Planning a Child Friendly Wedding
What exactly is a child-friendly wedding? If you invited children to your wedding, they are your guests, too, and as hostess you should make every effort to plan for their needs. Yes, the parents should look out for their children, but you can make it simpler for them with just a few basic provisions. Read on for some child-friendly wedding ideas.Accommodations: A designated Kid Room near the main room or banquet hall at your reception is a must. This gives kids a space to regroup, interact with other children and play away form the potentially overwhelming bustle of the wedding. Set it up with some tables and chairs as well as mats and rugs. Child-size furniture is a huge plus.
Child Care: Keep the room staffed with several trained babysitters to allow parents a chance to enjoy the wedding. Have sign-in sheets to help the sitters keep track of the kids and who can pick up the children. Still, make sure the parents know to check in on their children regularly throughout the evening.
Entertainment: One wedding I attended had a clown and balloon-artist on hand to make the kids smile and keep them enthralled. It was a huge hit, even with the toddlers. Stock the kid room or child-friendly area of your event hall with coloring books, games and other activities for the kids. Interactive toys, such as blocks and Lego Duplos, beat passive entertainment such as TV shows.
Food: Consider having a separate buffet with kid-friendly food, and ask staff to keep leftovers available throughout the evening for children who may get hungry again. My friend simply ordered pizza and stocked a mini fridge with juice and milk in individual servings. She included a basket with bananas, apples, snack bars and other goodies.
Participation: Children want to be a part of the fun, and little things go a long way to help them feel included. What about a small dance floor just for kids? Or large bubble-blowing wands they can use during your send-off?
Will your wedding be a child-friendly affair, or are you having second thoughts about including kids?
Submitted by: Maria
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Such great ideas for a child-friendly wedding. Whether or not to invite children to a wedding is often a hot topic. This article will certainly help couples decide whether to invite children or not as it offers some great ways to keep children entertained at a wedding - these are ideas that many couples may not have thought of.