Wedding gifts for children

12th June 2007

Wedding gifts for children

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My wedding is coming up, and I wanted to have a thank-you gift for each of the special children in our ceremony. My fiance and I have 3 nieces and 1 nephew, and they will be the “flower children.” (We’re not doing the ring-bearer thing.)

I wanted to give the kids something they could play with during the rehearsal dinner, which is when we are giving our gifts. And I didn’t want to go the bride-and-groom barbie route.

So I went to Michael’s and got each of them a stuffed bear. I also picked up a roll of tulle and a spool or periwinkle ribbon (one of our wedding colors).

Then I went home and “edited” the bears into perfect gifts for our flower children!

Our “flower boy” gets a handsome bear with a periwinkle bowtie.

And our flower girls each get a lovely bear with a veil. I cut 2 lengths of tulle, folded each in half, gathered them and sewed them to the bears’ heads. Then, I hot-glued a periwinkle bow over the stitches.

I hope they like them!

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1 On June 12th, 2007, MrsDragon said:

Too cute! At our wedding, we didn’t do a garter or bouquet toss– instead we made up mini bride and groom bears and threw those instead.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsdragon/253205885/in/set-72157594300422839/

(You can’t tell in that pic, but the groom bear had wee little glasses too.)

They were a huge hit. I’m sure your bears will be as well. ^_^

posted on June 12th, 2007 at 6:07 am

2 On June 12th, 2007, admin said:

So cute! And you are darling as well.

posted on June 12th, 2007 at 6:18 am

3 On June 12th, 2007, Wendy said:

Very cute!!! (I love the tossing idea as well) I know we wanted something that the kids could have more fun with so we got the little mugs that said flower girl and ring bearer and filled them with markers and had coloring books at their placesetting. This is so much more personal and cute though!

posted on June 12th, 2007 at 10:31 am