The Activity book cont.

We went to a friend's Christening today, which took up most of the day, so there was little time or opportunity to continue with the wedding preparations. However, being the opportunist I am, I used the time in the car to continue drawing pictures for the Activity booklet for the children.


We now have:

• 2 mazes
• 1 anagram
• 1 dot-to-dot picture
• 1 word search
• 1 find the correct path picture
• 4 design your own (dress, bunting, hairdo, flowers)

I am aiming for 20-30 activities: some simple (tic tac toe etc.), some, like the crossword puzzles, with more prep and input needed.

Taking photocopying out of the equation, the booklets will be almost free. Designs are done by me and free education resource Puzzlemaker, the paper and ribbon won't add for the 5-10 children who will attend.

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.