# First Communion Gift Ideas For My Daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347 "2005-03-19T20:44:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/1 "2005-03-19T20:44:19Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/2 "2005-03-19T20:49:52Z")
How about a nice crucifix on silver chain? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/3 "2005-03-19T20:51:28Z")
My Beloved says a boxed set of The Chronicles Of Narnia would be a nice gift. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/4 "2005-03-19T21:16:16Z")
Does she already have a Children’s Bible? If not, that mght be something she’d enjoy. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/5 "2005-03-19T21:48:07Z")
Well I have an idea for her Confirmation [Catholic Rap](http://http://www.catholic-rap.com/)🆒 BUt when I wasw her age and Received for the first time I really wanted a full veil to go with my dress. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/6 "2005-03-19T22:06:08Z")
**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 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/7 "2005-03-19T22:32:44Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/8 "2005-03-20T08:38:54Z")
A children’s missal? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/9 "2005-03-20T15:28:55Z")
I hardly think a guided rocket weapon is a good gift for a seven-year old. Oh sorry you said missal. {ELaT} Nevermind {ELaT} ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/10 "2005-03-20T22:16:37Z")
A pony. Definitely. You can name him Eucharist, if you want. StG ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/11 "2005-03-20T22:25:52Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > A pony. Definitely. You can name him Eucharist, if you want. > > StG 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. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/12 "2005-03-20T22:59:59Z")
**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. StG ---
**Author:** ![Marsie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Marsie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marsie)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/13 "2005-03-20T23:01:06Z")
> [@Cunctator](#): > > 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. I can beat that! My godmother gave me “The Graham Kerr Cookbook by The Galloping Gourmet.” He was my first celebrity crush… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/14 "2005-03-20T23:01:39Z")
**Cunctator** - I sincerely apologize for my grievous mis-spelling of your name. Mea Culpa. StG ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/15 "2005-03-20T23:04:22Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Cunctator** - I sincerely apologize for my grievous mis-spelling of your name. Mea Culpa. > > StG Ego te absolvo **StGermain**. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/16 "2005-03-21T00:11:48Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/17 "2005-03-21T00:17:45Z")
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…). GT ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/18 "2005-03-21T09:04:30Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/19 "2005-03-21T16:46:22Z")
**Flodnak** - Like a pony. Nothing says “big kid” like having your own pony. 😃 StG ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347/20 "2005-03-23T18:20:07Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > **Flodnak** - Like a pony. Nothing says “big kid” like having your own pony. 😃 > > StG :dubious: There will be NO pony. . . . No I really DON’T care long you hold your breath for, NO pony! . . . Kicking and screaming won’t help, I said NO! . . . _2 hours later…_ Danmitt! Honey get me the phone book! (lousy kids! N, O, P, Ponies, ponies…) 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-communion-gift-ideas-for-my-daughter/295347.md?page=2)