Very cheap idea for keeping kids occupied...

karen_newcastle

This tip was passed onto me and worked a treat at my wedding last year.

Firstly you need to sign up with Vistaprint and wait a few days for the free offers to hit your inbox..

I created photograhpy challenge cards using the postcards on Vistapint and got 100 free (I had previously used them for Save the Date cards).

Heres mine...

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I then bought cheap disposable camera from the pound shop! The kids loved this as they had something to do and the adults really got involved too :j

Here's an additional tip....have the first one saying 'A photo of yourself' so you know who's photos thay are!!!

mirrorimage0

how cool i have been racking my brains for something to do for them and have already bought loads of disposable cameras. x thankyou

bravobeastie

What a marvellous idea, when i got married i hired a bouncy castle for the kiddies

karen_newcastle

bravobeastie wrote: »

What a marvellous idea, when i got married i hired a bouncy castle for the kiddies

I was going to do this but couldn't be bothered with trying to get a responsible adult to keep an eye on them!

full-time-mum

We had a long trestle type table, a large roll of paper (we had some cast off printer paper - the old fashioned stuff with holes down the side), selection of coloured pencils, crayons (NOT felt pens), stencils and stickers and a roll of masking tape.

We unrolled the paper along the whole length of the table and stuck it with the tape and left the pens etc on top. Once the paper was filled, we rolled it up and unrolled another sheet.

Obviously works better with younger children.

It didn't cost much, we already had the stencils and everything else came from the pound shop.

reehsetin

brilliant idea, think the kids at my wedding will be too young though will see how they
if you dont mind me asking what was the youngest kid you had? did any have problems grasping it?

painted_lady

What an excellent idea! Thankyou, can be applied to other special days too!

karen_newcastle

reehsetin wrote: »

brilliant idea, think the kids at my wedding will be too young though will see how they
if you dont mind me asking what was the youngest kid you had? did any have problems grasping it?

Our youngest was 6 and she really loved it. She did have some help from her daddy though

tinkerbel

when i went to a wedding there was a special seperate room fullof a hired company (i dont know the name sorry) consisting of nannies and toys and little cots/beds/changing areas where all of the kids could go and have a nap, play, be looked after etc. it looked expensive but it was really effective as there were lots of children at the wedding...

EricaB

I have bought a couple of cheap badminton sets and an out door dominoes game and outdoor quoits for the children so far

mirrorimage0

:j got my photography challenge postcards through the other day, there were really good and my boys are really looking forward to doing it on the day, big thankyou to the op :T