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Lynnie
WeddingWire Administrator October 2016

Are you inviting kids?

Lynnie, on April 30, 2018 at 4:43 PM

Posted in Planning 137

Oh the dreaded guest list... it's one of the toughest parts of wedding planning and can have a big impact on everything from your venue size, to your budget, to the number of favors you need to order! It's a tricky balance trying to keep everyone happy, but at the end of the day - not everyone can...

Oh the dreaded guest list... it's one of the toughest parts of wedding planning and can have a big impact on everything from your venue size, to your budget, to the number of favors you need to order! It's a tricky balance trying to keep everyone happy, but at the end of the day - not everyone can make the cut. ✂️✂️✂️

So it's time to share - who made your list??


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First question.... are you inviting kids? Did you have a cut-off based on age, or did you go adults only?


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137 Comments

  • Pamela
    Dedicated September 2018
    Pamela ·
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    We are having my siblings and his sisters kids but that’s about it. They tend to get in the way of stuff don’t get me wrong i like them buttttt no lol
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  • J
    Savvy September 2019
    Julianne ·
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    No kids for us,my fiance was not on board at first but he's ok now
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  • MrsPreach2018
    Master August 2018
    MrsPreach2018 ·
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    Yes, we're inviting kids. We have 3 in our bridal party and are expecting to have a total of about 10 kids under 10 years. I'll have kids activity table including coloring books, bubble guns, glow sticks, couple of games.

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  • Mrs. Belfon
    Savvy September 2018
    Mrs. Belfon ·
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    Mary Lela,
    i intend on putting I.t on the invitations as well in a nicely worded phrase like you did. I wish I would’ve thought about I.t on the save the dates as well.
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  • F
    Devoted August 2018
    futuremrs ·
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    We are inviting kids but this is because we are having a very small wedding (50-60 people) and not many people have young kids that are coming
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  • Jessica
    VIP October 2018
    Jessica ·
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    Yes, kids are in. The only baby we have is going to be 2yo, and she's the daughter of FH's godmother's son (they grew up together).
    All other kids are between 9-16 and they're Fh's cousins who love us to death (I got them all to chant to FH that I was a better cousin MWAHAHAHAHAHA 😈)
    Most of our other guests are retired so lol we're having a total of 6 kids.
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  • Carrie
    Dedicated October 2018
    Carrie ·
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    Yes..... kids are welcome at ours
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  • Charity
    Devoted December 2021
    Charity ·
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    Only the few children that are standing up

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  • N
    Devoted June 2019
    Natalie ·
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    We are not inviting kids, except our two flower girls (MOH and BM's daughters). Our guest list doesn't include many anyway, which made it easy.

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  • L Dannielle
    Just Said Yes September 2018
    L Dannielle ·
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    We decided to do an adults-only cocktail hour and reception but to not explicitly put restrictions on the ceremony.

    Some people in the wedding party have kids and plan to bring them, so we've tried to incorporate them into the wedding as much as possible (flower girls, ring bearer, ushers, etc.),..plus we want some of the children to see what a wedding and marriage looks like (my goddaughter, his nieces and nephew). We plan to provide some type of babysitting services for them during the reception. The best man's child will only be a few months old though, so they may keep her around at the reception. We also made two exceptions for two kids my fiance is really close with and whose parents and older siblings would be coming, but they are 12+ and have been incorporated into the wedding (welcome table, usher). We would still plan for them to go to the game room/babysitter/hotel room for the reception.

    Each of my parents has (or had) 8 siblings, so I have soooo many cousins and second cousins (and even a few third cousins), so we could not afford to invite all of the adults in the families AND their children. It will still be somewhat of a family reunion though...just a grown-up one. :-)

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  • M
    Super October 2018
    Michelle ·
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    I am very conflicted. My brother has a 8-year-old and a 4-year-old, while my FSIL will have a 4-month-old. I am concerned that the FSIL and my brother will be unable to come to the wedding if the kids are not invited (needing to find overnight sitter, especially an infant), but not comfortable with kids at the ceremony or the Vegas reception I want to have.
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  • Vanessasaurus
    VIP June 2019
    Vanessasaurus ·
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    Adults-only with the exception of my niece and nephew (my flower girl and ring bearer).

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  • Mmssecrets
    Devoted March 2019
    Mmssecrets ·
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    Yes I am. I love kids and my wedding won't be complete without them...however minus my ring bearer and flower girl I won't have any under the age of 10 years old.
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  • Anvenette
    Super August 2018
    Anvenette ·
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    Adults only
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  • Robyn
    Expert October 2018
    Robyn ·
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    Children are invited because our entire guest list is family no reason not to have the kids there
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  • FutureMrsN14
    Super July 2018
    FutureMrsN14 ·
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    We have no kids besides the wedding party! (Our 4 nieces and nephews) if we decided to add kids, it would be an extra 50 people. Our venue is kid friendly for the most part but it was really the budget couldn’t allow that many extras!
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  • M
    Devoted July 2018
    Mrs. Terelo ·
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    We wanted a small intimate wedding but with a relaxed feel. Kids are absolutely welcome at our wedding and we intentionally picked a venue with the fact that we wanted kids there in mind. We are inviting first cousins. For me it was a big deal to cut the listat first cousins because I have a huge family and I'm super close with a lot of my 2nd cousins but in the interest of keeping the small intimate feel we had to cut at 1st cousins or our guest list would easily be 150 people for just my family alone.
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  • Orchids
    Master March 2018
    Orchids ·
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    We only have one kid in our circle of friends right now and she was invited because I wasn't gonna ask her parents to fly halfway across the country and them find a sitter....alas, they had an unexpected expense come up and weren't able to make it out.

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  • Tara
    Master September 2018
    Tara ·
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    Because we are only having 40 people including myself and FH we are only having 6 children, everyone else knows it will be small and no room for more
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  • Colleen
    Master September 2019
    Colleen ·
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    We only invited family and close close friends. So all the kids got a invite.
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