Kids & Weddings

Kids at weddings has been a huge “no no” during the past ten years, however, the trend through 2005 has been to invite as many children to your wedding as your family includes.

To combat the problems of tiny tot boredom during the reception and to allow parents to totally enjoy your shindig here are a few suggestions to keep the young ones occupied and happy:

* Hire a babysitter - most hotels have a baby sitting service or a kids club and you could probably pay an extra fee to have them entertain and supervise the little ones during your reception fiesta.
* Seat children together at a special “kids table”- cover the tables with butchers paper and throw crayons in the middle.
* Give each child an activity pack including games and puzzles, bubbles, crayons, colouring books
* Consider hiring magic makers, clowns or puppet shows
* Serve a kids meal consisting of chicken mcnuggets, pizza’s, cheesy potato’s, pasta, fish fingers etc.
* Give children jobs at the reception ie. getting messages in the Guest Book, passing around favors, handing out disposable camera’s,
* Have a special cinema corner set up for young ones, with comfy pillows, popcorn and juice showing tiny-tot favourites: Finding Nemo, Shrek, The Lion King etc.

It may seem like a lot of additional effort, but this day is one to remember for the rest of your life, and if having children at the wedding means you can ensure your closest friends and family can be there also, its well worth it!