Ring Bearer Ideas

You could have him come down with the maid of honor also. I was at a wedding where they had the best man walk the flower girl down in his arm. She was too young to folow directions as well.

On another note. I have two, a 5 & a 6 year old. Should I have them both carry a pillow, or have neither one carry a pillow? They'll be walking with a 5 year old girl.

For your ring bearer, I would have him walk with another member of your wedding party, 2 yr old on a tricycle, well, lol, I am imagining him steering everywhere except to the alter.

For a 5 and 6 yr old ring bearers, I was just at a wedding recently where they had the rings on a real nice chain around their neck, looked real nice

My daughter is the flower girl and is also 2 and I have been a little worried about this as well. I decided to put an older ring bearer (9) with her to atleast guide her down but then I was concerned about if she will stay there for 20 minutes. I guess we will just have to be flexible. But maybe you can have him walk with a bridesmaid or if you have an older girl to walk with. As a previous post said a tricicycle could be crazy...can he pedal one? Mine cannot and cant steer well lol. I do like the wagon thing and they typically love them!

My four year old grandson is our ring bearer, He loves fruit snacks,

so my MOH is simply going to tell him to walk down to Pop, that he has his fruit snacks, The flower girl is older so of that don't work she'll try yo walk him.

Our RB is 5 and our FG's are 3. I am so looking forward to what will happen during the wedding. I think it will be so funny to see what they do. One poster told me to not expect perfection, which I don't. I think having him pulled in a wagon is a cool idea. I did a google search when I was planning how to get the girls down the aisle and found all kinds of alternatives...might do that. Some were really cool. We just decided to let the Fg's walk down and what happens, happens. We have been "working" with the girls, teaching them to throw the petals and it's so cute. One of them has to step on each petal before she can throw anymore and the other wants to throw them and them pick them up and put them back in the basket. Like I said, should be fun....

It is always nice to have a young ring bearer walking (or riding, or accompanied by adult or flower girl, etc.) down the aisle. A great photo-op! But the real question is what do you expect of him once he makes it upfront? They are so cute all dressed up. But, don’t let him carry the real rings. Give him a ring pillow, give him fake rings, but don’t give him the real rings. This, of course, is just our recommendation. We always suggest that the Best Man carry both rings (if a double ring ceremony). Typically, the Maid (Matron) of Honor has no pockets and is already holding the bride’s bouquet. We generally ask that the Best Man hand the rings to the minister, not the box, just the rings. Have an adult ready to take the child to his seat, if necessary. That means you, "anticipate!" Have a chair reserved for the child next to someone he knows in the first row, just in case.

Reverend Stan

Don't get upset if the child does something different than planned. That's why they are childre

I dunno, I'm kinda in love with the tricycle idea - or a big wheel! Considering his age, he may be all over the place, but think of it...it's on an aisle with chairs on either side...were else can he go but toward the altar! (This is probably a loaded question, lol). But, you could affix the little pillow and rings (fake, please) to the handlebars! LOL Seriously though, you may want to combine ideas, like the tricycle and fruit snack ideas, with a chair for him to sit in next to someone he knows. I probably wouldn't do this if you stress about things going perfectly though, for obvious reasons. Good luck!

Disclaimer: I am fully aware that this opinion likely falls into the "not a Mom yet, so probably has no clue what she's talking about" category. I just think it's amazing cute!

You are lucky to only have a 2 yr old. lol. At the time of my wedding my FStepson will be almost 4, my daughter will be barely 3, and my other daughter will be about 20 months old. Full house I know. We are going to have the 3 of them walk down together (my daughters being the flower girls and son being the ring bearer) and have grandparents stand by the front and coax them to walk down. Make sure you do the rehearsal with him. 2 year olds are smart, and if you tell him that he has an important job (in his words of course) it may help encourage him. IDK how you feels but I dont care if my kids run down the isle or do summersalts, as long as they get down there and are in the wedding, I will be happy. LOL. I think you tricycle idea is cute, as long as he knows how to ride it. Otherwise ask a friend that they like or a grandparent or someone the trust walk with him.

Thanks to all of the wonderful ideas! I'm really leaning towards the tricycle just because I think it would be kindof funny seeing him "ride' down the aisle. He has a fisherprice one that doesn't have peddles so he would just be pushing himself along. I guess I'll have to ask someone to store it in their trunk for me since we'll be arriving in the limo. I am not too worry about it going "wrong" because I think kids in a wedding offer a little bit of comic relief. You just never know how they're going to react until you're in the moment. If worst comes to worst, I can always have him walk with his big sis (although I want them each to have their own lil' moment). I will keep everyone posted.

To Tera...

Maybe you can have your rb's each carry a smaller pillow (one for each ring) rather than the traditional ring pillows...

I just coordinated a wedding on Saturday where two of the flower girls were 3-year-old twins. They were adorable, but unpredictable, as any child of that age is likely to be. I couldn't see what they did as they walked down the aisle, but there was a huge laugh from the crowd. The smartest thing I think the bride did was reserve seats for all the kids (4 flower girls and a ring bearer) in the front row. After they got up there and stood up for a few minutes (for pictures), they all sat down with their aunts and grandma in the front row. That way they could participate in a way that was appropriate for their age.

I'm planning on having my 2 yr old grandson (yes, I'm a mature bride) as the ring bearer and have his big brother who is going to be 9 walk down with him with mom waiting in front with the seats for them. other than posing for pictures and a pillow with the fake rings attached, there isn't much I'm worried about them doing/not doing... whatever it ends up being ought to be cute.

Mom is more worried about it than I am and suggested the wagon idea - I'm not so keen about a wagon. It's one more 'thing' to manage/to decorate and we're planning such a low-key ceremony. My two sons are walking me down the aisle and there isn't anyone in the wedding party - just my fiance and I... so, I'm kind of thinking that their dad can be at the start of the walk and mom at the other end - and I'm TOTALLY stealing the tell them that mom has the fruit snacks idea... brilliant.

I've kind of thought of stealing the idea also of one of them carrying a sign... "here comes Nana" or something like that... but still debating it.