Festive Fivers Contest.

LindsayHull

Name of present? Photo Collage
Do you make it or buy it? Make it
Total Cost? Next to nothing
Details : My children made a photo collage for their grandparents who live overseas. They just cut out family and friends, places and anything else they wanted and made a wonderful collage which I know is very treasured.

alison6692

Name of present? Smart Cafe Cup
Do you make it or buy it? Buy it!!
Total Cost? £4.99 - £1 postage
Details (the more the better)

Where possible please add The Smart Café One up Cafetiere gives you the easiest way to make one mug of cafetiere coffee. In three simple steps… pour, plunge, drink.

Designed by Sebastian Conran, the double walled design, keeps tea/coffee hotter for longer. The robust materials makes it ideal for outdoor use. Easy to clean and easy to hold. Also comes in Platinium

http://www.menkind.co.uk/ProductDetailsHori.asp?ProductID=10477


or how about this

Name of present? Book - 101 Things To Do Before Old & Boring
Do you make it or buy it? Buy it
Total Cost? £2.99 - see vouchers thread for free postage offer.

Beautifully designed, with forms to complete, stickers to award and 101 creative (or crazy) things to do, this is a perfect stocking filler for children & young teenagers. Whether you want to make an origami frog or learn to operate as a spy, this essential book will show you how. Making things, learning things, or just getting up to inspired mischief, it's all here! Full of things to make, achieve and learn (and a few things that perhaps shouldn't be learned) this book is perfect for any child, aged 9 & over, who wants to revel in living their pre-adult years to the full.


http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&productId=19020&langId=100&categoryId=10017&parent_category_rn=10016&fromPage=category&top_category=


or

Name of present? Diet Nanny
Do you make it or buy it? Buy it
Total Cost? £4.99
Details.

To eat or not to eat? Let Diet Nanny decide! Place the Diet Nanny wherever temptation lies: the fridge, biscuit tin, even the drinks cabinet. Then when you open the door Nanny will decide for you:

'Don't even think about it!'

'Go on, treat yourself!'

'Leave it alone!'

'Are you sure?'

'Mmm, mmm, enjoy!'

'You know you shouldn't'

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=GADG&title=589778&p=439&g=539&pa=genna

or

Name of present? Healing Garden Gift Set
Do you make it or buy it? Buy It
Total Cost? £3.99

THE HEALING GARDEN
AROMACOLOGY DISCOVERY KIT GINGERLILY FOR POSITIVITY

This Discovery coffret contains an Eau de Toilette Spray 30ml, Shower Gel 75ml and Body Lotion 75ml.

http://www.directcosmetics.com

Kerryatter

Name of present? home made T-Shirts
Do you make it or buy it? A bit of both
Total Cost? About a fiver
Details (the more the better) I bought some Fabric pens and let my 1 year old daughter loose on a plain white T-Shirt for my dad's birthday and he absolutely loved it and wears it with pride. It was just a load of scribbles but actually looked pretty cool! You could also do this on aprons and fabric bags. I bought the pens from the Early Learning Centre for £3 and you can buy white t-shirts cheaply anywhere (I think Tesco's do them for about £2)
Where possible please add a link if it's an online offer. The pens last for ages and so you could make one for each member of the family!

RangerNige

After seeing another thread with a link to Hawkins Bazaar I found this book and thought it would be ideal for all Money Savers....

Name of present? Mr Thrifty :money:
Do you make it or buy it? Buy It
Total Cost? £2.99
Details (the more the better) This ingenious and invaluable book (standard paper-back, 224 pages) covers many interpretations of the idea of 'saving money'. One section, for instance, gives detailed advice on how to avoid paying for things which can be acquired free, or, where this is impossible, how to reduce the cost. Another section lists, with phone numbers etc, the sources of the best bargains in almost every imaginable field. And throughout it is thoroughly entertaining to read or dip into. Buy one for yourself, and at least one more as a present for almost anyone. Saving money starts here of course: cover-price is £4.99, but from us, it's only... £2.99


Where possible please add a link if it's an online offer http://www.hawkin.com/rkmain.asp?PAGEID=20670&STK_PROD_CODE=04241&XPAGENO=16

Hugh_Skint

Name of present? Personalised T-Shirt

Make it or buy it - Make it
Total Cost - under £5
Details -
-buy a cheap, white children's t-shirt
-buy fabric pens and paints
- child practises designing a logo, pattern or picture etc
- vchild enjoys creating the design on the T-shirt !

This is a great present - hours of fun designing and making and a tshirt to treasure .

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Ceebie_2

Name of present: Dicesaver
Make it or buy it:Buy it
Total cost:£3.50 + p&p UK 1.30
Details: Great for savers of any age - or start them saving. 9cm cube, beautifully made in varnished lime wood; looks good anywhere in home, office, wherever. Put your nuisance 1p coins in the five holes sunk into the 'five side' of the dice; one hole full = 50p, five full holes = £2.50 - no need to count. Empty and start again; soon mounts up. T
Available from CB, 9 Parkway, Dorking, Surrey RH4 1EX

Jecca_2

You can use this for any occassion. I did it (as well as a proper present) for my mum's 70th birthday from my two daughters. She loved it - probably more than the bought presents! Made her cry!!!
Get the children to decorate a small box (we used a large matchbox). We all blew a kiss into the box and quickly closed it so that the love could not get out. We then put a ribbon round it and on the tag put this poem:

"This is a very special gift, that you can never see.The reason it's so special is, it's just from for you from me.
Whenever you are lonely, or even feeling blue. You only have to hold this gift,
and know I think of you.
You never can unwrap it - please leave the ribbon tied. Just hold the box close to your heart.It's filled with love inside."

The best present I know!

i_love_it

I've done this in the past for small appreciation of small favours. if you know any young families that don't get out much, buy 2 cinema tickets and offer to babysit. Ok it can be over a fiver now to visit the cinema but many still have deals on set days and its gonna cost a tenner cos theres two, but its still a fiver each person, so qualifies for the fiver gift, me thinks?

alison6692

*+*+*+ There is something here for everyone*+*+*+

Name of present? Wedding Fimo plaque / Gone Gardening / Name plaque
Do you make it or buy it? Buy it!!
Total Cost? £4.99 and under
Details

I found this site from a friend at work. Fab little fimo character plaques and she also does name badges for £2.50 that look really good too.

Well worth a look - I have sorted a few gifts after seeing this site.

http://www.charactercreations.co.uk/16253.html

jockettuk

name of present ... surprise package
cost well under a fiver
description

we have got a few of these. a shoebox filled with all the freebies we have doubled up with and as im lucky to live near a restore (recylcing place) i fill up childrens boxes with the toys off magazines that i get for nothing from here. I also get the shoeboxes from here and the wrapping paper ribbon etc.
The person receiving the parcel is thrilled to bits with everything inside and also it keeps the kids occupied for ages.