My daughter is having her First Communion in a few weeks. I’d like to get her a little something, nothing extravagant. The trouble is I can’t think of any good ideas. I’d like to tie it in to the event as this is sort of a right of passage but a Rosary or Bible isn’t something I can see a seven year old being any too thrilled to get for a gift.
Any ideas?
How about a nice crucifix on silver chain?
My Beloved says a boxed set of The Chronicles Of Narnia would be a nice gift.
Does she already have a Children’s Bible? If not, that mght be something she’d enjoy.
Well I have an idea for her Confirmation Catholic Rap 
BUt when I wasw her age and Received for the first time I really wanted a full veil to go with my dress. 
Czarcasm I like both your ideas very much, thank you. I remember reading the Narnia series when I was about her age and I really enjoyed it.
I’ll be looking into Jayn_Newell’s suggestion also.
But chela, Catholic Rap?! I’m not looking to scar the kid 
My mom got me an easy needlepoint kit for my first Communion. It was a river with swans, trees, a rainbow and all sorts of naturey stuff, and across the top said “Thank You God” More high cheese than a letter-height fastball, but I loved it.
A children’s missal?
I hardly think a guided rocket weapon is a good gift for a seven-year old.
Oh sorry you said missal.
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A pony. Definitely. You can name him Eucharist, if you want.
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That’s about as appropriate as what my non-Catholic mother got for me - the Mouse Trap board game! I’ll never forget the look on Sister Marie Bernard’s face the next morning at school when all of us children were saying what gifts we had received.
cincator - I received more traditional gifts on my First Communion, too. A missal, a rosary, that sort of thing. I’d’ve *killed[/i[ for a pony. Know what I remember most about my First Communion? I was dressed in my white First Communion dress before Mass. I decided to get out my paints and got indelible black paint on the dress. It wasn’t a “real” traditional FC dress - I was too small a child to fit into all the premade dresses, so it was just a simple white cottn dress. To cover the black spot, my mother made a sash of Virgin-Mary-Blue ribbon. She wasn’t a happy mom.
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I can beat that! My godmother gave me “The Graham Kerr Cookbook by The Galloping Gourmet.” He was my first celebrity crush…
Cunctator- I sincerely apologize for my grievous mis-spelling of your name. Mea Culpa.
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Ego te absolvo StGermain.
My parents gave me a little pearl necklace with a gold clasp. I don’t know if they were real pearls, but they sure were pretty and I have been known to wear them from time to time, even now.
Other gifts included a fourteen karat gold bracelet from my favorite aunt/godmother, a ceramic earring tree and money.
I think some small pretty jewelry would be a nice idea-it doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive, but something simple and classic she can wear all her life.
I still wear the little pearl earrings a family friend gave me. Someone gave me a little crucifix that I really liked, but unfortunately lost. I really like the idea of giving her something that she’ll like now, but will still like and use when she’s grown up (including the Chronicles of Narnia…).
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For what it’s worth, the gift I really remember from my First Communion wasn’t religious at all - I got my first watch. It was red with a dancing Snoopy on the dial. I loved it not only because I was really into Snoopy at the time, but because it made me feel grown-up. (This was before cheap quartz watches, obviously.)
First Communion is an unofficial rite of passage for the kids who take it - I think a gift that acknowledges they’re one of the Big Kids now would always be welcome.
Flodnak - Like a pony. Nothing says “big kid” like having your own pony.
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There will be NO pony.
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No I really DON’T care long you hold your breath for, NO pony!
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Kicking and screaming won’t help, I said NO!
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2 hours later…
Danmitt! Honey get me the phone book! (lousy kids! N, O, P, Ponies, ponies…)