10 Wedding Activities For Kids To Keep The Party Going

Wedding Activities For Kids

Wedding activities for kids are fun and entertaining on the big day. These 10 activities will keep your little guests happy ...

1. Create Wedding Arts And Crafts

With a little planning, you can have an arts and crafts table at the back of the reception hall or room. There, you can provide loads of paper, coloring books, markers, and crayons. Paints are not recommended, for obvious reasons, and moms will thank you.

So you should remember to supply the kids with washable markers and crayons only.  You can also buy a huge bag of pipe cleaners.

Kids can amuse themselves for long periods of time, making animals, odd figures, and the like. Make sure you have at least 20 or more pipe cleaners for each child, however, as children can go through these quickly.

2. Make Wedding Favors

Creating favors for guests is another great wedding activity for kids. Refrigerator magnets are a simple and well-received favor. A really nice idea is to make a magnetic picture frame and include a picture of the couple.

You could cut a frame out of craft foam in one of the wedding colors, arrange it over the photo, and glue it all onto a cardboard backing. Place self-adhesive magnet tape on the back of the cardboard. Decorate the front of the frame with foil heart stickers and a monogram of the couple's last name.

3. Fill In Activity Books

One great wedding favor idea for children is a kid activity book that you can use as a wedding favor. These packages have items such as games, markers, and other activities so children can use the favor at the wedding.

The art table can be more than just coloring. This is an especially good idea for children who are too young to enjoy the music and dancing at the reception.

Since they may become bored easily, you want special wedding activities for kids. Children age two and up can sit at the table with paper and crayons. While the younger children may not have a long attention span, coloring will help to keep a child entertained.

4.  Make Cards For Bride And Groom

If the children will be in a separate room at the reception, you can provide a coloring table, board games. That could probably be enough for the duration of the wedding reception.  When you’re planning a wedding, you want all your guests to have fun.

A fun card from the kids will make this couple happy because it’s personalized and made with love. A handmade card with a fun message, glitter, and color will remind the bride and groom of a great time that your child had at their wedding.

5.     Decorate Wedding Cupcakes

Decorating cupcakes is a great activity for children at weddings. if you are planning to give the adults an edible wedding favor such as candy or cookies most children would likely be happy to receive this type of favor.

Kid’s fun adds a special charm to a wedding, so let them do something useful at one of the most important times in your life. Let them decorate the cupcakes for the wedding reception table. The kids will not only have fun but also learn from this craft project.

6.     Play Board Games

Board games may be just the wedding activity for kids to do during a reception. Playing board games is entertaining and also gave parents time to visit with other adults or family that they haven’t seen in a while. This is a good option for those who want to entertain their little guests and feel that all of their guests should enjoy themselves.

So why not give it a try? If the kids are at a private area with adult supervision, they can spend some time with other kids playing some traditional games such as checkers, scrabble, or even wedding bingo.

7. Hire A Clown

If there is a separate room available at the wedding reception, you can even hire a children’s musician to come and entertain the kids.

Hiring a clown to entertain kids is becoming more and more popular. No longer are kids entertained by games like "Hide and Go Seek" or "Playing The Floor Is Lava".

So if you want your children to be entertained, may I suggest you hire a clown for this special occasion? Just remember that you will definitely need another area to not distract from the other guests.

8. Make Balloon Animals

Balloon animals are a great way to bring excitement to any party, particularly for children.

For most children, balloons are the first things that come to mind when they hear the phrase "party decorations." They are festive, colorful, funny-looking, and playful. Many people think that balloons are just for decoration purposes.

The truth is, there are lots of fun balloon games kids can play with them to make the party even more memorable.

9. Make Hair Bows

If you have flower girls at your wedding, bows can make simple wedding crafts.

Wide velvet ribbons are nice for fall and winter weddings, while satin is more appropriate for spring and summer weddings. Loop some flat lace in with the ribbons.

In the center of the completed bow, attach some silk flowers and pearl sprays with a hot glue gun. One popular option is to have paid entertainment on hand just for the children. This can take place in a separate room or toward the back of the reception room or hall if it’s large and the guest list is big.

10. Have A Dance Off

Kids can dance, or at least that's what they say at dance parties. So, you can bring together two groups of kids and have a contest to see if their dancing skills are up to par. If you have a group of kids, put on your dancing shoes, and have a dance-off.

All the kids get to show their skills and not be judged by anyone else but their peers. This is not only cute to watch, and could be entertaining as well.   These wedding activities for kids will bring a smile to the face of every grandma and grandpa present.