7 Child-free Wedding Invitation Wording Ideas

Choosing to have a child-free wedding is perfectly fine, especially if you’re having a formal ceremony and reception. The main challenge of hosting a wedding without children is wording things to get the point across without hurting people’s feelings.

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One way to word it nicely on your invitation is to keep things light-hearted. t’s a nice and short solution that won’t take up much room on your invitation.

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You may want to invite children to only parts of your wedding. Always be polite, of course.

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You can follow simple etiquette tips to make it clear no children are invited. Don’t, for example, address the invitation to the entire family.

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If you don’t want to put any wording about children on the invite, you can always make it clear when people go to RSVP.

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