To ask for your suggestions on a christening gift

[Eliza9917]

I was thinking of the My Life Story 100 year diary and a small 'proper' christening gift but I've no idea what.

The immediate family will probably give a bible, silver bracelet, cross pendant, christening cup etc so I'm a bit stuck.

I saw on a thread the other day that someone said give consumables as gifts so things don't clutter up houses, but I thought a christening gift should be a keepsake?

I agree . Christening gifts are keepsakes . Best christening gift my Ds had was a silver compass and st Christopher. He also had a lovely wooden frame with date, place etc on it . I still have photo in that

They should but I kinda think will my son ever really look at the rattle, spoons etc that you can get from most card shops and think, family heirloom!

How about a lovely book that the parents can read and then they can read later?

Love the diary idea but is the parent the sort to fill it in?

I also bought friend embroidered rag doll from eBay there choice then whether keep sake or toy

A couple friends chipped in and we bought the boxed set of the Peter Rabbit books. I was surprised there was so many of them! Definitely bought as a keepsake.

Love the idea of a silver compass though - maybe lifting that idea - thank you very much.

Book People are cowardly for the book sets. Not sure if KC is my friend but we do this with my friends, the kids all get a box set of books - Mr Men, Little Miss, Thomas Tank etc

Awesome not cowardly

Have a look on not on the high street,lots of lovely keepsake ideas there....

I've looked on not on the high street and can't really see anything I like.

I'll have another look though.

Books are a nice idea!

I’ve previously bought a wooden Noah’s ark which has the animals in it to play with.

I gave a gorgeous bound personalised book of nursery rhymes. Particularly nice if the baby has a name that isn’t normally on things in shops!

That's a lovely idea @CaseStudyReasearch

uggghh no silver plated trinkets! they are so old hat and ugly. They end up in a box which you are obligated to keep. I have them for my kids, they are not interested in them, I'm not interested in them, they have no emotional connection, they are worthless ugly junk. Give premium bonds, something useful. The Noahs Ark sounded fabulous too

How about a charm bracelet that each major event you can add too or family can add too?

My mum has one that's over 100yrs old in solid silver and I love it.

Royal Mint normally does some commemorative coin sets for a baby’s year of birth. We got our kids each the set of full brilliant uncirculated coins for the year of their birth plus the sterling silver £2 coin.

Someone bought my daughter one of these and I love it - when it's full, she smashes it and spends it! We put all our £2 coins in there for her:

www.terramundi.co.uk

Huge range of colours and patterns too.

Nativity set - would need to be online but it can be a keepsake, religious but not on display all the time my children are older now but still attached to their nativity set when it comes out each year.

My staple is an Emma Bridgewater baby mug with the child’s name on. It can be a keepsake or used everyday. The designs are lovely, it’s personalised and they’re made in the potteries in Stoke, so supporting British industry. They are always well received.

We've done Peter Rabbit box sets too, along with classic wooden toys (generic building blocks, trains etc) that they can play with straight away.

Emma Bridgewater mugs are a classic Christmas present for me too - I esp love the design with the pansies!

In the past, I've got 18 books for my godchildren, one for each of the first 18 years of their life. So the first book would be something like The Gruffalo board book, the 9th might be The Hobbit, and the 18th might be The Great Gatsby (off the top of my head).

Roman or Greek coin- wide price range.

FairNotFair I love that idea, no more babies around though 😭😭

Those smashable mineyboxes are really expensive, most high street stores and gift shops do similar for lss than a tenner and she can have the extra money inside

I'd whittled it down to these

www.amazon.co.uk/Wedgwood-Designer-Silver-Plated-Christening/dp/B0079X7RNO?tag=mumsnetforum-21

www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/gifts/personalised-childrens-book-my-book-of-nursery-rhymes.htm

www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?productId=410452&catalogId=10051&searchTerm=roahld

but now I really like those mugs.

Which mugs? Depending on price, would book and mug equal same amount as music box?

Books or premium bonds. My DSs were given lots of rattle type things and peter rabbit bowls and they just went straight in the loft. They’ll probably come out if we move house and will probably be sold at a boot sale.