Having children at a wedding brings life to the wedding, sometimes a little chaos. Some brides choose to do a no children wedding and reception which is okay but can prevent some guests from being able to attend the wedding and/or reception. At the wedding ceremony kids are normally pretty well behaved, babies have some issues, especially with the longer ceremonies. We have seen several have to be taken out by Mom or Dad crying, it happens and if it does don’t worry about it, it’s life. After the wedding ceremony kids get a little on restless side if they are kept around for pictures.
At the reception, kids have a tendency to go a little wild, they have just went through a long time in church (20 minutes to sit still is a long time) and have a lot of energy. This is where you hope the parents keep a little control or you have kids circling around under foot when you are announced, when you are eating, when you are dancing your first dance, and generally all the time if they are permitted.
What is a couple to do? Well you can ask the parents to keep the kids under control, have the DJ ban the kids from the dance floor at key moments, and these work pretty good. Now there are a few thing more a couple can do. If you think like a kid what would be neat to do? We’ve seen craft areas set up, even kids sections/tables for dinner, that had fun things for the kids to do. Now not all parents will want their smaller children at separate tables, but it will keep a few occupied. We’ve even seen kids plates prepared for them, and a kids buffet line with kid friendly food.
You can do kids events too, kids want to be included in the fun. Single guys and girls have a Bouquet and Garter toss, why not do something like this for the kids. Do a Candy Sucker Bouquet and include them all, just make sure everyone gets something (extra suckers or something). We have seen separate dance areas for kids to keep the off the main dance floor. I would at least have the DJ ask the parents to keep the kids off the dance floor for the formal dances. After all you don’t want tripped, or to have to dodge kids running around during your first dance. Plus the pictures will turn out. At our wedding, during our first dance, one of my older nieces toddlers broke away onto the dance floor just crossing to the other side, my niece ran after her and the two of them almost took us out.
As you can see from the picture though, not all pictures are ruined by children. and we snapped a few without them showing up too. These kids had a blast and I bet they slept very good that night.
At the reception, kids have a tendency to go a little wild, they have just went through a long time in church (20 minutes to sit still is a long time) and have a lot of energy. This is where you hope the parents keep a little control or you have kids circling around under foot when you are announced, when you are eating, when you are dancing your first dance, and generally all the time if they are permitted.
What is a couple to do? Well you can ask the parents to keep the kids under control, have the DJ ban the kids from the dance floor at key moments, and these work pretty good. Now there are a few thing more a couple can do. If you think like a kid what would be neat to do? We’ve seen craft areas set up, even kids sections/tables for dinner, that had fun things for the kids to do. Now not all parents will want their smaller children at separate tables, but it will keep a few occupied. We’ve even seen kids plates prepared for them, and a kids buffet line with kid friendly food.
You can do kids events too, kids want to be included in the fun. Single guys and girls have a Bouquet and Garter toss, why not do something like this for the kids. Do a Candy Sucker Bouquet and include them all, just make sure everyone gets something (extra suckers or something). We have seen separate dance areas for kids to keep the off the main dance floor. I would at least have the DJ ask the parents to keep the kids off the dance floor for the formal dances. After all you don’t want tripped, or to have to dodge kids running around during your first dance. Plus the pictures will turn out. At our wedding, during our first dance, one of my older nieces toddlers broke away onto the dance floor just crossing to the other side, my niece ran after her and the two of them almost took us out.
As you can see from the picture though, not all pictures are ruined by children. and we snapped a few without them showing up too. These kids had a blast and I bet they slept very good that night.
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