We'll have about 10, 3-6 year old children at our wedding, and I wanted to provide them with some stuff to help keep them entertained. I'm going to have a kids table covered in craft paper set up, so that they can color all over it. I'm also going to be making little boxes for each of them. Inside, I was going to put crayons and also some origami animals I made for them to play with. Is there anything else you all think I could put in the boxes for them? I'm thinking about bubbles, but the potential for spilled bubble mess makes me think twice, especially with the youngest ones. Open to suggestions...
I also am a little unsure about kids food for dinner. We are doing buffet style BBQ and there will be sides that most kids like, mac n' cheese and such. However, I know we are going to have at least 2 that are SUPER picky eaters... our ring bearer won't eat anything other than PB&J, cheese pizza, and apples right now. I'm thinking about maybe just throwing some kids stuff together myself and making a little mini buffet for them. I figured I could have little sandwiches, or pizza, we will already be serving a bunch of fruit, maybe throw in some string cheeses, stuff that's easy for me to put together myself. I'm just wondering if this is going above what is expected of me as a host and worth doing. It won't be that expensive to do, it's not like kids that age eat a ton, and really wouldn't be a huge time drag, but it is just one more thing to add to the never ending to do list of what's already a very DIY wedding. I would like to do it, but I just don't know if it's worth it.
I hadn't initially thought of "kids plates" since we are doing it buffet style, just figuring parents would be making up plates for the kids. BBQ is generally pretty kid friendly, but it just occurred to us that even so there might not be anything that a few of these kids will eat. A friend of ours is doing the catering, and I don't really want to add on more for him to do.