Is a kid friendly wedding such a bad idea?

We didn't invite guests children; we had to, of course, invite my H younger siblings, my niece and nephew, and his niece. I'm around kids all the time. My wedding wasn't the place for all of our guests children to play. It wasn't a birthday party. We also do not cater to the children in our families; we do not provide crayons or toys. The children ate dinner, danced, had cake, and talked to each other, and the adults.

Not at all! My wedding will also have tons of kids. I’m doing a few cute kid tables with some kid snacks, cute candy decorations, coloring books, etc. they generally keep each other entertained. My uncle also volunteered to be the “kid boss” lol. It makes it more family oriented in my opinion. So your wedding how you want, don’t listen to those people with horrific looks 😁

We’re doing nieces and nephews only, but that’s already 6 kids under 6 years old, so I felt like letting other guests bring little ones too and it would be a total mad house. You have to draw the line somewhere, and having over 20 kids we felt like was too crazy.

I have 2 nieces that are 8, a niece that is 5, 2 nephews that are 2, and my sister is due like 9 days before my wedding. FH has twin nieces that are 9 months old. At least 1 friend that will be bringing 2 children. Probably a few more will bring kids too. I couldn’t imagine telling anyone that they can’t bring their kids to the wedding. And I think they will love our milk and cookie bar!

I’ve never been to a kid free wedding lol. I guess there just not really a thing where I live.

There’s nothing wrong with having the wedding the way you want it! I’ll have a minimum of 10-12 kids at my wedding. I’m excited to share my dif day with everyone important to me.

To me, a wedding is a celebration of love, I couldn’t imagine excluding the children in my life. I can’t wait to see them all on the dance floor.

Not crazy. I don’t understand what the issue is with having kids at your wedding if you and your FH are okay with it. We’re not doing it but it’s because very few people who are invited have kids/have already told us they will leave them at home.

My brother and I attended a lot of family weddings as a kid (under 5) and they were all church weddings too. We learned to sit still and behave during the ceremony and dinner, but then we danced during the reception. I'm pro kids at family weddings, but not pro "everyone bring their kids" because then friends' kids take up a lot of seats that you would rather have for your actual friends.

I think it all depends on personal preference. My first wedding was kid friendly as our friends had young kids, plus cousins had little kids, etc. This time I am older (aren't we all) and there just aren't families with little kids.

My FH has so many young children on his side, and we have two young children of our own (3 and 5 months), so our wedding will be swarming with them lol

I was a little concerned at first, just about general behavior and stuff, but not so much anymore, and we aren't having nearly as many "kid friendly" perks as you are!

We want to celebrate with everyone. If we didn't include kids I think many of our guests would have difficulty coming because all potential "babysitters" will be at the wedding!

It's going to be great. Kids bring their own little dash of personality to weddings

Our wedding is technically a vow renewal. We have three kids (5, 3, 1). Every single one of my bridesmaids has kids. The groomsmen have kids. It would be pretty crazy for us not to allow kids lol. Some people will find sitters but they’re also welcome to bring their kids. We are having our wedding at a park and there is a fenced in playground next door. I will be ordering pizza, providing crayons, bug spray and balls to use. Our reception ends at 9 so it won’t be too late. The kids will be welcome at the ceremony and dinner and then I’m sure most will make their way to the playground.

We have 12 kids who are 12 and under on our guest list. FH and I didn't think it was really fair to exclude kids at our wedding since 80% of our guest list are OOT and all but a handful - literally 5 people - don't have kids currently.

I had 9 kids between 10 months old and 13 years old at my wedding on Saturday. No one complained, they all thought the kids were cute. I know all the parents are very attentive though and wouldn't let the kids misbehave or interrupt the ceremony etc. I had committing books for the really little ones for during the ceremony and they worked great. If they are important to you have them there. Some of the parents might decide not to bring them though. We had a few others invited but the parents wanted a night to party without having to watch the kids.

Was a DJ's wife for many years, I have seen kids at weddings. It is your choice. Be aware that kids do have a way of stealing the show sometimes. One cute idea I have seen and thought I'd pass along is to have your photographer get a picture of you and all kids at the point where you are trying to settle things down, i.e. at the cake cutting. The kids get to participate in the picture, they calm down, the guests awe over the kids for a moment and then the focus can be placed on you as the kids are sent back to sit down.

Almost 20% of our guest list is underage. Of that more than half is under 13. Most are over 6. We're thrilled!
We're also having an outdoor wedding where there will already be lawn games so adding kids games should be easy. I'm thinking of getting a babysitter to keep a tighter eye on them while still in view of their parents.
We know all these kids pretty well. There will definitely be tears and possibly someone will fall into the pond as the night goes on but they should be good for the ceremony itself (no kids in our wedding party).

If we only had 10 kids attending we would have made it kid friendly, bit we were up to 30 kids on our initial guestlist draft, and since it is all or nothing we are going w no kids. But 10 is a piece of cake! Go for it!

We are having a kid friendly wedding! However at the ceremony, we are paying two sitters to take any children to the play rooms of the church until it's over. I think that will be a relief for the parents. The only kids who will be in the ceremony are my flower girls (8 and 6), the ring bearer (7) and the scripture reader (11)

We are having about 25 kids. Various ages. We are setting their place setting with an activity box.. crayons, coloring book,a little snack, glow sticks.

I don't think you are crazy. I have 3 kids, younger siblings, and all of FH's friends have younger kids. We are having a bounce house and I am ordering crayon and wedding themed coloring books from Amazon.