The most common patterns found on christening gift wrap are scenes of boy and girl angels or the Christian cross. These are some of the most purchased baby wrapping paper in the industry and will never fail to make your gift even more appropriate when given to the parents. Solid white wrapping paper and a big white satin bow is also suitable due to the new beginning and purity of the religious act. Depending on whether the ceremony is Catholic or Baptist will dictate the type of paper, and the gift topper. A Catholic baptism gift card with a small rosary chaplet is a great gift topper and will be a keepsake for the parents. My First Bible would also be a thoughtful and appreciated gift topper.

Baptism or christening gift wrap can also be created by you or your own children to make for a special and unique gift giving experience. You can let each child have a specific area of the paper to create their own christening theme. It can then be finished off with your additional artistic abilities, before wrapping the gift. Another option is to create your artworks on separate sheets of copy paper, then take them down to the local copy shop and have them create a collage onto one large sheet to use as the final wrapping paper.

For another unique way to create your own gift wrap, you can visit your local scrapbooking stores and purchase Christian iconic images to decoupage onto white or pastel gift paper. You can use images of babies, crosses, baptismal scenes, and sketches of a church to bring your wrap to life. You could also choose specific images and tell a themed story for the recipients. The idea behind this is to make the gift giving process as memorable and enjoyable as possible for the proud parents.

Although babies grow out of everything in what seems like minutes, every one of those minutes is special and important to a newborn’s parents. Giving monogrammed baby gifts only adds to those special times and helps preserve a memory for years to come. As technology has advanced the choice of items to monogram has become extensive. Some of the more popular items include keepsake items include personalized silver piggy banks, birth certificate holders, feeding sets, brush and comb sets, and keepsake boxes. A symbolic sterling silver rattle with the baby’s name or initials etched into it makes a great heirloom piece that can be passed down from generation to generation.

The clothing industry had made it possible to buy just about anything imaginable with a monogram. Hooded bath towels, shirts, pants, shoes, jogging suites, hats, bibs, quilts, and even nursery linens can have the child’s initials or full name placed on them. Even large corporations such as Disney are providing the option of monogrammed baby gifts, so you can not only put the baby’s name on the gift, but also any Disney character desired. Personalized items take a few weeks to process with some companies so plan ahead, and avoid the embarrassment of having to place an IOU in the gift box due to delayed delivery.

Water globes are a fairly new monogrammed baby gift that can be purchased from keepsake stores. They not only have the name inscribed, but often will have a place for the baby’s photo, and have the option of playing a lullaby. One national chain store that specializes in personalized items actually has a train set with a water globe in each car. This item cost about seventy-five dollars not including the cost of the engraving. No one else is likely to give this unique gift except you.

The list of personalized gift items continues with prayer crosses that not only have the child’s name on it, but a prayer for protection. Frames are probably an over done item, but you can almost guarantee that someone will show up with a silver frame touting the newborn’s name or initials. One new monogrammed gift is a vintage scrapbook to chart the timeline and history of a baby’s growth, and milestones. What a wonderful gift to help preserve those precious newborn memories.

When it is time for your best friend’s baby shower, you will want to make every effort to impress, and give them the best shower you can afford. Your gift to the baby is just as important, and if they know the child will be male, then baby boy gift baskets are a great place to start on your shopping journey. These baskets make great gift sets, and contain many items that a new mommy will need the day their infant comes home from the hospital. Usually, the first days of having a newborn are a joyous, but confusing time for new parents and having all the necessities to take care of the baby will make it a lot easier for them.

Most baby boy gift baskets contain items like:

• Thermal Receiving blanket
• White one-piece bodysuit
• Color print one-piece bodysuit
• Newborn cap
• Socks
• Washcloths
• Bib
• Soft or Plush squeaker rattle
• Picture frame
• Stuffed Teddy Bear
• Newborn Bottle

This is just a sampling of what goes in some baskets; the baby gift basket market has many specialty themes such as gourmet baby food or even a fruit basket theme for a baby, but in reality this is a gift for the parents.

Creating your own gift basket may be more appropriate since you know what the expecting mom needs to finish off her list of baby items. You can buy designer pieces that will go with the baby’s room. Add a hand made quilt or receiving blanket for the ride home, and a great surprise if your budget can handle it, is to buy a years worth of diapers in various sizes, and hide them in their garage. You can then place a note in a small envelope in the basket alerting them of the gift that awaits them.

Local gift consultants can also make up custom baby boy gift baskets for these occasions with pricey trinkets from high-end department stores, and designer baby gifting retailers. The range of gift baskets pricing can go from about fifty dollars to into the thousands. Fortunately there are baby registries at most specialty baby stores today, and if your friend or family member is registered there, you can go to the store and get a list printed to shop from when creating your gift basket for that new baby boy.

Anyone can see how exciting a baby shower is for an expecting mom, and some parents, on a tight budget, depend heavily on the functional baby gifts that are received to help welcome their newborn into the world. Selecting just the right baby gift wrap heightens the anticipation of finding out what is inside, and makes the giving and receiving experience that much more fun and memorable. There are many creative and beautiful wraps available at most super discount stores and even your local grocery store. However, there are specialist companies that cater for baby shower parties and gifts including the baby gift wrap.

Colors and styles

It almost goes with out saying that you need to be gender specific about your wrapping paper if the parents already know the child’s sex. The traditional pink for girls, and blue for boys is acceptable, but it does not have to be a solid color wrap. As long as the wrap has the appropriate color as its main shade, then patterned and printed gift wrap will be a welcome addition at any baby shower. If the sex is unknown, then a combination of pink and blue can be used as a sensitive indicator of either. Pastel greens and yellows with cartoons of babies, bottles, and cribs make a delightful and picturesque paper to present your gift in as well. You may like to find out if there is a theme then you can match your baby gift wrap to the theme of the party.

A personal touch

Personalized baby gift wrap is becoming a very popular item to purchase for newborn gifts, as it can express any message you wish, such as “Grandma and Grandpa Love You,” or “Welcome Home Baby Alice.” Of course the message is up to you and will no doubt be greeted with appreciation by the new parents. It may cost a little more, but will be a unique gift in itself when presented to the parents.

Gift toppers traditionally have been satin bows or ribbon, in various colors that accent the gift wrap used. These days, adding a designer pacifier, baby rattle, teething ring, socks or even a baby bottle is more appropriate and adds to the usefulness of your gift to the new parents. For those of us that find gift wrapping challenging, there are some really cute baby gift bags out there that you can put your presents into. If you choose you can wrap your present in matching tissue paper to add to the mystery. These bags come in handy after the party to gather up and carry other presents as generally baby showers are not held at the expecting parent’s home. If you are an artist or creatively gifted, consider buying white gift-wrapping and decorating it with your own custom images of new baby themes.