Wedding Detail Photographs Idea of the Day - ideas to keep small children, teenagers and restless adults happy at a wedding!

There are many little things you can do to keep small children happy at weddings and we've seen lots of ideas that work well.  Teenagers however are often a little harder to keep amused (other than leaving them alone with their smart phone!). 

One idea we've seen which has gone down really well is a bag on their seat containing things that they would like.  The latest issue of a magazine (on gadgets or gossip for example) for them to read over dinner or into the evening is a thoughtful gift and is likely to be received well by both the recipient and the parents! (although just a word of caution that perhaps steer slightly clear of lads-mags unless you know their parents would approve!)

Colourful bibs for the younger guests at the meal look lovely and colouring books for the slightly older ones are very thoughtful touches

For smaller children it's much easier to keep them entertained ... if sweets don't work then a toy usually does!

At a couple of weddings we've been to the smaller bridesmaids/flowergirls have been given little dolls that have been made to look like them which is really cute and a lovely keepsake for them

We've also seen a pop-up tent at one wedding for a very special flowergirl (the bride and groom's daughter)

The following ideas seem to work well for both children and adults as they are always sources of a lot of fun.  I'm sure we've all been to a wedding at one time or another where there's that lull at some point in the day and you become restless and want something to do (or perhaps that's just me!)

Bubbles provide hours of entertainment .... as do balloons

Slightly more traditional games such as croquet, boules, giant jenga etc all are great

We've also seen a children's entertainer/magician (Noah is his name and he's fab, we've seen him on more than one occasion and he's always very good) who are worth their weight in gold in my opinion.  He kept the children (and some adults) amused whilst the speeches went on in another room and then did close-up magic for the adults in the evening.

At another wedding a fancy dress hamper was provided for adults and children in the evening

 

Games in the evenings always go down well.  Starting with a games room

One of the more unusual forms of entertainment we've seen set up is an arcade version of clay pigeon shooting

Choosing your own music during the time between dinner and dancing is such a nice idea

A casino is another novel way of keeping guests amused

For the more childlike amongst us (and that would include me I'm afraid!) we've seen some brilliant bouncy castles and giant sumo suits that never fail to make people smile

Even a sack race!

Our next wedding detail ideas will be on using old photographs as a part of your day