christening gift..

Pee

A Bible is useful. Child may grow up to be a Commissioner of Oaths and can earn money with it.

If the family don't have a Bible, I'm inclined to think one might come in handy in the house.

Otherwise the money box is a good moneysaver idea!

want2bmortgage3

the thing is a piggy bank is only £5 at mothercare.. i feel like id have to buy something else as well? although i havent known them very long as he was an old school friend i got back in touch with recently.

iamana1ias

want2bmortgage3 wrote: »

i am a god parent to a friends child and the christening is sunday, and i'm stuck for a gift. the child is a boy and is about a year old.

the family are not religious and neither am i, and also i would rather buy something that may come in useful rather than just sit in a cupboard gathering dust! eg the silver stuff that never gets used.

so any ideas? i can go in the town centre tomorrow but unsure what sort of shops to try... any advice much appreciated!

Why on earth are they having a christening? Why are you agreeing to be a godparent if none of you are religious? Why have they asked someone they barely know to be a godparent?

This smacks of an excuse to get presents to me :mad:

minerva_windsong

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Twenty quid in a Post Office savings account in the child's name. Think how much interest that will have earned by the time kidlet is ready to go to Uni

Agreed! One of my relatives (no idea who I'm ashamed to say!) opened a bank account for me with a fiver in it when I was christened back in 1988. I forgot about the book until a few weeks ago when I was going through some old papers so I've put it into My Lost Account. Granted there may not be a massive amount of money in there but you never know...

If you top it up regularly (say £10 on birthday/Christmas/anniversary of the christening) then it should be pretty good in a few years time, especially if you go for an account you can't withdraw from as they tend to give higher rates. Or get a specific child savings account.

want2bmortgage3

like the savings idea my mum found out from the childs grand mum that he has an account in his name already so would a cheque to the boys name be alright say for £20 ?

Pee

How about a Bible and a money box?

sarahs999

Someone got our son a fantastic present - a case of really nice wine that wil be ready to drink on his 18th birthday. It's held for us at a wine merchants. Not cheap, but incredible gift!

want2bmortgage3

Thanks pee sounds like a good suggestion but I am a bit unsure if a Bible would be useful seeing as they are not religious and wont be bringin him up religiously. Thats very contradictionary I know but if it were my kids I dont think I'd be having them christened.

morg_monster

they might be having a christening to keep the grandparents happy. Especially if they were brought up going to church and were christened themselves, a lot of people still feel it's the thing to do, even if they are no longer actively religious.

I would suggest a nice box set of children's books, perhaps something you liked as a kid. It could be something they won't read for a while like Harry Potter, or something that kids can read themselves in the future but has good bright pictures so they'll be interested now, maybe winnie the Pooh, or THomas the tank engine. at 1 he may already be a fan! Thomas the tank always seems a safe bet for little boys anyway!
There's quite a few here and they aren't that pricey, max £30.

LameWolf

When one of my husband's friends little boy had his naming ceremony, we got him a pewter tankard with his name engraved on it. It was appreciated by his dad, and hopefully when littl'un is older, he'll make good use of it.:o