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New baby: personalised gift ideas

Personalised gifts to welcome a new baby: embroidered blankets, keepsake boxes, nursery name prints and storybooks.

Hand-knitted booties for a new baby Photo: normanack, CC BY 2.0

9 ideas for New baby

Star map print

A print of the night sky over a chosen place on a chosen date — a first date, a wedding or a birth.

For: Partner · Couples · New baby

Printed

A printed children’s book where the child’s name — and sometimes their look — is part of the story.

For: Grandparents · New baby · Children

PrintedIllustrated

A wooden, metal or glass frame engraved with names and a date — the photo does the rest.

For: Mum · Couples · Grandparents

Engraved

A wooden box engraved with a name and date — for baby’s firsts, wedding cards or memories of someone special.

For: Mum · Couples · Grandparents

Engraved

A soft baby blanket embroidered with the baby’s name — often the first personalised thing they own.

For: Grandparents · New baby

EmbroideredHand-made

A wooden or canvas height chart with the child’s name — for marking growth year after year.

For: New baby · Children

EngravedPrinted

A glass, ceramic or wooden bauble with a name and year — for a first Christmas, a new home or a memory.

For: Couples · Grandparents · New baby

EngravedPrintedHand-made

A frame of pressed flowers — from a wedding bouquet or birth-month flowers — with names and a date.

For: Mum · Couples · New baby

Hand-made

A print with the baby’s name, sometimes with birth details or illustrations — for the nursery wall.

For: New baby · Children

PrintedIllustrated