Gift baskets

elly2 · 10 September 2007 at 8:27AM

i have been looking at some of the fab baskets and ideas on the board and am wondering is it too late to start making one now(well i need 2 really) one for dd aged 15 and one for dd 13 i am thinking make up, smellies etc but am ansure of where to start i would like them to come in at about £20 each

vickym · 10 September 2007 at 9:06AM

Hi elly2
Its never too late I only started mine about 4 weeks ago.
Get yourself down to Wilkinsons if you can - I bought my baskets there - largest one for MIL and darling niece for £1.99 each and a couple of smaller ones which actually had a cotton lining in them for £1.49 each so I was well chuffed as I had seen them in au naturelle but they were a lot more expensive.

Boots have a sale on at the moment so it might be worth popping in there to see if you can get hold of any cosmetics & smellies etc. Have you read the boots thread on the GRAB it board well if not - please do its full of all sorts of glitches etc that are available.

Ideas for your basket could include, hair stuff & Jewellery (wait for claires to have a sale), toiletries, perfume & makeup
I am sure that someone else will be along soon with even more ideas - The people on here are wonderful, I am making a basket up for my niece with a "Horsey" theme and they have given me some wonderful and imaginative ideas.

Good luck with the baskets and let us know how you are getting on with them

Vicky xxx

chrisbhoy · 10 September 2007 at 10:34AM

dont know about your stores but my tesco is selling Gillette Manual razors with a Free 64mb Memory Stick for £9.99

alison6692 · 10 September 2007 at 2:12PM

Hiya

How about

Ideas for under £1

Facepacks
address books
Hair masks
Posh shower gel
Body Moisturiser
knickers / socks - primark / peacocks
Groovy pens / pencils
writing paper

Under a fiver ideas

DVDs - Check out play
Books
Diary
little purses
Mug
Nice jewellery
Hair clips / bobbles
scarf / gloves - Tesco / Asda

HTH

Alison x

Racklen · 10 September 2007 at 2:27PM

im doing a similar idea for my sister who is a single with 2 young children mum and has little money to treat herself i am on a dmp and cant afford to splash out at xmas but i have received free samples of moisturiser and make up and shampoos so im filling her basket with all these so she can have a bit oif luxury that ahe would not normally bebale to afforded without breaking my bank also made the bowl thing to put it all in out of paper mache

i am very lucky in the sense i have a very understanding family who would prefer your gift cost nothing but had all the thought in the world in it

elly2 · 11 September 2007 at 11:33AM

dd 15 wants an ipod and mobile for xmas i think with my savings i can just get them for her(am busy looking around for the best deals atm) but am looking to get her something else so thought a gift basket would be a fab idea and just fill it with little things some of them will be freebies and the list from alison has given me some great ideas

Roz_V · 22 September 2007 at 10:00AM

If you have a look at the Gift Basket and Hamper Index (at the top of the first page on the forum), there are several threads devoted to Hamper Ideas for young/teenage girls.

HTH

popadom · 12 August 2010 at 5:56PM

elly2

you could either get a phone that is an mp3 too or mp3 that looks like an ipod (type mp3 player into amazon)

or make a hamper with lotsof things in it

upsy-daisy_3 · 12 August 2010 at 6:19PM

This thread is 3 years old, why bump it back up? :S

doodledoodle24 · 23 August 2010 at 12:35PM

upsy-daisy wrote: »

This thread is 3 years old, why bump it back up? :S

Im pretty sure wilko still sell baskets and boots will still sell toiletries and have sales on

XxXfashionqueenXxX · 19 October 2011 at 5:46PM

Maybe try Asos' clearance for little makeup bits. Like these for inspiration: http://www.asos.com/ASOS/ASOS-Apple-Print-Silk-Look-Scarf/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1577381&cid=1929&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=200&sort=-1&clr=Blue
http://www.asos.com/Soap-Glory/Soap-Glory-Glad-Hair-Day-Conditioner-250ml/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1319538&SearchQuery=soap&sh=0&pge=1&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Conditioner
http://www.asos.com/Barry-M/Barry-M-Nail-Paint-Pop-Brights-Collection/Prod/pgeproduct.aspx?iid=1634683&cid=8144&sh=0&pge=0&pgesize=20&sort=-1&clr=Pink+flamingo
Etc, theres always a few beauty bargains! Bought a make-up kit for £3.50 last Xmas!

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