Children’s roles at celebrant weddings

In a recent wedding I officiated, the children were plentiful and I worked very closely with the couple to consider ways of ensuring the children felt like they were included in the ceremony. The groom had three daughters from a previous marriage so the eldest daughter wrote her own speech, the middle daughter was the ring bearer and the youngest daughter set up a glitter station to adorn the guests with a bit of sparkle after the ceremony. Meanwhile, the bride has three nieces so the younger two nieces helped with the glitter station and the eldest niece read a poem by A A Milne during the ceremony. It was light-hearted and poignant-exactly what was required by the bride and groom