Baptism Ideas?

[summergirl1211]

Hey ladies! My nephew is getting baptized in December. As I've said before, I'm not the most religious person in the world and neither is my husband. We want to get him something nice because we won't be going over to Wisconsin for it. Besides money, we have no idea what to get him. Do you ladies have any ideas? Either of things you've given or received for your child(ren)s baptisms? Bonus points if it doesn't take forever to get/make because I want to send it back with my parents the weekend after Thanksgiving. If it helps at all, they're Lutheran.


TIA!  

[roo1582]

What about a children's bible? We were given this one: Link

Or a nice cross to hang in his room?

Do you have a Things Remembered near you? They have a bunch of religious items like blankets, picture frames, figurines, etc that probably wouldn't take forever to get personalized.

[roo1582]

I think our favorite item we received for Andrew was this picture. It has a saying that incorporates his name and also included the date of his baptism. Obviously it would take longer to get though,

[mrsplaydoh]

We also got a children's Bible and a children's book that was about Baptism. They still go through them, I thought they were great gifts.

[traceyt07]

That's a beautiful picture roo1582! We also got a children's bible (which my kids LOVE). My sister also ordered these bear and blanket which were big hits as well. Asher still sleeps with his blue bear every night.

[britbratjf]

We have this: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0794422780/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1447941522&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=lift+the+flap+bible&dpPl=1&dpID=61YoPAlYURL&ref=plSrch

How old is your nephew? Usborne has some real nice religious books: new.myubam.com/p/568/book-of-bible-stories-cv

new.myubam.com/p/3789/thats-not-my-angel


new.myubam.com/p/5093/musical-nativity

[trixi282]

roo1582, I love that picture - so cool! What a neat idea.

Joey also got a children's bible, hers is very short which is nice, it basically has like 1 page/story and touches on the main ones only.

She also got this personalized book from a friend that is so cool! It has her name throughout, and my friend even included a picture of her. I don't know how long it would take to get at this point though...

My IL's gave her a little cross with animals on it that we hung above her lightswitch....

BIL/SIL, her Godparents, gave her a musical willow tree figure.

My Bro/SIL gave her a "My Baptism" frame - honestly we still haven't put a picture in it, it's still in the box. (oops).

[bliz1712]

We got photo albums, piggy banks, books, jewelry box, ring, necklace, pin, and a kid's bible. There was a really good children's bible that was really cute. It had babies dressed up as the biblical characters and told the applicable verse in a short paragraph. I tried to find it on Amazon but couldn't. If you're really interested I could look tonight, you'll just have to remind me thru FB messaging.

I liked the piggy bank personally. It was a nice ceramic one and both girls like it. I don't' think you necessarily have to buy a religious gift. we got lots of non religious gifts.

[summergirl1211]

britbratjf, he's 5 months.

Thanks for all the wonderful ideas ladies!

[bliz1712]

I think an engraved gift would be nice too. Our photo album we got from someone was engraved with Eliza's name, birthday, etc. It was from her godfather/sponsor. I thought he did really well for a single guy without kids!  He lives in the cities and there is a big store that he went to that does all engravings.  I could ask him where if you want.

[summergirl1211]

Nov 19, 2015 9:55:35 GMT -5 bliz1712 said:

I think an engraved gift would be nice too. Our photo album we got from someone was engraved with Eliza's name, birthday, etc. It was from her godfather/sponsor. I thought he did really well for a single guy without kids!  He lives in the cities and there is a big store that he went to that does all engravings.  I could ask him where if you want.

Thanks bliz1712! I'll let you know!

[starfishy]

My sister got DS a Christmas ornament with his name and baptism date on it. He was baptized in November so it was perfect timing.

[jennmm]

This was not a baptism gift but my son got a book of Bible stories rewritten for children and illustrated really well. He absolutely loved it and still enjoys me reading him the stories.

[laurski81]

I love roo1582, picture idea! Henry just got money, a few picture frames, and a piggy bank. I think everyone else gave some pretty good ideas though!

[mightythorgi]

Baby A was just baptized this Sunday. The godparents gave him a book of bible verses (Hallmark, I think).

My SMIL sent an engraved keepsake box. Church gave us s picture frame.

S' godmother gave him an engraved frame.

There are a lot of nice illustrated children's bibles.

[mommymadness]

A favourite item we received for both kids at their baptism was a little globe. Benjamin's has a little boy praying and Abby's has a little girl praying inside. They play a song and sparkle ect. Then engraved on a little plate on it says their name and our gift from god. The date of the baptism is also on there.

[sarahandeddie]

DD#1 has a set of small chunky books that are all bible stories. She absolutely loves them. I'm pretty sure they came from the family bookstore.