What to Consider When Choosing a Flower Girl Dress

As summer approaches, so too does the summer wedding season. Most weddings involve a large amount of decisions that must be made. One of these decisions is choosing a flower girl, along with what the flower girl will be wearing. So, how do you decide what the flower girl will wear? There are several factors that one must consider when deciding on a flower girl dress. What are these factors and how much of a role do they play in the decision? Well, that's what we're here to talk about. Here's what you should consider when choosing a flower girl dress and why these things needs to be considered:

Time of Year - This is something that needs to be considered more if you are having an outdoor wedding. Most often, flower girls tend to be younger girls, in the 2-5 year old range; this means that it's extremely important to ensure that they are comfortable. When children are uncomfortable, they tend to lose focus and act out more. This is not the kind of distraction you want at a wedding. If your wedding is in mid-summer, you'll want to consider a shorter dress that's made with lighter materials in order to keep them cool. Conversely, if the wedding is in early spring or late fall, you'll want to consider a longer dress with thicker materials that will keep them warm.

Location - Similar to the time of year, location will affect the decision of the flower girl dress by determining whether it will be hot or cold. In addition, there are other things to consider based on where the wedding will take place. If your wedding is outdoors, you probably won't want to get a floor length dress because it will be touching the ground and getting stained and dirty. Indoor weddings have a little more leeway in this area, based on the fact that you can set the temperature of the ceremony and choose what kind of floor they will be walking across.

Color Choices - You want to make sure that your flower girl fits with the rest of the wedding party. This doesn't mean that she has to be wearing the same style of dress as the bride or the bridesmaids. It actually doesn't even mean that her dress needs to be the same color. What it means is that the accents and accessories for her dress should incorporate the same color schemes as the wedding party. Most flower girl dresses are available in a number of colors and allow choose a separate color for the accents such as the sash or a headband. This means that if the color theme for your wedding is blue and red, the flower girl dress can be a more traditional color like white or ivory but the sash can be blue and the headband can be red and so on.

Choosing a flower girl dress doesn't have to be hard but there are things that must be taken into consideration when choosing it. By taking the things mentioned above into consideration when choosing your flower girl dress, you can save a lot of time and stress.