Organising A Royal Wedding Arts And Crafts Street Party

Some useful suggestions for arranging an exciting children’s party on the day of the Royal Wedding 

2011 is an historic year for everyone living in the United Kingdom; the Royal Nuptials offers a great chance for adults and kids to become creative and mark the joyful union of William and Catherine. 

This article will hopefully help you organise a Royal Wedding party for children; giving you inspiration about children’s Arts and Crafts items to prepare before the big day, activities, clothes your kids can wear, what to eat and mementos.

It’s very much tradition to hold a party to mark the occasion of a royal marriage but how best to organise a joyous and happy event which will give everyone, young and old, a day to cherish?

The basics

The wedding is taking place on Friday, 29th April. You won’t have to take children out of school for the day as it is a public holiday throughout the British Isles – reason alone to get excited.

The wedding ceremony will take place around 11am. Why not organise your party so that you and the kids have an early afternoon lunch followed by a tea party later on so that your family can be together to watch the great occasion live on television.

House party or street party

You are required to seek permission from the council in order to arrange a street party. Once you get the official go-ahead, your street can be closed off; giving kids the freedom to scamper about in a traffic-free environment. The Streets Alive website is the idealplace to find out about how to pursue a street closure.

Sadly, us Brits must always keep a look-out for the weather, and a street party might mean that children get a little cold – the Met Office has warned that temperatures aren’t expected to climb higher than 16C – so decorating the house as a back-up plan may be good planning.

Preparation

If you are sending out invites don’t forget to get kids involved nice and early to build up the excitement. In keeping with the theme, they could write out the invitations with Union Jack pencils.

Once the invites have been posted it’s time to move on to activities such as making Design-a-Crown Masks; an item which can be personalised with sparkling glitter.

Creating a mood

The most obvious way to create a party atmosphere is by hanging out flags, bunting and balloons so that the day can become a sea of vibrant reds, whites and blues.

Ensure confetti is at hand as the vows are exchanged!

What to wear?

As all little princesses will tell you: it’s great fun to get creative and accessorise – items such as the Design-a-Royal Wedding Shoulder Bag are set to be a big hit on 29th April. 

Children who wish to sport a Union Jack with pride will also enjoy designing their own Royal Wedding Badge.

Party games

There’s nothing to say that you can’t combine a vigorous bit of exercise with a wedding-themed party game; why not play musical chairs with stop-start ‘Here Comes the Bride’ music?

Face Painting – using flag and Union Jack designs – will also be a big hit.

Mementos

Companies such as Baker Ross stock a range of enticing gifts which can be kept as mementoes by young party people. In future years, many adults will have keepsakes such as a personalised Royal Wedding Plate to remind them of an historic day and a fun party!