{"id":1749,"date":"2019-02-25T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T12:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2019-02-06T12:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T12:24:26","slug":"incorporating-kids-at-your-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/incorporating-kids-at-your-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Incorporating kids at your wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Children at weddings? Do you invite them or not? It\u2019s always a heated topic when discussing wedding planning<\/a> and we\u2019re here to help you make a properly informed decision. Read on to find out more\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Do you invite all kids? Just babies? Or just teenagers? What about if you\u2019re having young flowergirls and pageboys? Can you then ban your friends from bringing their offspring (we think not).<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, you may have teenagers at your wedding too. They are easier to entertain (they\u2019ll like chatting to friends and maybe even dancing if they consider the music cool enough) but you\u2019re still going to have to bear their likes and dislikes in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n

First off, let\u2019s think about the young children. Very young babies aren\u2019t such a problem \u2013 they\u2019ll hopefully sleep and can be cuddled by everybody (something the grannies usually enjoy!)<\/span><\/p>\n

However toddlers and under 5s can be quite demanding. Supermodel Kate Moss solved this problem at her wedding by having a marquee dedicated to children, with drama teachers and nannies on call.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously that\u2019s not something most of us can copy as we don\u2019t all have a supermodel\u2019s budget, but you can have children\u2019s play areas on your wedding day \u2013 maybe a corner of the marquee or barn stocked with colouring books, toys and somewhere peaceful to watch a DVD. Overtired children can get tearful so if you can have a quiet chill-out area for them, so much the better.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having a Christmas wedding, you could invite \u2018Santa\u2019 to visit the young children and bring a gift \u2013 this would be good timing just after the wedding speeches when everybody is getting ready to party.<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, if you do employ childcare for the event, make sure that the individual is CRB checked beforehand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Children of all ages \u2013 including \u2018seen it all before\u2019 teens will enjoy watching a good magician \u2013 particularly one who works the tables and does magic close up.<\/span><\/p>\n

An experienced conjurer will gauge his tricks according to the age group he\u2019s entertaining \u2013 you just have to look at the cult following of Dynamo to see that \u2018how did he do that\u2019 magic has never been more popular.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having a summer wedding and you\u2019ve room outside, consider having a bouncy castle for the kids but alternate sessions for different age groups. An energetic 12-year-old boy let loose amongst toddlers will quickly result in tears and of course you\u2019ll need to have a responsible adult to keep an eye on proceedings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garden games always go down well (but remember they\u2019re largely weather dependent). You can hire giant games of Jenga, croquet and even old-fashioned fairground swings.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trick to making sure kids have a great time at your wedding is to think about them beforehand, maybe consulting the parents as to what they like and have some planned strategies and entertainments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Children at weddings? Do you invite them or not? It\u2019s always a heated topic when discussing wedding planning and we\u2019re here to help you make a properly informed decision. Read on to find out more\u2026 Do you invite all kids? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[422,320,319],"tags":[369,352,266],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1750,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weddingbranch.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}