How To Entertain Children On The Wedding Day

Q. Shall I invite children on my wedding? What if they ruin my day with their screams and running around?

A. Inviting children at your wedding is a very delegate matter and it should be handled with great care especially if close friends and relatives have children that they would love to bring with.

The first thing you should consider before you decide if you are going to invite children or not is the time, location and type of your wedding.

To be more specific, a formal wedding starting late in the afternoon might cause more trouble to the parents if they decide to bring children with rather than an afternoon wedding or a semi-formal wedding. Therefore if you choose to go with the formal wedding and you don’t want children at your wedding, very delicately explain the reason why.

In the case that you are inviting children there are plenty of activities and things to arrange for them to keep them occupied. To name a few:

• Prepare a goodie bags personalised for each child; have their names outside the bag and include puzzles, colouring books and crayons, small toys and table games for the older ones to keep them occupied the whole evening.
• Have the children sitting at the back of the room; if possible have them in a separate room with a babysitter. Decorate the room with balloons, give them confetti, have a CD player and create their own ‘Disco night’.
• Hire a clown or a face painter to entertain them.
• Create their own menu with funny names and mocktails.
• For an outdoor wedding, organise a treasure hunt game

Traditionally children at weddings bring good luck to the couple. If you are struggling to decide whether or not inviting children at your wedding handle the situation with positive attitude. Be creative and give them something they really like and you won’t even notice that they are around.

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