Christening gifts.

Whilst catching up with my work colleagues this morning over a coffee, my boss told us all about his daughter’s christening.  Apparently she smiled and was adorable the whole way through.  She had plenty to smile about as she received so many gifts, although she is not even the grand old age of 0ne, so she cannot fully appreciate these presents until she grows a little bit older. 

As I understand, the gifts can be given to the child straight away, or they can be saved until the child has grown up.  I am fascinated with the idea as I was neither christened nor have I ever been a godparent.  However, it did make me think what would be a individual present at a christening.  Later on in the day my girlfriend came over and we were discussing christening presents for her little neice.  It is obvious to me now, the perfect gift is a charm bracelet.

The bracelets can be adjusted and will fit a very small childs wrist or an adult wrist.  A nice idea would be to add a different charm each year and so build up the collection slowly and in sync with the growing interests and hobbies of the child.  As we all know, children’s interests can often chop and change and that is the beauty of being able to add and subtract charms according to these changes.  They can also tell the full story of the child growing up as each year will be represented by a different charm.  This will always make the bracelet extremely sentimental and standout from all the rest.

I have personally chosen all the charms on Lara’s Boutique and there is opportunity to be very creative and unique whilst picking out the perfect gift for a christening.