Junior and Child Bridesmaid Dresses | PromFormal (2024)

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What do you call a kid bridesmaid? ›

Too old to be a flower girl but too young to be a bridesmaid, a junior bridesmaid fills in the gap between the other female attendants. If there's a young girl who's special to you, consider asking her to be in your wedding in this role instead.

Junior bridesmaids are from age 9 to 12 or 13. Preteens or early teens. A 15 or 16 year old is usually included as a bridesmaid. A girl of 15,16 is most often wearing adult or junior sizes by that age too, so she can easily be fitted with a bridesmaids dress.

Choosing a Dress Color For a Junior Bridesmaid

If the junior bridesmaid is younger, the bride may want them to wear white or ivory- like a flower girl dress. The color of the dress for the junior bridesmaid is completely up to the bride and her preference.

During the Ceremony

She can walk by herself—“A junior bridesmaid doesn't require an escort,” says McWilliams—or with a junior groomsman, older groomsman, or family member (like her father, uncle, grandfather, or brother).

The first and most important criterion that determines a girl's title is how old she is. If she's from four to eight, she's a flower girl, If she's between nine and fifteen, she falls into the junior bridesmaid category; older than that, you can go ahead and call her a bridesmaid.

These young ladies generally range in age from 9 to 14 and are usually considered too young to be a regular bridesmaid and too old to be a flower girl. Many couples have nieces, cousins or siblings that fall into this category who they would like to have included in the wedding while keeping things appropriate.

So, the responsibility typically falls on the parents of the junior bridesmaid. However, plenty of brides have opted to pay for the junior bridesmaid dress themselves. We recommend talking with the parents of the junior bridesmaid before making a decision. In most cases, they'll insist on paying.

A junior bridesmaid should walk down the aisle before the others. If there are equal amounts of groomsmen and you want everyone in pairs, she can be escorted. Otherwise she may walk alone or can always walk your dog down the aisle.

Typically, a junior bridesmaid is between the ages of nine and 14.

If you have fewer than five bridesmaids, they walk in single file. With more than five, they walk in pairs; if there's a “single” bridesmaid, she starts the processional alone. The junior bridesmaid walks next; if there are two junior bridesmaids, they walk together down the aisle.

Do junior bridesmaids have to stand at altar? ›

What are a junior bridesmaid's duties? A junior bridesmaid is expected to fulfill some of the traditional bridesmaid duties including wearing a dress of the bride's choosing, attending the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, participating in the ceremony processional, and standing at the altar with the bridal party.

The principal bridesmaid, if one is designated, may be called the chief bridesmaid. She may also be called the maid of honor if she is unmarried, or the matron of honor if she is married. A junior bridesmaid is a girl who is clearly too young to be married but who is included as a bridesmaid anyway.

I have seen a 13 year old as the maid of honor at a friend's wedding and I have also seen teenage bridesmaids. There's not really an age limit.

Typically, the junior bridesmaids dresses can be made in the same style, fabric, and color, adapted to the age and size of the girls you've chosen. This generally means changing the neckline and length, but some retailers will have even more options available for you to choose from.

Typically the age range most appropriate for a ring bearer or flower girl falls between ages 4 to 10 years old. However, weddings today showcase toddlers and even infants in these distinguished roles.

But a 30-year-old ring bearer, or an overgrown 12-year-old girl in a tutu tossing petals isn't always a good idea, despite your best intentions. Flower girls should be between the ages of 3 and 7. Eight is a stretch if she's a big kid. Junior bridesmaids are 12-16, although you can extend that younger if you need to.

There is no set age for a junior groomsman. Typically, it's about age 9 to the early teens. The definition of a junior groomsman is a member of a wedding party who is too old to be a ring bearer but too young to be a groomsman. So as long as the child falls in that range, he would be considered a junior groomsman.

Usually, flower girls and ring bearers range from ages three to eight years old.

At what age are girls too old to be flower girls? A: Flower girls are generally between four and eight years old. (Sometimes, "mature" two- and three-year-olds pull it off quite charmingly, possibly with parents escorting them down the aisle.)