Create a collage of your baby and all the special people in their life.

Frame a photo of your child which has a wide enough border for people to write a message. It’s a beautiful and personal way to remember the day and you are able to hang it in their room.

Make or hire an instagram frame or Photo Booth and add a box of props, each photo can be uploaded to a page so you and your family can look back and remember the day. Create a QR code to make it easy for guests to upload photos.

Family and friends help plant a tree and as they place dirt into the ground, they say a word/s expressing their wish for your child. Alternatively, plant a seed or small plant making a colourful garden that will grow and evolve with your child.

Many families like to give their ceremony an added symbol of significance. A sand ceremony is a beautiful ritual to unite a family.

Family members and extended family members from both sides, each pour different coloured sand into a glass creating either individual unique patterns or combined blending, and so symbolising the merging of many parts into one beautiful blend. Crystal or pebbles can be used to create more vibrant colours.

All can take turns to pour coloured sand or crystals into a glass ‘unity’ bottle, jar, vase, glass ornament or hollowed photo frames.
Each colour represents aspects of the lives of the family, and the sand-filled vase becomes a symbol of a new life together, never being able to be separated again.

Write a poem for your child, or include words of a poem or song that have meaning to you.

Each guest is invited to sign a rose petal that can be dried and famed to create a beautiful reminder of the day.

This is a great way to capture personal messages, cards, letters, photos or a newspaper from the day their were born or joined the family such as adoption date. It can be any item that will symbolise positive wishes of love, peace, hope, learning or your wishes and dreams for your child.  The capsule/box can be sealed and stored or even buried but is usually presented to your child when they turn 16, 18 or 21; or  It can be prominently displayed as a constant reminder of the love shared on the special day.

Your family and friends ritually encircles you and your child in support. 

Just as a wedding ring is a circle that represents the unbroken or never-ending circle of commitment a couple makes when marrying, a family or love circle symbolises the never-ending love for you and your child.

It also represents a new unity, and a blessing by nature and so can also symbolise fertility.

All guests can record a special messages that can be replayed at special events in your child’s life such as their 18th, 21st or wedding.

Have a post box where friends and family can post their cards which contain special messages of love and support for your child.

Although, it is not a religious ceremony it is still as important. Give family and friends who took an important role in the day and will be a constant in your child’s life a certificate to show your appreciation and let them know how important they are.