godparents

jatbaws

hi i have just been asked to be the godparent for my little nice and i was wondering what i could get her as a gift

NAR

Engraved baby silver bracelet or photo frame.
Open a bank account (with parents' permission).

mrcow

A christening bracelet is a sweet gift.

I got a lot of Children's bibles/prayer books for my two when they were christened which was a nice thought.

Personally I would avoid buying all the silver carp that you get in Clintons/Samuels etc, as everyone gets it, and the poor parent is left wondering where to [STRIKE]sling [/STRIKE]put it all.

You can buy premium bonds for a child (you can get the form online) which is something that they can keep (I think minimum purchase is £10?)

sarahlouise210

:eek: Minimum purchase for premium bonds is now £100 I think:eek:

mrcow

sarahlouise210 wrote:

:eek: Minimum purchase for premium bonds is now £100 I think:eek:

:eek: :rotfl: Has it really been that long since I could afford any? :rotfl:

arnie&caseysma!

We were at a christening recently for twins and instead of buying all the usual tacky silver stuff we got the girl her first diamond in the form of a necklace with her initial on and the tiniest diamond set in it. This was only about £20. We got the boy a small quaich which we engraved with his name and date of christening which was great and something very traditional yet not tacky that he will be able to keep for years and years and only cost us about £15 from a local supplier.

http://www.scotch-corner.co.uk/clanshop/catalogue/index.cfm?items=2297
this was the first website that google came up with for the quaich, i hope the following extract explains a bit......

Scottish Quaich
The Quaich originated in the Scottish Highlands centuries ago and became the favourite drinking cup throughout scotland. Traditionally, the Quaich is used when offering a guest "the cup of welcome" and again when offering the farewell or parting drink.

arnie&caseysma!

Sorry MrCow but I'm afraid it must have been! They have been about £100 since I first looked into them about 7 years ago............still a nice gift from a godparent if they are a really special child though

crispeater

the one thing i really wanted for dd and have asked for the same with ds is one of those "crappy silver things" as someone put it lol the scroll in which you keep the birth certificate.. im absolutely rubbish when it comes to keeping things safe but at least i know where her birth certificate is lol i've also put my hospital discharge notes in there too, dunno why thought they might be interested at some point. maybe 30-40 years down the line
my brother brought dd dominoes in a lovely box and each domino had a picture of a different animal rather than numbers. money boxes i now have an abundance of! :O

seven-day-weekend

I bought my goddaughter a bible, - both parents and all four godparents were (and still are) practising Christians.

If it's being done more as a social event, I would open a bank account.

mrcow

crispeater wrote:

one of those "crappy silver things" as someone put it lol the scroll in which you keep the birth certificate.. im absolutely rubbish when it comes to keeping things safe but at least i know where her birth certificate is lol

:rotfl:

I got three of those :rolleyes: One of them complete with "display stand"!


Along with six money boxes (three silver), ten picture frames (five silver), three ornamental bears (one silver!) and a small silver ornamental cup

I've kept it all as it belongs to the children, but am at a loss as what to do with it all

I really am an ungrateful mare aren't I! :rotfl:(Don't answer that!)


Edit: And I put "no presents please" on the Christening invite (no one read that bit obviously lol)

homersimpson_3

depends on religion of 'parents, how much money parents have and age of child- if religious bible, biblical story books etc. if parents short of money you could get some clothing or toys for the child- i bought one of my godsons a toy car which he would literally live in if he could- he's had countless hours of fun from it and his face still lights up when he's pretending to drive it. i bought another one some clothes which he wore for other dos and saved his parents buying yet another outfit. both parents had little or no money and appreciated it far more than those silver teddy bear money boxes- they had loads of those and never knew what to do with more than one. could open bank account for child- lots of freebies e.g. toy dragon.ask permission of parents to set one up. if you're close to the parents ask them what they want or preferably need. if you help the parents, you help the child.