Paying homage to our favorite wedding party member: the RING BEAR

Ring bearer? Sure.

Ring BEAR? Hell yes!

Every time we get to see a ring bear, we get excited. This is especially so when they are a life-sized member of the wedding party, as was the case at Emily and Kyle's cupcakes, kilts, and robots rainbow wedding. You can see their best pal Bear and his giant ass rings with the groomsmen below.

We decided to pull together all of our favorite ring bears from weddings we've featured to pay respect to that most LOL-worthy of guests and bear(er) of rings, who sweats his or her way through the ceremony for our viewing pleasure.

Oh, and a few stuffed bears get the spotlight, too!

Kyle's crew just wouldn't look right without him.

Kari and Rich's rings were carried inside a little stuffed bear in honor of Rich's childhood best friend who had joked about dressing up in a bear suit, but unexpectedly passed away before the wedding.

Vanessa and Derek had an awesome ring bear who totally got into the spirit at their geeky vintage bear-y jokester wedding.

And he let the bride in on the bear head action. Bonus.

Jess and James used this marionette ring bear to “even out” their wedding party. An even wedding party is never required, but I'll take any reason to add in this cuteness.

Helen and Steve had their bears wear hats and fuzzy bow ties instead of full-on bear suits. They growled down the aisle!

Julia and Bobby's nephew was the suited-up bear at their 1950s-inspired wedding.

Here he is walking Julia's mom down the aisle. The faces of the guests say it all: LOLing all around.

Check online for all types of bear costumes: realistic bears, cartoon-y bears, baby bears, and even a Ted costume.

Are bears not your thing? Check out these ring pillow ideas:

• 19 ring bearer options that'll make you die from teh cute
• From Legos to the four-legged: ring pillow alternatives from offbeat brides
• How to make a super-nifty ring book
• Use this Lego ring box for your ring pillow alternative
• A ring pillow alternative that just might melt your face off
• Have a shark as your ring bearer

About the Author: Catherine Clark

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Catherine Clark loiters at her local library, makes art, watches movies en masse, plays video and tabletop games, poorly cooks healthy things, cuddles with her feline fur babies, and blogs at BijouxandBits.com.