"Celebration of final adoption" court hearing

[GoingOnHol]

We've been invited to this hearing for our nephew, and I wondered if there is protocol for a present/card, we'd like to buy something to mark the occasion but wasn't sure what..
Thanks

@GoingOnHol
How lovely!
You can get Happy Adoption Day cards - we have all ours in an album which we still look at now and again. A present would be nice- depending on the age of the child/family etc could be something like you would get for a Christening, or an interest the child has.
One of my friends got my son a scooter which went down very well but he was 8 at the time !

I was just looking through our photos. My son, who was 18 months, got some lovely gifts: some keepsake books, cuddly toys, cash/cheques and a christening style photo frame. For cards we got a few adoption cards but mostly generic cards which people had written their own message in. There's no right or wrong and adoption days are not widespread enough to have their own protocol, but if you approach it as you would a christening or name day you can't go too far wrong. Since it is the day an adoptive family officially becomes a family it is an incredibly validating and heart warming experience to have family and friends making an effort to acknowledge that, so thank you for taking the time to ask about this.

How lovely! General congratulations cards are great, you can get some adoption day cards on etsy etc.

I agree with above pps about a christening type vibe. My dad got the boys a commemorative coin with their dob and adoption date engraved on the box, and someone else got us a massive fluffy blanket with the boys surname and adoption date embroidered on it (honestly, it's used every day!) Someone else got us teddies but the boys did already have quite a few soft toys so just double check that! Maybe something that could be personalised with their new surname might be cute? Our kids FCs got them matching personalised bags and rucksacks for their new nurseries. We had a few nice photo frames too.

As ever, if they aren't a fan of trinkets, I would suggest a national trust or zoo membership too, that was definitely appreciated for us!

Oh, and just a note on etiquette, we were asked not to bring anything openly celebratory like balloons or big wrapped presents to the court room because other people were at different stages of the family court process and it could be a bit insensitive to someone else at the 11am slot being told they won't see their children again to see a bunch of new family balloons in the waiting room.

Thanks everyone, I think we'll go with a card and a small gift. I'll try to find something commemorative or we got some lovely collectible type book sets when DD was born which we have kept so.maybe something like that.
And @Torvy thank you for the heads up, we wouldn't bring balloons etc but we'll definitely be mindful of what else is going on