Gifts

Jet · 13 June 2005 at 12:40PM

Hi,

I've been having a look around the site and found lots of great ideas for gifts for other people.

I've got lot's of "recycled" gifts in the form of bubble baths and smellies (which I'm allergic to) hence I don't use them and I intend on using them up in hampers for other people.

I'm also thinking ahead to Xmas and will be making chutneys, oils, truffles etc.

My question is; what do you actually put the hamper gifts in? I though a colander might be a good idea for the "foodie" type gifts, but I'm not sure what else to use.

I don't want to spend more on the basket / box than the presents inside it if I can help it.

Also, has anyone got any good ideas for presents for kids? I've thought of a terracotta pot, some seeds and maybe some mini gardening tools.

Any other kids present ideas?

squeaky · 13 June 2005 at 12:48PM

Any suitable box, cut down if need be, can be covered in any wrapping paper you like to suit the occasion and the person. It's been said before that if you want to be a bit more professional looking you can often buy some cellophane from a local florist. And ribbon. Or, recycled things of course.

I'm pretty sure there were other gifts listed that would be suitable for kids in our Indexed Gifts Collection which you can find via our "Collections" sticky at the top of the board, or by following the clue in my signature below

Katgoddess · 13 June 2005 at 12:48PM

Wrap with cellophane and tie with a ribbon on the top?

Like this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/katgodddess23/Blog/presentwrapped.jpg

Picture is of a leaving present I made for a work collegue. It is a mug with a teaspoon, sachets of coffee and hot chocolate, some chocolate bars, and a lolly. :drool:

She was looking forward to being able to have a hot drink at her new job, so I thought it might go down well. She loved it! Also thought I brought it from a shop.

apprentice_tycoon · 13 June 2005 at 12:52PM

I think that cheap wicker bread baskets make a good container for an assortment of food gifts, you can line it with linen napkins put at different angles to each other to overlap the sides

Chipps · 13 June 2005 at 1:01PM

My daughter gave hamper-style presents last year, using good quality largeish gift bags. You won't be surprised to know that the bag has since been recycled to someone else!

rchddap1 · 13 June 2005 at 1:08PM

Its my OH's birthday coming up in a month or so. I'm going to get a box (preferably a long one), put his main present at the bottom and then fill the rest with a few goodies that I know he will like. Its going to be from me and his daughters and so I am going to ask them to put together a few 'promises' on scraps of paper so that he can have a promise jar from both me and the girls.

In the past I have used the wrapping paper & box idea, and have bought a cheap basket for mother's b'day hamper present in a couple of weeks. To be honest it all depends on what you have to hand at the time you put the hampers together (or it does with me anyway)

Galtizz · 13 June 2005 at 1:21PM

Within the hamper thread (which is in the collections index under gifts) there is quite a lot of discussion on this. The idea is, instead of using a box of a wicker basket use something to do with the hamper (like a colander for food, as you said) there is also discussion on different things to add into the hamper i.e in a mexican food hamper add a chilli plant (which you could start growing soon) maybe you could find a big sombraro hat to use as the hamper whilst on holiday in summer for a laugh

For kids there are a few ideas HERE you could maybe expand on them by giving crayons to put in the pot or gardening tools with the seeds etc. or maybe roll them all into on gift, 3 plant pots, paints then a grass head, seeds, things to stick on plant pot/ grass heads etc.

You could also do a baking set, write/print out a recipe/recipes for cookies, cakes, muffins etc. and add the ingredients + cutters, things to stick on/in cake/cookies/muffins, cake cases and maybe include a kids rolling pin, a kids apron (with their name embroided on?) etc.. and as the hamper use a big plastic mixing bowl, supermarkets have colourful plastic salad bowl for outdoor eating in now that you could use as they are more cheerful than a white plastic bowl they are about £3.

Wish I knew someone young enough to appreiciate these gifts now, LOL.

Chris25 · 13 June 2005 at 1:28PM

Jet wrote:

Hi,

Also, has anyone got any good ideas for presents for kids? I've thought of a terracotta pot, some seeds and maybe some mini gardening tools.

Any other kids present ideas?

Re gardening - you could also use a 'sea-side' bucket to go with the tools.
And a mini kneeler - I saw one of these at a craft fair made out of an old hot water bottle stuffed with wadding. It had flowers and insects drawn on with what I suppose must have been a permanent marker.

A foodie kit for kids - apron, rolling pin, gingerbread (or whatever shape) cutters, an easy recipe and little bags of ingredients. And don't forget the toppings like hundreds & thousands.

A craft kit - cheap photo frame, varnish, glue and interesting things to decorate the frame with.

oops - crossposted with Galtizz:D

MATH · 13 June 2005 at 2:16PM

Take a new fluffy face cloth and give the illusion of a knot at the corners as you would a knotted hankie hat by using coloured elastic bands or if the gift is for a small girl use hair bobbles. Cut a piece of waste cardboard for the inside to create a base and you have made a small basket which when dismantled is fully usable. HTH

calleyw · 13 June 2005 at 2:19PM

For my boxes when I make a present like that I use ream boxes that my husband gets from work.

They just go in the rubbish other wise.

If they are too big they get cut down. I have just used the lids before as well.

The last couple of years for christmas I make up a ream box full of presents for my mum and dad.

I wrap the box and lid up and put all the bits and pieces that they have suggestions through out the year.

So when body sprays are on BOGOF. Buy one for husband and one for the gift box. Same with bubble bath, hand cream. Also I put in things like nail files never seem to have enough. Bath scrubbies and even loofahs that have been encased in soap to make rough skin soft. These are HM easy and cheap to make.

I let them work out for themselves who each present is for. :rotfl:

Yours

Calley

dorry_2 · 13 June 2005 at 5:48PM

you lot have me motivated now. i have been buying loads of pressies, they are up in the loft..... hubby says it looks like a shop up there.
i m gonna get some boxes for them tommorow, the hamper idea is great.

going back to calleyw post about loffah's they have some in home bargains for 49p each. they also had exfoliating wash mits and foot pumices to match for 49p each as well.

hth someone

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