Do the Flower Girls *have* to go right before my walk down the aisle?

Wondering this as well, as my flower girl will be 13 months old and coming down the aisle with aher mom (a bridesmaid, but not my closest bridesmaid or MOH).

I don't think she necessarily has to walk down right before you, but I think your guests would see the flower girl and expect you to come down next. It might cause a little confusion & some people might start standing or something. But it's your wedding, you can put the girls in whatever order you want.

I dunno. Do what you want. I don't think that the order people go down (traditionally) is any reflection on their levels of importance to you.

My FG though lol....she was a hoot and took her duties very seriously. She would put down a petal and then pick it back up. So just keep in mind kids are unpredictable lol.

I'm doing mine totally out of order, but I also have a 19 year old flower girl hahahaha. I'm having my two junior bridesmaids go out, then the flower girl, then my bridesmaids. I wanted my MOH to be the last one up there with me.

You can have an order you want. My main thing is that your MOH/sister will be stepping on the flowers the flower girl is "tossing". I did have my MOH wait to start walking so that I could have a minute with her plus I had a different song for MOH and FG/RB so we would have had to wait for the music change (there was a long break while my MOH/sister and I looked for the rings but that's another story). Like Janeen, my flower girl took her job seriously (but didn't go back to pick anything up. She actually had snowflake confetti instead of flower petals as the snowflake confetti went with our theme).

Haha @Janeen - that is hilarious!!!

@Lucy - that is another reason why I'm not sure what to do. I don't want guests to be confused but I guess I could put the order of the processional on the programs to help with that!

Yupp, my FGs will be holding kissing balls and a sign so they won't need to do much! I know one gets superrrrrr shy though so we will see lol

Are you coming down the aisle to a different song then the rest of the bridal party? If so just make sure the FG are walking towards the end of the song, and then your MOH walks so close to the end boom song changes and here comes the bride. to help avoid confusion

Do whatever order works best for you. There really is nothing set in stone anymore. Wedding parties are so varied now a-days that it's hard to say what is "suppose" to be the order.

Do what works for you.

@faran - yes my song will be completely different from theirs. I might just put it on the program just so people know

Guests won't be confused about the order of the processional, so take that concern off the table. In reality, what they're waiting for is the bride. Everyone that precedes her is really just part of the eye candy and pageantry of a beautiful ceremony. They would only be confused if at the end of the processional, in whatever order it happens, there is no bride (or if you walked down first, followed by your bridal party and FG).

Feel free to do exactly what you want. No problem at all.

Thank you @centerpiece flowers - that really helps!!!!

What does the sign say?

Probably something like "Here comes the bride". We are doing the First Look before so any other ones wouldn't make sense lol

It might cause some confusion since most people will assume you are next. Our FG was six so she stood the whole time at the alter so she didn't need extra time to be seated with family.

I've seen flower girls come down first, followed by the bridal party. Very cute!

For my wedding, I had the 2 flower girls (my nieces; 5+8 yo) walk down with the ring bearer (18 months) before the MOH but after the rest of the bridal party. But it was also so they were btwn the mothers of both the FG and RB. We did the same for my sisters wedding. My oldest niece was only 4 so her mother walked in front of her and I was MOH- I said to put her in front of me bc if she freezes in the crowd- she could walk with me. We didn't have them throw petals, just held baskets with a replica of my bouquet in there.

If her sign says here comes the bride then I think that she should walk right before the bride

It's your wedding...you can do as you like! I've had events where there was no aisle, everyone just gathered around....no bridal party....only the legally required parts of the ceremony (yep - 5 minutes!!).

I'd say, people are expecting the bride to be the last one to "walk down the aisle." If you are trying to be traditional, that will work, put the girls wherever you would like!

I say, send them whenever you want. You could even send them before the BM!