What are you offering to kids to help entertain them at weddings?

We’re not having kids at the wedding, but I have a huge family and have been to plenty that do have kids there.

I think it’s super important to keep your space and what you have planned in mind. If you don’t want the kids running all over, pick something less active (coloring, some books, card games). If you’re good with them being active, get some fun props for the dance floor.

We've only got seven kids coming (our nieces, nephews, and younger cousins). They'll have their own table and instead of a proper tablecloth and centerpiece, I want to get a paper tablecloth and stack a bunch of crayon boxes in the center and let them go ham on the table. Ran this by a couple of them and they thought it was a really cool idea.

We didn’t do anything special for kids besides having a kids meal. They were on the dance floor most of the night.

There were only 4 children at daughter's wedding. The 4 year old was asleep on a lounge chair before dinner was served. The six year walked around in kind of a daze most the night, and the 8 and 10 year olds were dancing the entire night. None of them really needed any entertainment. (Their mom may have had something in her bag, just in case, but it wasn't needed.)

My fiancé and I have an 8 month old together and his sister has a one year old, and my friend has 4 year old twin girls. Our older kids are 13, 11, 10 and 5 year old twins. Another friend of mine has both a 13 and 10 year old also. I’m not concerned about the older kids, but am wondering what I can offer to the younger kids (i.e. the 4 and 5 year olds) to help keep them entertained during the ceremony only. The guests will watch the wedding ceremony from their tables, which will be set up as a horseshoe style. At the reception, everyone will be dancing or visiting the photo booth, I’m sure.

All four kids, including the four and six-year olds, at daughter's wedding sat pretty quietly with their dad during the ceremony. They were FGs and RBs, but daughter had them sit in the second row with their dad (mom was a BM), rather than stand for the ceremony. They were right behind me, and I never heard a peep from them. They do go to church fairly regularly, so that may have helped prepare them for sitting quietly for the 30 minute ceremony. They didn't need any entertainment/distractions.

I'm having the caterer leave small coloring books and a small pack of markers on each kid's seat 😊 Also, maybe mine 😂

My FW and I both have big families, which means we'll have a lot of kids in attendance. We plan to have lawn games (giant jenga, giant tic tac toe, possibly cornhole) available during our outdoor cocktail hour, and then we plan to have an activity table set up during the indoor reception. The activity table with have coloring pages, a card-making station and drop-box (so they can leave us a hand-written note), crayons and stickers, a basket of megablocks, bubbles, dress-up clothes, and possibly a non-messy craft (I'm thinking build-your-own ribbon wands). We'll also have a photo booth and a table of board and card games to entertain both kids and adults who need a break from dancing.

Ideally this will both keep kiddos entertained and give their parents a chance to drink, socialize, and dance. Also, never underestimate the value of other kids as a source of entertainment for little ones--give them a chance and they'll find each other and they'll come up with something to do!

We had a kid's room if kids wanted to hangout in there. It had coloring books & puzzles & a movie on.

We had coloring activity books with crayons and stickers

Kids love dancing.