How much did you spend on christening?

[babyhopes2010]

dh thinks im going over the top on spending,which im not.

could u give me break down of ur costs.

 

[Jaylynne]

We did a really small christening as my family isn't catholic but DHs are huge Irish Catholics. Only immediate family were invited and of course the godparents. We had lunch back at the house after and had it catered. So:

Cake $35
Lunch $150
Church fee. $30
Christening outfit $60 (mil paid for it)

So really rather cheap. We spent more on SS bday party!

 

[TheNewMrs]

We ha a dedication, but the same idea.

Outfit-€40
Cake-€40
Balloons-€20
Dinner-€180 (buffet)

That was it!

 

[JWandBump]

Venue - £5 (my grandads a member)
Outfit - free (mil is a dressmaker)
Food - £30 (we made most of it)
Decorations - £20
Church - free

 

[TennisGal]

Church - free
Outfits - £165
Food - £400 ish
Decorations / other bits and bobs - £100
Venue - free (in our house and garden)

 

[Zou]

We spent:

Food and venue: £200
LO's outfit: £150
Cake: £65
Decorations: £30
Church: £10 donation

 

[capegirl7]

Mine is pretty ridiculous,
Dress- $266
Food- $350
Cake- Sister is buying
Venue- $100

 

[Mrs Cupcake]

church donation - £30
venue hire - £28
Food - £100 (approx)
alcohol - £100
glass hire (free from supermarket)
cake (free as used top tier of wedding cake just re-iced)
gown (free as family gown)
balloons and decs - £20

 

[sarahtia]

Church - free
After do - free
Christening Dress - £250
Christening shoes - £35
Decorations - £130 ish
Cake - £120
Food - £175

 

[ChristinaG]

We did a really small christening as my family isn't catholic but DHs are huge Irish Catholics. Only immediate family were invited and of course the godparents. We had lunch back at the house after and had it catered. So:

Cake $35
Lunch $150
Church fee. $30
Christening outfit $60 (mil paid for it)

So really rather cheap. We spent more on SS bday party!

sounds exactly like ours!

 

[MarcsMrs]

Church donation €50
Cake €90
Venue Free
Food €80
Outfit Free (family gown)
Photographer €100 (I know the photographer seems OTT but my family all live abroad & are flying in for the christening so it will be lovely to have pics of everyone with her!)

 

[x_WelshGirl_x]

Church -free
Venue - £40
Food - roughly £200(my mum and OH's mum went halfs and OH's mum prepared the food)
Cake - £50
Christening outfit - we had 2, a nice white romper suit for the church and then a suit with a blue waistcoat and tie for later (come to £80 altogether)
Decorations - £40

 

[babyjoy10]

church 50 euro
dress free, sil made it out of my wedding dress
location free, borrowed marquee of dh nephew
food + drinks 500 euro
decorations 40 euro

 

[alaskagrown]

Church - free
Gown - free
After party - none, other than the regular after-church coffee and cake

 

[candyem]

So far...

We got some invitations reduced from £5 for 6 to 25p!!!! So £1.50 on invitations.

Church - free

Venue - £60

Cake and cupcakes - £30 (buying ingredients, family member is a cake maker)

Outfit - around £30

 

[Aidan's Mummy]

Church- Free
Venue- 100
food-178
outfit- 40
Cake- 80
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[LittleOnes]

Let's see...

Church space $0
Priest to officiate ~$250 'donation'
Lunch for 25 family members $500
Handsome gown ~$150 (paid for by my mother though)
And then we stayed in a hotel for a night as christening was out of town ~120

People probably spend more than that at certain milestone birthdays?

 

[Sunrise]

We're having a dedication at a church where we attend once a month.

Church: Free
Venue: Free (upstairs of the church!)
Food: Not sure on this one yet, shouldn't be too much, suspect a lot of the church will help out
Cake: 45 quid a lovely cake from M and S which will actually be free for us, paid for as a present
Dress: May put her in something we already have or buy her a nice dress from TK Maxx...probably a max price of 30 quid.

 

[Meredith2010]

We are having a joint christening for our 2 next Sunday and it's costing around £600 but my parents and hubby's parents are chipping in:

Church - free but will make a donation
Village hall hire - £78
Cake - £115
Outfits - £35
Food and drink - £350
Decorations, napkins, plates, invitations etc - £50

 

[ellie27]

It was 2 years ago since my daughter got christened, and we are having our son christened in 2 weeks time......

We had folk back to our house for food/drink afterwards - around 45 folk.

I have not got anything arranged for his christening but for hers costs were around....

dress- £40
food/drink/cake - £250
church - free but gave donation of £40


Costs will be roughly same this time, but maybe more as I am a lot less organised and with only 2 weeks to go I better get a move on!!