Finished hampers ***PICTURES ONLY****

tab1967

This one is for my O/H,s eldest sister it contains:
Stationery set(at the bottom)-£1.99(sainsbury January sale), Thorntons mini box of chocs(also cant be seen)-free, Mini wine-£1.25(Asda), Naturel bath set-£1.99(Halfcost), Glass-50p(one from a set of 4 Wilkinsons), bar of soap-33p(Matalan), 2 choc candles-£1.12(split set from Sainsbury), flannel log 60p, 3 lindt chocs recycled from another gift. This was put into a rattan waste paper basket half price at Asda-£1.78.
Total cost-£9.56 including basket.

savingholmes

0-6 month old baby boy


Little xmas outfit for 0-6 month baby. Thought could use box as a memory box. Contains a little tracksuit bottom, long sleave top and socks plus a t-shirt - all approx £5 in Asda or Tesco sale... Box (had). Polar bear was a freebie sent off for (from freebies board)

Present for MIL
Also prepared snowman cone, reindeer and yule log for MIL - all DD's handiwork (stickers from snowman stickers in a pound shop). Snowman tray from B&M bargains £1.99. Cones sourced with help from passion8:A:T



Baking hamper for DS 10/11


Basket 75p Morrisons
Betty Crocker Devil Food's cake x 2 for £3 (Sainsburys)
Betty Crocker's fudge icing approx £1.50
Silver balls 9p (now 80+)
Chocolate sprinkles approx 20p now 80+
Cookie Mix and cake mix approx £1.50
2 cake tins approx £2 (Morrisons)
Chocolate angel delight approx 40p
2 lots of sugar free jelly approx 35p each
Approx £10

CT19720

Chocolate themed basket:

Basket – 80p (France)
Chocolate coloured face fannel - £1.00 (Tesco)
Box of Hotel Chocolates – free (unwanted gift)
Box of 4 Chocolate bath bombs – 99p (Wilkinson)
Set of 4 Chocolate bath/shower bottles - £2.49 (Wilkinson)
Bag of marshmellows- 69p (Tesco)
Green and Black Chocolate bars (small) 66p each (Tesco)
Mini Chocolate Fondue set – free (unwanted gift)

Total cost to me £7.29.

Beki

An 'advent hamper' i've done for my mum It's filled with 24 mini-presents, numbered 1-24. Each little parcel which is filled with a couple of sweets, or a chocolate coin, and a hand-written note which say things like "i'm so glad you're my mum xx", "only 2 weeks til christmas! xx", "have a good day at work - love you lots xx" etc etc.

In number 24 i've put a pot of solid 'LUSH' perfume which cost around £4, as a special surprise for her as she loves the smell of it!

I've now got to do 5 other advent hampers for my dad, my uncle, my nan and my two children! lol

Here's the one i gave to my mum!

yummymummy888888

This is my 1st year of doing baskets but think I found bargain boxes that I thought I would share with you all. I am gonna remove the lids and put them behind for height them cellophane and pull bows.
Gordan Riggs garden centre. (Rochdale and Todmorden) boxes all sizes from about £1.50 to £2.35 for the biggest. This picture is of the largest 2 sizes.
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Beki

Beki wrote: »

An 'advent hamper' i've done for my mum It's filled with 24 mini-presents, numbered 1-24. Each little parcel which is filled with a couple of sweets, or a chocolate coin, and a hand-written note which say things like "i'm so glad you're my mum xx", "only 2 weeks til christmas! xx", "have a good day at work - love you lots xx" etc etc.

In number 24 i've put a pot of solid 'LUSH' perfume which cost around £4, as a special surprise for her as she loves the smell of it!

I've now got to do 5 other advent hampers for my dad, my uncle, my nan and my two children! lol

Here's the one i gave to my mum!

Just to add to this quickly -

I'm doing two of these for my nan and uncle. But they live over 100 miles away, so all the presents will be going into jiffy bags with a bit of the gold foil, rather than a nice hamper. But to make it seem a little bit special i've written a poem to go in each of their jiffy bags.

I wrote it out on word and added some christmas trees as a border. If anyone wants to use the poem, feel free (although it's not that good - but then i never claimed to be a poet lol)

Here you go! (deleted names for privacy )

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Advent’s just for kids, some say.

But if you love Christmas you’ll find a way,

To bring some sparkle into December,

To make it a month for you to remember.

Empty these goodies into a bowl,

And you will be closer to your goal.

As Christmas draws closer and near,

Open these presents with festive cheer.

Although it must be a dreadful wait,

Only open them on the corresponding date.

Though excited you may be,

Only open in order – 1, 2 ,3.

We hope this puts a smile on your face,

And a sprinkle of magic into your place.

With lots of love from us to you,

From B***, A*, S****, and B***** too.

xxxx

hels102

Thanks to Beki's idea above I've now finished my mums advent hamper - I've put little notes in each of them off my son, have used different sweets and put some handcream, and for Christmas eve a lush bath bomb! I'm thrilled to bits with this and intend doing one every year!

Beki

oh that looks amazing hun!!! well done!!!

paddingtondoo

papworth

I love the advent hampers