Sand Ceremony with kids

I think it is a great idea. A song won't make much difference to your guests, but if you want to play a song during the ceremony go for it. Something soft in the background would be nice to cut the silence while you focus on trying not to spill sand :-)

Im wondering now if it is good to maybe help the kids with theirs or not?

I think it's a great idea! We each have 1 child and will be doing some kind of unity ceremony as well. I think music softly in the background would be best.

It's a wonderful idea & I am doing the same thing. FH & I both have a child from a previous relationship & our boys are going to go first with dumping there sand & then FH & I will go together.

What are their ages? We are also combining 5 kids, ages 14, 12, 10, 8 and 6. We will probably help the 6 year old. We decided that we would have 6 jars of mixed sand - one large one for us, and a small one for each of the kids. Everyone will have a different color. Because this might take a few minutes, we will have a song playing during. This was our way of involving the kids, and symbolizing the uniting of our families, while still keeping the main focus on the marriage between FH and I.

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I'm usually not a huge fan of sand ceremonies, but I've seen this done with combining families and thought it was so sweet. It was something involving the kids and was something that symbolized the joining of families, not just two people.

Michelle our five are almost all around the same ages. I am coming in with a set of twin girls age 6 and my baby girl who is 3. He has a 6 year old son and a 5 year old son! I wanted something to unite us all not just me and him!