Any ideas on how to include a 3 year old boy? *Now with a FLASH of a brilliant idea!!*

Hi,

Between H2B and I, we just have one nephew (no nieces) - my brother's son, who will be nearly 3 at the time of the wedding. I feel like if he was a girl he would be a little flower girl with a pretty dress and flower garland head band etc! But as a boy the only thing I can think of is a page boy/ring bearer - but I don't really want that. We're just having a short, informal ceremony in an art gallery, with party afterwards, and I don't feel like having a page boy carrying rings down an aisle tied to a satin pillow will fit in with the style of the wedding. However, I do want him to be involved, feel special and have some kind of little "job". Any ideas anyone, or am I going to have to bite the bullet and have him carry the rings!?

Thanks!!

We have a (will be) 3 year old ourself and OH's nephew is the same age.  When they're not running around we're going to give them the job sort of like ushers so handing out orders of service (I think they'll be old enough to understand to give one to each person/couple), perhaps get them to give out confetti cones or similar, and just generally look cute!

Ring Bearer !! oh sooo cute ! ...not sure I'd trust a 3 yo to walk down the aisle with a ring cushion but he could still present the rings when it is time during the ceremony.

And a 3yo would look really cute with a ring bearer frog instead of a cushion.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Celebrations-Occasions-/16086/i.html?_nkw=ring+bearer+frog 

RING BEARER FROG!!!!!

BadgerBeetle:

RING BEARER FROG!!!!!

I'm almost as obsessed with them as you are now ! lol

2b_MrsB:

BadgerBeetle:

RING BEARER FROG!!!!!

I'm almost as obsessed with them as you are now ! lol

 

ahaha! they're amazing! 

he could walk with the bridesmaids down the aisle, if your having any......or ideas ring bearer, throw fresh petals down aisle, help giving out confetti or order of service with ushers, or you could give him a disposable camera and ask him to take pictures of the service

hope this helps

We've got 2 lil ones, one will be 3 a week after the wedding, one is 7 - they are being page boys - just walking down the aisle together with the BM's looking cute!

Nothing else but just gets them involved. The 7 year old is excited enough about this! 

My two page boys are going to carry a flag saying 'here comes the bride' down the aisle before me and after the ceremony the older one (6) will help give out the bubbles along with my OH's nephew. He's really happy with this! My 3 year old however may throw a massive strop on the day and just leg it down the aisle hitting the pew ends with said flag.

Other than wearing a suit my almost three year old didn't do anything - I wouldn't have trusted him to carry the rings he'd probably have chucked them down the loo!

He was so disinterested in the whole thing that he fell asleep on Grandma's lap half way through the ceremony hahaha!

Our two will be 6 and 2 at the wedding and they will be page boys.  No ring cushion in sight though! They're just going to walk down the aisle before me looking cute in their suits

Could he do anything like handing out order of ceremony sheets if you're having them? or confetti?

We are entrusting our rings on pillows with a 17 month old and 3 year old! 

Our son will be 3 and a half in September when we marry. I haven't given any 'name' or even role to his day. He's having the same suit as his father and best man, but I think that'll be about it. I doubt he'll even keep the waistcoat on till the end of ceremony though

I had the same dilemma with my step son.

I looked up the responsibilities of a page boy it came up with 

1) help bridesmaids with brides dress (sorry but I'm not sure a 4 year old would be too impressed with that)

2) carry the rings in as a ring bearer (he's a very chatty young man and may get distracted, when I showed him my engagement ring he dropped it under the sofa! I know they'd be tied down but still!)

So I decided, because my OH is his father and his involvement is more of a father son thing. I asked my OH that when the guests are seated would he like to walk in, down the aisle hand in hand with his son... so that when he looks back he will know that he was involved, and with his dad which is more important than with me :) x

Are you having bridesmaids? Could he walk down the aisle with them looking cute?

I don't think little ones need to have jobs to be involved in the wedding party - just being there for cuteness reasons alone is enough!

My OH's little brother will be 6 when we get married - I plan for him to walk down the aisle with our flower girl who'll be 4 - they can both scatter petals, but I think this is enough responsibility for each, and I don't think either would be asking why they didn't have a job if they weren't in charge of petals. Both currently know we're getting married and they will be there as flower girl/page boy, but neither know what these jobs are or what they involve, so we're completely free to decide what they do/don't do! I'm pretty sure just being given a special outfit will make them feel special and involved.

Flower girls little brother will be 2 by the time we get married - everyone has varying opinions on how involved he should be. I think he should be there looking cute and smart, and he can decide if he wants to go down the aisle on the day or not, but I think this would be enough of an achievement, without giving him a job!