subject: How To Buy Christening Gifts On A Budget [print this page] Christening gifts are that unusual type of gift in which even the tiniest, most inherently impractical item can cost an arm and a leg to purchase if you don't know where to look. Many retailers make a fortune marketing left over Valentine's Day teddy bears as christening gifts for young children, as well as recycling old, impersonal jewellery and memento's at prices which are not only astronomical but, usually, entirely unrepresentative of the physical and sentimental worth of the gift.
Because of this, buying christening gifts on a budget can seem a daunting task, especially if it happens to be your first time or if you are unsure of what type of gift the family and the child in question would prefer. Should you splash out for the thirty pound necklace when, for all you know, the parents might oppose jewellery for their child? Or should you play it safe and buy something cheap and generic to pass off as a christening gift, when there might be something entirely within your budget that would be ideal? These kinds of questions and concerns can make shopping for a child's christening a chore, rather than a joy. Ultimately, finding the perfect gift which both the parents and their child can take pleasure in does not have to be a difficult process, even when the purse strings are pulling themselves shut.
There are perhaps two main routes for you to follow if you find yourself in the position of shopping for christening gifts on a budget, both of which convene on the single saving grace of every person who has ever found themselves in a position of near poverty on a crucial gift-giving occasion - personalisation. Personalising a gift is the key to overcoming the limitations of budgetary restraints, whilst maintaining the thoughtfulness, individuality and uniqueness which makes a gift special. A tin of cookies is just a tin of cookies, but a tin of cookies shaped as the person's favourite animal, or made to include their favourite ingredient, or decorated with their initials instantly becomes a memorable and remarkable gift. The same can be said of christening gifts. A keychain is just a keychain, but a keychain bearing the day's date, or a photograph of the child, or a meaningful inscription, becomes as if by magic a touching way to mark the occasion without splashing out on grand, flashy gifts which can sometimes be impersonal.
The most common approach to buying personalised christening gifts on a budget is to think small but pertinent. Small necklaces and charms bearing the child's name are an excellent way to show that you care without breaking the bank. Similarly, personalised plush toys are a simple yet effective gift which children can enjoy and which parents are sure to love.
Bearing the importance of personalisation in mind, the next option open to anyone shopping for a gift for a child's christening is to think big. Find the biggest, most extravagant gift you can lay your hands on whilst simultaneously holding onto your fistful of cash. Naturally, in working to a budget, the extent of this gift might be somewhat limited; herein lies the usefulness of personalisation. A moderately extravagant gift, aptly personalised, soon becomes worth more than double the money paid for it by way of its sentimentality.
An example of the strange mathematical mechanics at work here can be illustrated by the recently popular trend of purchasing plots of land in space. For as little as 30, it is now possible to become the proud owner of an acre of the moon's surface. If ever there were a remarkable gift with a small price tag, this is it. However, a piece of paper which declares you the sole landlord of a patch of moon dust seems rather lacking in romanticism and whilst the land is technically yours, it does not relate to you in any meaningful way. Instead, let's say you put that same 30 to use in much the same way - buying something of astronomical proportions for a microscopic price - but instead of buying moon land, you give a star the name of your loved one. The concept of the gift remains the same, as does the price, but with the added delicacy of personalisation the gift is no longer measured in physical terms - as so many metres to the pound - but in sentimental terms. For the same low price the same gift idea is magically transformed into something touching, immeasurable and personal.
However you choose to spend your budget - big or small, practical or implicit, the significance of a personalised gift is sure to overcome any financial limitations and will remain treasured for years to come.
by: John Smith
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