So, you’ve decided that you want to put on an infant baptism. You’ve procured the pastor and chosen the location. You’re now ready to start sending out the invitations. The following characteristics are absolutely essential to keep in mind when designing a baptism invitation:

• The request to join
• The child’s name
• The day
• The date
• The time
• The location
• The R.S.V.P.

Now that you’ve got the details, focus on the presentation. Visual thinkers and creative types will take in the image first. Make it beautiful, Christ-oriented, colorful, unusual, reflective of the baby, and fun, fun, fun.

Watercolor illustrations are particularly fitting for the occasion. They go well with sky blue often used for scenes reminiscent of heaven. Impressionistic illustrations are recognized as being more appropriate for children to appreciate because they’re sublime, and at the same time, easy to take in and understand. Naïve art is another option. Draw a beautiful picture yourself that looks like a child drew it in simplicity, but not in sloppiness. Scan the image and invitation into your computer and print multiple copies from a color printer. If you don’t have a color printer, save the invitation to a floppy disk and run it up to a Kinko’s and purchase individual color copies of it. Your friends will be impressed by your artistic sensibilities.

Baptism invitations are a good side project for moms because they can imbue the cards with arts & crafts elements, take a video at the baptism, and put a lot of time and effort into making cards that they can later save or keep in scrapbooks. You can even include post-it notes, attached to your invitations, with thank-you notes to certain individuals. These people may have encouraged you and your spouse to get married, or were there with you at the birth, or helped you when you were pregnant or nursing. These are the people to give a little nod of acknowledgement to.

Baptism invitations are a great way to showcase the importance that religious rituals play in your life. They are important reminders that babies can become members of the church at such a young age. However, hold off on the invitations if you want to save the baptism for when the child reaches an age of consent where he can choose to believe in Jesus!!

Jeff Fain is an author for Dependable Printing. Please visit Dependable Printing for a great selection of wedding invitations, wedding anniversary invitations, baptism invitations, party invitations, and much more.