Confirmation Gift for Sponsor

[Bearvet]

DS17 will be confirmed next month (we're Catholic) and has asked DS21 to be his sponsor! I'd like DS17 to give him a small gift as a thank you, but don't have any ideas. DS21 gave his sposor a Willow Tree Friendship figurine, but his sponsor was female, so won't work in this case. I don't want anything too religious since DS21 received lots of Saint medals, crosses, etc. for his confirmation. Any ideas?

Also, should DS21 give DS17 a seperate gift from the family gift? He's a poor college student, so nothing too expensive. Again, any ideas?

I'm thrilled that my boys feel so close to each other, but I need to coordinate (and pay for) these little extras. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[kacaju]

my dd14 is being confirmed this year. Honestly, it never dawned on my that we should buy her sponsor anything. I didn't buy my dd16 sponsor anything either.

 

[Disney Doll]

I've been a Confirmation sponsor a couple of times and have never gotten a gift. I got a nice note from each child thanking me for sponsoring them and loving them etc.

Would DS21 want something like a money clip? Does DS21 do something for a living that DS17 could get something for? For example, if he has business cards, perhaps a business card holder? Perhaos a CD of pictures with captions of the 2 of them growing up through the years...like a slideshow???

Do your 2 DS's do anything special together...fishing, hikling, boating, running??? Maybe something with regard to that???

As far as what DS21 should get DS17...whenever I have been a religious sponsor, I have always gotten the child/young adult I am sponsoring a "nice" crucifix. Not one of those cutesy ones with lambs and stuff on them, but a nice cross that they would be able to hag in their home for their whole life if they so desired. The last child I was a godparent for was Irish, so we got him a pewter Celtic cross.

 

[golfgal]

I was a confirmation sponsor for a good friend's DD. She had gone to France with her French class from high school and brought me back a bracelet. I wasn't expecting anything.

I would say a nice card expressing thanks for helping him through the process would be enough.