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Festive Fivers Competition: The best Xmas pressies for under £5
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Name of present? Something for Nothing
Do you make it or buy it? both
Total Cost? nothing
Details (the more the better) Best things in life are free. Me and my boyfriend have set a challange to get a christmas gift but we can not exchange money. We have to be given the gift or win it! :A :A
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I just posted this but it didn’t seem to work so will do it again!
I have made a board game for my boyfriend:- Name of present?
- Do you make it or buy it?
- Total Cost?
- Details (the more the better)
Using the Monopoly board as a template I drew various streets, places etc that Johnny knows and loves plus Chance and Hairy Chest in the middle
I made counters out of cardboard with pics of things Johnny-related (he wears glasses, so I made a pair of specs; he loves pizza so one counter was a pizza; he's in a band so one counter is a microphone etc)
I had lots of fun making up ‘Chance’ and ‘Community Chest’ cards eg ‘Stop to admire your new-born nephew – miss a go’ ; ‘You won Battle of the Bands with Weaselterror – go forward three spaces’; ‘You ate too much pizza- go back one space’ etc
Also decorated the board with some pics of him, our friends, family etc to jazz it up. (You can probably do this on the computer but I am not very good at that stuff).
Probably good to protect it with some clear sticky-back plastic… I haven’t got that far yet! But have had lots of fun making the game and I think he will love it (he better had it’s taken me ages to make!).- Where possible please add a link if it's an online offer
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the love for one another at christmas - PRICELESS"If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced". ~Van Gogh~0
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Every year I buy a craft kit, this year handmade sewing box. You get one set of pattern pieces (card) and the instructions for £16.00. I then used all the card I've saved during the year (backs of notepads etc), copied the card pieces, bought one giant piece of fabric (got lucky at a boot sale and got some curtains that were in great condition and lovely pattern, used curtains and linings) and spent couple of months of free time sticking and sewing. Result: 10 handmade sewing boxes for 10 different friends and rellies, also made pincushions to go in, bought some cheap cottons (white and black) and threw few needles etc in, net cost £3.20 each.
I do something like this every year, people really appreciate handmade presents and if you just buy one pattern and do your own copies it works out really cheap. As a singleton I need to keep christmas costs down.0 -
Name of present Bottle of wine
Buy from Tesco in store
Total cost/ Details. Tecso currently have 25% off all wine if you buy six bottles and that includes already discounted wine, some up to 50%! You can chose 6 presents to individual taste at the same time. Our store is currently giving a discount petrol voucher with £50+ spend so the journey is worth while. -you even get tesco points!0 -
Name: DVD of the recipient's life or a special occasionNAME
Make or Buy? Make
Total cost 10p or cost of blank DVD
Collect as many photos as possible, spanning the decades of the receipient's life/ of the special occasion
Scan them into your computer
Download (free) PHOTOSTORY 3 at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
Follow the instructions for creating a 'photostory'.
Choose suitable music from your own collection or downlaod from free sites on the internet, and attach to your story following the instructions.
It is easy to do though quite time consuming.
When you have got it exactly as you want it, burn it to a DVD
Cost 10p (I bought 50 blank DVDs on Ebay for £4.99)0 -
- Name of present? Ellie Poo Notepad
- Make it or buy it? Buy it
- Total Cost? £3.99
- Details (the more the better)? This handy sized A6 notepad is made out of treated elephant dung! Completely cleaned and processed in an environmentally friendly way, elephant waste is an excellent source of fibrous paper pulp. Again, I saw it on Oxfam unwrapped, so I guess you can buy it in Oxfam shops? All profits go to charity too!
Too much tat gets given at xmas in my opinion (especially by my family hehe) it's a waste of money and bad for the environment too!0 -
ideal under £5 gift
what the gift is= a paint your own piggy bank, includes 6 coloured paints and a paint brush
wherer can you purchase it= Lloyds pharmacy
price is= £2.99
you but the gift them the child could paint it, then use it to start saving money.
a perfect gift :j
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Nostalgic pictureName of present - Nostalgic picture
Make it or buy it - bit of both
Total cost £4.18
Find an old black and white photo (or a coloured photo,come to that)
Scan it into your computer and optimise it using any photo-editing programme.
Go to SNPAFISH at www.snapfish.com
Get an enlargement made - 10x6 is good. Cost £2.19 including postage.
Buy a frame in a Poundland or cheap shop. Mine cost £1.990 -
Name of present? MAGIC BEAN EGGS
Make it or buy it? Buy it
Total Cost? £3.99
Details (the more the better)? From the site -
This is certainly a gift to talk about, a normal looking egg with a secret inside. Simply crack open the top, add water and sit back and watch a beanstalk grow. As it gets bigger a leaf grows to displays the words "Happy Christmas". Ultimately the leaf will drop off as nature takes it course, but the beanstalk continues to grow.
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