Alternative to bridesmaids?

I'm having my little brother and sister as flower girl and page boy but between me and my partner we have 6 godchildren and I really wanted them to be a part of the day without having too many children in the wedding party, so I'm going to have them as my something blue! They'll be wearing a little something blue/full blue outfit, whatever their parents decide, but we wanted them to be involved in some way. Is that something you could do with your friends? Not specifically bridesmaids so dont have the expectations but they are still a part of your day in a way.

I had some guys that I desperately wanted to be involved - one is my MOH as he is quite girly! The others are not girly guys at all so they are ushers instead of bridesmen meaning they are "Team Bride" but they won't be doing all the girly getting ready stuff on the morning and instead acting as greeters and are optionally welcome to any bridesmaid pre-wedding events that they want to get involved in (FH is currently debating whether he wants groomsmen at all, so may just have his one Best Man, but if he does have groomsmen too we'll either band them together with the ushers or split up some day of jobs between them). The other non-traditional role I've gone for is one of my other male friends is going to be our officiant! I'm really excited about it and so is he, but appreciate you might want a more traditional minister and it's a particular kind of person that's confident enough to take on that role!

That sounds brilliant! I love this idea!

Thank you!!