It’ll be a lot more popular than a pillow
Wondering how you can interest your ring bearer in his or her important role? Johanna from Quebec answers this conundrum on Frugalbride.com with a DIY idea that’s both inexpensive and easy. Take one stuffed toy of the sort that will most likely appeal to your RB, and create a custom collar that will keep your rings safe on their journey from the foot of the aisle to the base of the altar.
For a more formal affair, choose something classical from Steiff. If your nuptials will be casual in nature or you’re having a budget wedding, feel free to pick up something from the Dollar Store. Honestly, your RB probably won’t notice the difference.
Oh that’s adorable! Much better than trying to get a pre-schooler to hold a pillow just so. Also, while I do’t advocate them as a parenting strtegy I’m all for bribing kids in weddings. It’s not like you’re setting a dangerous precedent.
I just opted not to have a ring bearer because I didn’t think my brother would care much for the role.
In a wedding book my cousin gave me on other culture’s wedding traditions, there was one in there about the ring bearer bringing in the rings in a box/casket (not like, funeral casket, like small, fancy adorned box). I think it might have been from Brazil. At any rate, my ring bearer was a lot more careful of the way he held the substantial metal box that we borrowed from my mom for the occasion than any red-blooded boy would a lacy pillow.
What a fantastic idea, Nony Mouse. Thanks for passing it along!