{"id":3284,"date":"2013-02-05T21:23:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T02:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/confettiradio.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2017-07-13T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T16:04:12","slug":"334-managing-children-at-weddings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weddingsforaliving.com\/334-managing-children-at-weddings","title":{"rendered":"LIVE! #334 – Children at Weddings"},"content":{"rendered":"
HOST<\/strong>: Debbie Quain<\/p>\n Whether you’re personally for the idea or not, many of your clients will invite children to their wedding.\u00a0 During this episode we discuss how to keep the cutest wedding guests entertained so that everyone enjoys the Big Day.<\/p>\n Podcast: Play in new window<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n Did you know that about a third of all U.S. weddings are adult-only…no kids allowed!<\/p>\n If your clients can’t decide, or if he wants to invite children but she doesn’t, you could suggest that they:<\/p>\n Keep in mind that traditionally (i.e.the wedding etiquette police say), the wedding invitation is not<\/em> the place to announce that children are not welcome — although I’ve seen the term ‘adult-only reception’ used on a couple of wedding invitations that I’ve received.<\/p>\n A few Tried-and-True Tips for Managing Children at Weddings<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a>A package of goodies for children at weddings is a great idea.\u00a0 If you choose to, you can do this as an added service and bill your clients for each package you create.<\/p>\n Picture books, sugar-free lollipops, finger puppets, crayons (I wouldn’t suggest handing out crayons during the wedding ceremony, though. Without a surface like a table, kids can’t really draw comfortably.) are good items to get started with and can likely be found at your local dollar store or online.<\/p>\n Here’s a 12 pack of Individually Packaged Children’s Wedding Activity Sets<\/a> that you can use as an ‘ingredient’ for creating your own activity pack.<\/p>\n You can also purchase complete kid packages already filled from a company like Oriental Trading Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n **CHOKING HAZARD: Please make sure that any items that are part of a kid’s package are not too small, especially if you’re handing them out to children under the age of 3 years old!**<\/p>\n Research off-premise sitters in your area and add them to your list of preferred wedding vendors.\u00a0 Remember that out-of-town wedding guests who are traveling with children may also need the services of local sitters.\u00a0 So, make sure you share your sitter resources with them, too.<\/p>\n Another wonderful way to ensure that ALL wedding guests have a great time is to suggest a company like Elegant Event Sitters<\/a> to create a wedding reception just for the kids so that their parents (and all the other adults for that matter) can ‘party in peace’.\u00a0 In this instance, your clients would pick up the tab as they would for valet parking, for example.<\/p>\n Whatever your clients decide to do when it comes to having, or not having, children attend their wedding, be ready with resources and encourage them to stick with their decision.\u00a0 Because, after all, it’s all about them, right?<\/p>\n HAPPY PLANNING!<\/strong><\/p>\n Wedding Business Guide<\/strong> – Interested in starting your own part-time wedding planning business?\u00a0 Check out the Wedding Business Guide to learn more<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get a Free Audio Book<\/strong>! – Don’t have time to read your favorite book?\u00a0 Hop on over to Audible for your free 30-day trial and a free book of your choice.\u00a0 Learn more about Audible and get started, here.<\/a><\/p>\n Elegant Event Sitters<\/strong> – This incredibly fun company (with an amazing-looking website), provides a variety of services to entertain children at your client’s wedding.\u00a0 Get the inside scoop about Elegant Event Sitters, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Are children at weddings cute guests? Or, chaos waiting to happen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[107,114,271,73],"post_series":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
How to Let Wedding Guests know Kids are NOT Invited<\/h3>\n
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Wedding Activity Packs and Treat Bags for Children at Weddings<\/h3>\n
Bring in the Pros!<\/h3>\n
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More about\u00a0 Children at Weddings<\/h3>\n
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