Keeping children occupied when you are planning a life event like a fantastic wedding is one of those tasks that can seem pretty overwhelming because if your children just don’t want to play ball, it can add significant stress to the planning process. Therefore, whether you are planning a wedding or any other major event that requires a lot of focus, you have to get the balance right. Ensuring your children feel involved, but also distracted at the right moments, will make a big difference. Let’s have a look at some of the things you could try.

Give Them a Role

If you are planning a wedding, you can give your child the small duties that will ensure they feel a part of the process. A lot of the time children will keep pestering you because they want to do something. They may not necessarily want to help, but they want to be a part of it. So, therefore, increasing their sense of responsibility by giving them small duties can make a big difference to you. For example, if you are on the hunt for a wedding tie, you could ask them to come up with a variety of colours and you can then whittle them down to the bare necessities. Your child may opt for the more colourful ties, but rather than dismissing their choice of orange wedding ties, letting them come up with a variety of options is always going to keep them occupied for longer. Give them a role and the little jobs that you are putting off can easily double your productivity.

Choosing Your Preparation Times Wisely

There are going to be big decisions that you will need to make with your partner, especially when it comes to weddings so it’s going to be more beneficial if you wait until your child goes to bed. Choosing your times wisely and structuring your duties in order of importance, but also how long it takes you to do each one, may seem like you are overegging the pudding when it comes to planning, but if you’ve got children that really don’t fare well when it comes to being on their own, you can give them some of the duties but you can also make the little decisions in the small moments where you have peace and quiet.

Remote Collaboration

If your children are trying to get in the way and you are doing your best to not tell them off for trying to help, one of the best things you can do is to collaborate with your partner or other people over the phone. There are software packages like Evernote that can work across a bunch of devices, meaning you can start to create files and documents so you can collaborate effectively ensuring that all information is synced up so you are literally on the same page. You can also do this in other ways, for example through Google Docs, and giving everybody access to the spreadsheets and other relevant files.

It’s certainly not easy to keep your children occupied when you have a lot of big planning ahead of you. Hopefully, some of these will make a big difference!