What about the children?

Our decision was made fairly early on that we would allow children to our wedding. My daughter and future nephews would be there anyway and a few of our friends have recently had children, so it was a no-brainer to accommodate children into the wedding somehow.

Thing is, for children, weddings can be boring. There are the speeches, there is the sitting still, there is the waiting for food. Yes, there is a disco and everyone will start dancing (the adults, once suitably intoxicated), but most of the time it will be a case of sitting around.

To avoid total meltdown, I thought I would put together a wedding-themed activity booklet for them. This will have a variety of crosswords, puzzles (both to be done with the help of Puzzlemaker) and drawings in them.

The ones in the photo are some of the drawing ideas - Design your perfect wedding dress, Design the bride's hair and make-up and Design the wedding flowers.

Adding a few crayons (perhaps the children's favours?), rubbers, sharpeners etc. to the table should hopefully keep them fully entertained during those long hours that may not be that interesting otherwise.