There are numerous ways of making your Wedding Kid-friendly, and one of these options is to include wedding games for kids in your itinerary. Finding kid friendly locations, menus, and scheduling the time for the wedding with the kids in mind goes a long way too. However, nothing will keep those kids engaged as much as well planned and organized kids wedding activities.

Therefore, if you find you are at a loss for ideas on children activities at your wedding, then lucky you, we have quite a few options in store.

Also, this handy infographic gives some helpful suggestions for ways to keep children entertained.

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Outdoor Wedding Games for Kids

If you are having your wedding at an outdoors location, then it is necessary to get outdoor wedding games for kids. Kids do not like to be cooped up, and so the advantage of this is that they get to roam free and entertain themselves without feeling restrained.

• Lawn bowling

Similar to bocce, this is a fun game that takes a lot of concentration and can keep competitive kids entertained for quite some time.

• Outdoor Jenga

Derived from the Swahili word, Kujenga, outdoor Jenga provides the fun and excitement of indoor Jenga, but at a higher level. This would make a great choice if you are thinking about outdoor wedding games.

• Twister

Once you have the mat and the players, of course, you can get the game going. This game is fun for kids and adults alike so you are sure to keep the kids occupied. If you want a spin on things, you can include bean bag Twister too.

• Building a Lego dream house

You are never too young or too old to build an outdoor Lego dream house. It’s fun, and the kids can look forward to great pictures with their creation every time something gets built.

However, if you have been plagued by bad weather and need to suddenly engage the kids indoors, some fun wedding activities you could occupy them with include:

• Indoor Fort

With so many attractive and easy to couple indoor forts, creating a few just for the kids is easy. You can buy a kit online or parents can just create one on their own. Either way, this is sure to keep them entertained.

• Hopscotch

While this is mostly an outdoors game, it can also be played indoors if a portion of the room is allocated to the kids.

• Hungry Hippos

A tabletop game that is sure to keep the kids seated and playing at their tables for a period of time that their attention span allows.

• Operation

A fun game that keeps kids focused and trying to figure out stuff will definitely take their attention for quite some time. The operation is a great idea for an indoors wedding game for kids.

Wedding Crafts for Kids

The joy of crafts for children is that they don’t just occupy those little hands, they occupy their minds as well. Arranging crafts for these little ones at your wedding means that a lot of time will pass unnoticed, and these kids might be occupied for most of the wedding. Crafts also keep them in one location, and so it would be easy to keep an eye on them. Some wedding crafts for kids that you can make use of include:

• Designing a wedding dress

You can discover the future fashion moguls in the group by giving them a task of creating or recreating a wedding dress for the bride.

• Making cards for the bride

Withdrawing and coloring tools, the kids can be put to work, making fun cards for the bride and even the groom.

• Decorating a cake

The kids can each have small sized wedding cakes to decorate at will.

• Silly Putty

There are a number of games kids can play with silly putty; including finding little treasures that might have been hidden in them earlier. The game can be set on a timer where the first to find each treasure wins.

Table Activities for Kids

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If you are having an indoor wedding, or outdoors, but you would prefer the kids sitting at their assigned tables, then you could consider kids table activities. There are quite a number of table games which can keep children engaged for hours on end, if well planned. Most of these are easy to access and some even printable from the internet. Examples of these table games include:

• Playdough

Much like silly putty, play dough is just as fun if not more, to play with and keep kids occupied for some time.

• Wedding activity books or puzzles

Puzzles and activity books are a great way to keep those little minds focused and in one place. This type of activity ensures that they are at their table, and distracted while adults have their time in the sun.

• Wedding coloring pages

Bring out your crayons, charcoal pencils and other coloring tools. The complexity of the coloring books is determined by the ages of the kids and each one is sure to take some time off the clock.

• I spy

Customize a game of I Spy to add some spice into the children’s activities. When choosing a wedding activity for kids, this one can be quite a time consuming if planned well. The kids will have fun, and it can be integrated with the rest of the wedding party where the adults join in too.

DIY Games to Entertain Kids

Feeling creative enough to handle some DIY kids games, and do you have space? If you are up for it and want to keep the children thoroughly entertained, then there are DIY activities you could employ. With a little help from family or even the parents, you could create entertainment zones.

• A movie room

Movies are sure to keep kids entertained for quite a while. Creating a movie room for part of your wedding entertainment is an ingenious idea especially for kids.

• A petting zoo

A great outdoors attraction for kids is a petting zoo. As long as you have the space and time for it, this is a lovely idea.

• A toy area

A children’s toy area packed with toys for their range of ages is another option when thinking wedding games for kids.

• Scavenger/Treasure hunt

With fun clues and discoveries, a well-planned treasure or scavenger hunt is enough to keep the kids at the wedding well entertained and preoccupied.

Fun Wedding Activities

While a wedding is a serious event that joins two people and two families together, it can also be fun. There are quite a number of fun wedding activities, that can change the ambiance of the whole event. For a fun and memorable all-around special wedding, here are some of the cool activities you should include.

• Wedding ring toss

A ring toss can be a fun game for kids and for your guests at the same time, especially for an outdoor wedding. Nothing like kicking your shoes off and having some fun.

• Cornhole

Just another game which can be fun for kids and adults. It can even be customized to add a wedding theme to it with prizes to make it even more competitive.

• Life-sized board games

While this might be difficult to set up, it will definitely be a lot of fun for the kids and adults alike.

• Spin the wheel

Allow your guests, kids, and adults, spin the wheel to get prizes or do a dance and have some wedding themed fun.

Photography Games for Kids

Like we mentioned before, the list of entertainment for kids is endless. There is so much to choose from. And in this day of mobile phone cameras, children are hooked on taking their pictures. A number of these photography games are quite easy to set up, and they include:

• A kids photobooth

A lovely distraction for the children, a photo booth is one photography type entertainment they will love.

• A jigsaw photo-puzzle

Jigsaws can be so time-consuming, fun and creative. Just the type of occupation you might be looking for, for the kids. To add the wedding theme to it, you could create a puzzle out of the bride and groom wedding photos or even the venues.

• Eye Spy

In addition to the regular game of I Spy, each kid could have a portable camera to take pictures of items that have the first letter in question. For instance, they could be asked to take four pictures each of things beginning with the letter G.

You want happy kids for a happy wedding, so it should be paramount on your list of to-dos, to keep the kids engaged and entertained for the duration of the event. While you can choose from our list of options above, there are most definitely other ways of engaging kids at a wedding. If budget allows, you or the parents could hire professional entertainment, such as clowns or magicians. Childminders could also be hired to oversee the kids as they play at their tables or take turns swinging at a piñata. There are so many options to choose from different wedding games for kids. Whichever way, you will definitely be happy and have a much smoother wedding if the kids are considered in the mix. Now go have yourself the most kid-friendly time of your life.

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