How to Include Kids in the Wedding Ceremony
Children represent purity and novelty - what better way is there to complement your wedding day?
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Instructions
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Put younger children (ages 4 to 8) in traditional roles as flower girls (and boys) and ring bearers.
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Ask the verbally gifted to read a poem, biblical verse or prose piece in the ceremony.
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Get the artistic tykes involved: ask them to sing, play an instrument, create the program design, or simply turn the pages for a musician.
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Sign on the older kids (ages 8 to 14) as junior bridesmaids and groomsmen.
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Have children help out at the reception by passing out favors and serving cake to guests.
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Enlist the help of kids who want to participate, but not in the limelight, to decorate the getaway car, pass out candles, or toss flower petals or birdseed for your departure.
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Tips & Warnings
When appointing children to ceremonial duties, keep in mind their age and maturity.
Seat parents of kids who are participating in the ceremony in a convenient spot to wave them in when the time comes.
Sew fake rings onto the ring bearer's pillow - or hand over the real ones just as he or she heads down the aisle - to avoid catastrophe.
Keep in mind that kids will be kids: expect the unexpected, and remember - that's part of their charm.
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Comments
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Aug 08, 2006
We are having our son (helped by grandpa) take care of the rings, and our daughter (who is 4) walk me down the aisle instead of my dad. -
Dec 08, 2005
Keep the mini-bar locked. Weddings are so notoriously boring for teenagers that they will probably try to drown it all out with alcohol. If it's an open bar, then have the oldest, ugliest member of the bride's family stand there and yell at anyone who comes to close.
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Dec 08, 2005
Keep the mini-bar locked. Weddings are so notoriously boring for teenagers that they will probably try to drown it all out with alcohol. If it's an open bar, then have the oldest, ugliest member of the bride's family stand there and yell at anyone who comes to close.
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Nov 22, 2005
My twin nieces (10 yrs old) are going to be in charge of making sure that the gifts are guarded and that cards are adequetly taped to the gifts. Their brother who will be 12 is going to be taking peoples' pictures with a Polaroid I-Zone camera and putting them in the guestbook for people to write next to.
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Nov 22, 2005
I attended a wedding where there were three little fairies instead of flower girls. They all wore the traditional white flower girl dress but they had wings, made from wire wrapped in tooling, sewn to the back of their dresses and carried wands, with stars and ribbons on the end. They were very sweat!
