Christening Bonnet Verses

Your choice of verse will be included on a card with your bonnet.

Verse 1

I am a little bonnet, as cute as cute can be.
Would you ever guess a hanky I used to be?

I can be worn home from the hospital, Then again on Christening Day.
You can then neatly fold me and keep me for the Wedding Day.

Every bride must wear something old -
so you can clip a stitch or two and a wedding hanky will unfold.

If by chance it is a boy, on the day that he is wed
I can be presented to his bride, won't she be proud to use - the bonnet he wore upon his head.

Verse 2

For a special baby Loving thoughts and nimble hands
Created this little bonnet Of fine lace and ribbon bands.

At first it was a handkerchief But with some stitches small
A bonnet was made for downy head To be admired by all.

Mother will carefully store it, Gently pack it away.
After years she'll take it out, Before her daughter's wedding day.

She'll snip the tiny stitches, Place it in her daughter's hand,
To carry as a hanky down the aisle And receive her wedding band.

Mother's son will find good use For the square, when he's a young man
He'll give it to his sweetheart When he asks her for her hand.

Verse 3

A tiny square of linen And a dainty edge of lace
Designed into a bonnet To frame your baby's face.

After Baby's worn it, Fold and tuck away...
And it becomes a hanky For baby's Wedding Day.

If the Baby is a boy, On the day he should marry
This would be the "something old" His joyful Bride will carry.