Kids' Corner at the Wedding Reception? Oh Yes!!!

Most guests with kids would often like to take their kids with to a wedding. I always advise couples to check with guests if they are bringing kids and how many. If you are welcoming guests’ children to your wedding, you might consider creating a fun kids table designed just for them. It’s a great opportunity to interpret your colour scheme and floral choices in fun, new ways!

While a fabulous floral centerpiece that matches every other table will blend in, kids might be less impressed with a large, lush arrangement than your older guests. Instead, create a cupcake tower centerpiece that combines flowers and food. It’s sure to light up any child’s eyes! Cupcakes are the perfect, self-contained snack, eliminating extra forks and plates and allowing kids to serve themselves.

Use glass votive cups as miniature vases for flowers, or fill others with small favors and toys, chalk, crayons, or candies. Spindly wine glasses and top-heavy goblets have no place near the busy hands of excited children.

Create an activity board to keep kids occupied when speeches and toasts run long. You can take a chalkboard easel and a magnetic board painted and stencilled in your wedding colours —the magnetic board is a great surface for kids to play with words. Leave the kids a disposable camera at their table and have an adult encourage them to write messages in chalk or with magnet letters then stand in front of the photo board and take a picture with their phrase.

What’s cuter than a child, a scrawled message, and a speech bubble? Consider providing separate gifts for the kids like special toys, food in shapes, or anything personalized with their names. The more activities they have to engage with, the more fun they (and their parents) will have!