Tips on planning a kid friendly wedding

Not gonna lie I would totally be in the fort lol ... pinterest has some pretty neat ideas for kid activities at weddings.. worth taking a look

Ok the fort sounds super fun!!! I would totally be hanging out what the the kids!

Hey Kayla! Welcome to the community! It's so amazing that you'll be able to have all your family there with nieces and nephews! That will be such a loving moment to spend together! You could have specific moments of activities for kids during your wedding or get ready together with your flower girl like if she were a bridesmaid. You could get a few ideas from these discussions: 9 ideas to entertain kids at your wedding

5 kids table ideas

6 sweet brides and grooms with their kids

Would you prefer to have a kids table or kids sitting with their parents?

Love the egg hunt

A fort room is BRILLIANT. As a grown up I might feel interested to check it out!

We may get as many as 30 children currently 9 confirmed... I'm hoping to get my BFFs sister and maybe a friend to run the kids club... Our venue has an unused coat check area, where we will set up a "fort"... Pillows, blankets, books, paper, crayons, games, toys ect... I know the kids will spend alot of time dancing but thought it would be nice for them to have a break room... We will also be loading them up with favors at supper hopefully it will keep them occupied during the speeches, if not they have somewhere to go, lol.

About one third of our guests are kids mostly 12 and under so I am hiring two of my grade 9 students to take care of the kids area which will have toys, arts and crafts and some mats.

Our wedding is during easter weekend so the two students will hide easter eggs during the ceremony so we can do an Easter egg hunt afterwards for our guests while we do our photos.

Im also having about 150 guests with about 35 of them being kids (10 and under). My reception hall has a playground just outside, so im hoping that will help keep them entertained. But i think the kids will also help keep eachother entertained. We are having a DJ so I see a lot of kids on the dancefloor at my wedding. lol

I would suggest having some activites planned for them (games at the tables, or an area with colouring/ board games)....I'm terrible at kids, so what do I know!

Maybe if you have the budget you could hire a couple of caregivers to keep kids busy when they get antsy? It would allow kids to be there, have fun...and then have a person to wrangle them while their parents continue to enjoy the festivites.