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Handmade gift for christening. AIBU for not doing?

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Carrados · 02/09/2016 10:10

Christening next week for 6mo. Parents have requested handmade gifts for DD.

Clearly they want lots of unique and personalised gifts for their DD, which is lovely. But I'm shit at crafts and also find the request a bit Hmm. If I was to go for it, I really would turn up with something monumentally shit that would get chucked away, and would be a waste of my time and effort.

I suggested to DD's mother, my friend, that I bring something else and she choked through the words 'something shop bought is fine' and 'precious DD has everything she needs'. Clearly it's not.

AIBU to think cheeky, ungrateful fuckers?!

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Member251061 · 04/09/2016 00:25

As its a christening, write or find a beautiful prayer and frame it. I think it would be a nice reminder of what the day is actually about.

TheProblemOfSusan · 04/09/2016 00:55

I am super fucking crafty and pretty good at some things but no chance would I make something for a request like this. It's really rude to demand third amount of time from people, and if I loved them enough to craft for them, they would have had their gift when the baby was born any way.

I think baking was the perfect idea - accessible, cheap enough, and not too time consuming, I hope.

Though, I do love some of the more pass agg plans and will return to this thread should I ever be asked something similar!

TheHorseWhisperer · 04/09/2016 01:05

Just buy a memory stick and put songs on it that were popular when kid was born. Job done.

JacquettaWoodville · 04/09/2016 01:29

I know you are done now, but a babysitting voucher with a crayon drawing of a sleeping girl on it would do...

bumsexatthebingo · 04/09/2016 01:55

What about filling a bottle with water and glitter or rice to make a shaker toy?

Who's going to turn up with an old Coke bottle filled with water and glitter though? That would just be odd.

You might think it's odd but it was one of my kids favourites. Granted you could use a nicer looking bottle than a coke bottle. And maybe put a little food colouring in.
I think spending hours making something (that would probably be shit and unused) would be odder tbh.

bumsexatthebingo · 04/09/2016 01:59

Well it depends how the request was made as to whether they are grabby/rude. If the op was informed that only handmade gifts would do then that would be rude but if they have just told people who have asked about gifts that they would prefer something handmade then what's the problem?

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dottybooboo22 · 04/09/2016 10:14

Knock a little something up out of Lego or stickle bricks!!!Grin

londonmummy1966 · 04/09/2016 13:00

Buy some cheap plastic baby hangers from poundland or somewhere and wrap ribbon round them. Hangers are always useful and this will take an hour in front of the tv.

Catwaving · 04/09/2016 14:00

That's a good one dottybooboo!

Still sniggering over Peppals suggestion

romanvilla · 04/09/2016 14:11

A newspaper hat
www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Hat
Original gift and totally recyclable/green.

PitilessYank · 04/09/2016 14:26

The ideas in this thread are hilarious! That's my Christmas gifts to friends and family this year, sorted!

How about doing an interpretive dance to express your delight over the baby at the church? That would be homemade.

Handmade gift for christening. AIBU for not doing?
PitilessYank · 04/09/2016 14:36

Oh, Peppa had this idea already!

OVienna · 04/09/2016 14:40

Oh, the idea of a gift that needs loads of input from the parents is genius.

100% -

picture in a frame otherwise.

blueturtle6 · 04/09/2016 14:43

A no sew tutu. Google for instructions really simple

anniroc · 04/09/2016 15:04

Sorry am I missing something here? Are you expected to handmake a Bible? Or a prayer book? Or even a Peter Rabbit boxset?

rockyroad3 · 04/09/2016 16:35

and they probably think they are so much more worthy

Not as worthy as the super crunchy parents I knew who wanted everyone to write a heartfelt composition about what they were doing to make the world a better place for their pfb, that would then be made into a book and given to him on his 18th birthday.

anniroc · 04/09/2016 17:43

Rockyroad that is awesome.

MrsJoeyMaynard · 04/09/2016 19:26

rockyroad Shock Surely not?!?

I'd have probably turned up with a standard christening present and been all "but I thought that you were joking!" Surely there's no one alive who wants to write an essay before attending a christening?

rockyroad3 · 04/09/2016 19:33

Apologies, it wasn't for the christening, it was for the birth of the second coming baby. I can imagine him at 18 being delighted with his book!

Soubriquet · 04/09/2016 19:34

Where would you even start writing that?!!!

I am a scientist trying to cure cancer.
Well no not really but I am trying to create eternal life. No not that either..well ahem happy birthday

rockyroad3 · 04/09/2016 19:39

The request was sent out via email "we really do not want to add to the unsurmountable amount of devastating landfill that is crippling our beautiful planet, so...."

They had given a few examples of things that they would like, such as dedicating to sell the car to a comittment to low energy light bulbs. It had to be within the context of making the planet better for (the baby) My contribution was a hearty laugh when I read it Grin

Soubriquet · 04/09/2016 19:58

What did yours say?

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Carrados · 04/09/2016 20:36

Rockyroad3 I bet they thought that was a lovely educational tool where they would feel good about getting lots of people making life-changing commitments.

Bet that fell flat in their faces.

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JacquettaWoodville · 04/09/2016 21:00

Baby hangers would be useless for me. I didn't hang anything up until school shirts at age 7