Baptism Party Checklist

The baptism is a special day to celebrate a new life and welcome your newborn child to the Christian faith! Whether you’re planning a special event to celebrate your newborn child or an epic party for friends and family, make sure it’s a success with our Baptism party checklist.

Below, we have created a guide on how to plan your baptism party with the checklist template provided. In the guide there are also some ideas that can be used to customize the template provided to fit your circumstances. After finishing your custom baptism party checklist, we hope it helps you budget your time so you don’t have to stress over the planning phase!

5 Reasons to Love Our Baptism Party Checklist

1. Automatic Timeline

How long does it take to plan a baptism party, you ask? Since, everyone has their own specific situations and timeframes we created a checklist that will help you countdown the days till your baptism party. Just add the day you started planning the baptism party, along with what day you’ll be holding it, and each task included in the worksheet will get an assigned due date! This will help you plan and make sure you have everything taken care of in time to celebrate your child's introduction into your faith!

2. Visuals

Our template is formatted to help you easily see what tasks need to get done, and which should have higher priority.

Find the perfect venue for a baptism? Check the box in the row for choosing a venue, and it will turn green. This helps you visually spot which tasks are still outstanding.

Did you get caught up with your busy schedule? If you start to approach a due date, it will turn yellow. If it passes without completion, it will turn red. This will help you prioritize tasks.

3. Shareable!

Are you planning with friends or family? Share your customized baptism party checklist with whomever you wish via Google Drive. Everyone will be on the same page, in real-time! Multiple people can edit at the same time.

4. Helpful Links

The template doesn’t just help you plan your time, it connects you with great resources in a single click.

Want to survey your friends to find the best time to hold the baptism party? Links to useful websites and apps are included.

Want to find the best venue for the baptism party? Easily find every service - from venues and caterers to DJs and decorators - you need in one place.

Budgeting is a huge part of party planning. It doesn’t need to be difficult, though! Just use our budget worksheet, created just for baptism parties! A link to this sheet will be included in the checklist.

Need to order supplies? We’ve got you covered. Just click!

Want to get the creative juices flowing with some fun party tips and ideas? We’ll link right to the articles you need.

5. Customizable

This is no generic planning guideline that will result in a well-planned baptism party. So instead we provided some suggestions for tasks that will help you create your customized baptism party checklist.

How to use our Baptism Party Checklist

Simply click the download button below to get started. We have created a step-by-step guide to take you through using our checklists: how to share your checklists with fellow planners, how to add/edit/delete tasks, how to sort/filter/reorder tasks and more.

Baptism Party Checklist: Conclusion

Planning a party for the baptism may seem complicated, but our checklist can help make planning this event a cinch. Our customizable template will help you create your personalized baptism party checklist. The customized checklist you made will ensure all your plans are in order before the event. If you enjoy using this baptism party checklist, you’ll love our planning tools for other events, too!

Written by Bryk Li; Contributor: Ana Fabijanic