Children Invite

We are getting married in July. The invitations are being put together at the moment. The problem we have is that we have a number of cousins we wish to invite, however, they have children and we do not wish to invite them.

It is not that we have anything against their children, it is just we wish to keep our wedding to our budget.

A relative suggested we put a letter in the invitation explaining this, but we are finding it hard to get the working correct, so as not to offend them.

Does anyone have any ideas how we could word it ?

Thanks

GW

Say it is adult themed and not appropriate for children to be present.............

Or say children are welcome to the daytime events but not the evening reception

2007-02-10 11:45:59 by Kilt_Man

I just found out that a little girl had a party and did not invite my child. We had had this same little girl to every birthday party my child had for the last four years, shouldn't it be reciprocal?
I always have my child invite the kids who invited her. Am I wrong?
Oh these are third graders
I should add I am pretty good friends with the mom and the child is one of my childs bests friends. My child is deeply hurt. At my childs birthday we even invited her little sister. And my daughters friend has come to our house for numerous playdates and only been asked once over to their house. If this was a child who my child was not that close to I would not have a problem, but it is one of her closest friends.

I would let my child decide who they want to invite. And leave it at that.

2006-12-02 17:52:53 by nick_shann

Many of our friends have small children that I am sure they would want to bring to our wedding and reception so all of our old friends can meet them since this will be one of the first times we'll all be together after high school but my fiance and I do not want children to attend. We would like everyone to come and enjoy themselves and enjoy the open bar. If they bring their children I am afraid they will not have as much fun and will not stay as late. How can I relay this message to them in a polite way? And in a way they can understand.

Leave their names off of the envelope. If someone sends in their rsvp card with their kids' names added, call them up asap and tell them that you are sorry but you are unable to accommodate their children.

2009-06-01 20:10:28 by Stephanie

I am hosting a scrapbooking party and would like to have it free from younger children mainly because we will have many scissors and other cutting tools laying about. How do I word this on the invitation without offending anyone? I don't mind having childer who are older like 11 or 12 who know how to use scissors and could sit calmly through the party. Help me with this tricky situation. Note: I have a 20 month old myself and my husband will be taking her out for the afternoon.

you can put "Lady's night out, give your self a break and pleas leave the little ones at home so our creativity can run with scissors"

2008-10-10 21:05:59 by punkinbutt'smama

The problem is, if I invite ALL children, there will be about 12-15 kids, half of them 8 months and younger and the other half toddlers up to 12 years old. I don't want children running around at my wedding. I have always wanted an adult reception so everyone can have fun and not worry about watching their kids or feeding them bottles. I live in Ohio and I know that people will have to travel for my wedding and they will want to bring their kids...but I really don't want a baby crying in the middle of my vows, which would be totally possible...and, again, I want people to have fun and not worry.

Try to solve the problem this way: Invite the children, but provide a baby-sitter at the wedding. That way, your friends and family can bring the kids along and you can have your child-free wedding as well. If you don't invite the kids, a lot of people are probably going to choose to stay home rather than leaving their babies with a sitter for an extended period of time.

2007-08-23 13:43:45 by pridge7