how much did you spend altogether on Baptism?

between donation, festivities, favors, invites. i'm trying to get an idea of what i can expect to spend. also, if you can include where you had the celebration if any was held

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This question is really open ended....really depends on what kind of festivity you are looking to do, where you have the baptism, the amount of people you invite, whether you get a band, dj, photographer, videographer, etc. I'm doing DS's baptism at the north ritz club and getting a dj, photographer, videographer, kids entertainment, centerpieces, invites, (godparents buy the outfit and give the favors)...it is costing a pretty penny bc it is peak wedding season and they didn't cut the price just bc it is a baptism. Buttt I have friends and relatives who just did simple invites and dinners and only spent $5-$10k so it really depends!

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I wanna say with everything we spent about $1800-2K
We had a party of 86

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we had 60 people in a private room in a restaurant with a dj. I think altogether we spent about 3K. we used the write-in invitations from cvs. did balloons (we filled ourselves) for centerpieces and i made chocolate lollipops for favors. we got the cake from costco.

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Posted by Agape08

This question is really open ended....really depends on what kind of festivity you are looking to do, where you have the baptism, the amount of people you invite, whether you get a band, dj, photographer, videographer, etc. I'm doing DS's baptism at the north ritz club and getting a dj, photographer, videographer, kids entertainment, centerpieces, invites, (godparents buy the outfit and give the favors)...it is costing a pretty penny bc it is peak wedding season and they didn't cut the price just bc it is a baptism. Buttt I have friends and relatives who just did simple invites and dinners and only spent $5-$10k so it really depends!

wow, i never realized baptisms are such a big deal. i mean i get the importance but thats

i'm def on the lower end of the spectrum. DH JUST got back to work after 6 mos laid off from union & i'm on maternity leave most likely to be SAHM for a while.

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We are gonna probably end up with 90 people and it's at the coral house so with everything probably $4500-5500

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I should add we are doing ballon cp, cake from bj's and my friend is making lollipops for favors

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Yea that's why I said it really depends....I'm greek so our baptisms are similar to what the jewish faith does for bar/bat mitzfahs (sp?). We "have" to invite a ton of family so I would say a typical baptism for us is minimum 100 people....that's why it adds up. I wish I could limit it to a smaller group and spend less :(

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i was wondering if the church would allow us to use their reception room. i know they have one that was used for refreshments after RCIA received sacraments but i don't know if they ever allow public to use it

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we spent about $2,000...40 people...received back $1,300 in money gifts though
we had our DS' baptism celebration at an Italian restaurant

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we didnt have ours yet so i dont know the final price but my guesstimate is about 1500-1800
we have about 50 people. $25 for adults, $6.25 for kids at a restaurant. favors are $75, prob a costco cake

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hoping to spend less than 1K for 60 people at DS #2's baptism next month.
we're having it at our home (at the park across the street) with a balloon twister and simple decor.

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i dont know the total i didnt really add it up but i know i spent at least 1500 and no more than 2000 i think.

I rented chairs tables tents with walls for 72 pople ( i did not have this many but it was a package deal it was the best price). Food was catered held in a backyard had no entertainment. I got a pretty good price on food sincei was friends with the person doing it. I also got a hook up on the cake cause it was my friends bakery but it still was about $80 ( i could have went to BJs and got one for 20 if i just wanted a sheet cake).

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Stopped keeping track at 8k. Hall, floral centerpices, DJ, Photographer, Videographer, favors, kids entertainment, invitations, church donation... If i added it all up it would probably be 9-10k.
We had around 90 people.

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see...what sucks is his baptism is in november...so outdoors is out of the question.

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We are having DS's in October at a Firehouse Hall, which we are getting free because my aunt and uncle are members, DJ with cotton candy machine and balloon animals for kids we are getting from my mom, someone owed her a favor, Invites I will be making, favors we are going to do a candy buffet, cake BJ's, centerpieces either balloons (going to get the tank for $20 at BJ's and do it ourselves) or I am going to make the ribbon topiary. I am going to put cameras on the tables, Loved how the pics came back when we did this at our wedding. I really can not see us spending more than $800 total after food and whatever else may come our way for 100 people.

We spent about $2000 on DD's a few years ago, but we had to pay a hall rental and DJ then.

Do you know any firemen? You could probably get a hall for really cheap.

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We just had DS's Christening and shared the costs with my sister and brother because all 3 babies were born around the same time. The total cost was about $1700 for the resturant, $30 for flower centerpieces that I did myself, $124 for cookie favors that my friend made and $450 for the Chruch donation. We had about 50 people and everyone raved about the day. It was simple but nice.
You can keep the costs down you just have to decide what is important to you.

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I would say $3,000-$3,500.

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We just had DDs baptism today with 60 adults, 10 kids. With everything, invites, favors, cake/cookies/cannolis (I got from an outside bakery) , restaurant, centerpieces, etc it was about $3k

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We are having about 130 people and it will cost us about $6K I wish we could have it at our house, but I can not have that many people in the house at 1 time. But the $6K will be for the hall, DJ, balloon & tattoo artist for 1 hour to entertain the kids, invitations, centerpieces and favors.

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About 60 people and I think we probably spent like $1500?? We did the party in our yard, and we rented a tent and catered the food.

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We spent $4K & had about 65 people at a really nice Italian restaurant. That includes wine/beer tab & donation to church. We bought flowers & arranged our own centerpieces.

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About $2500 at home for around 50 ppl.