and there is enough space, you could arrange
for a game of kickball or tee-ball.
Finally a fun and cute thing to do would be to have a
children's dance, where you spend one song dancing with
the kids - the bride with the boys and the groom with
the girls. This could be very memorable and meaningful
to them! Plus, the adults will probably think it is
adorable. So, before you send them off to the
children's table or to another room, have a children's
dance.
As always, be creative and don't be afraid to ask for
help. If you would like to make your wedding children-
friendly, let everyone know and they will be sure to
help you out in thinking of ideas, finding babysitters,
and bringing the necessary items. And, don't forget,
this is not something you want to worry about on the
day of your wedding, so put someone else in charge, and
trust them to handle it!
