Win £200. Festive Fivers Competition 2008: The best Xmas pressies for under £5

Juliav_2 · 7 November 2008 at 5:05PM

Name: TEDDY BEAR WARMERS
Price: £2 approx
You need to: Make it/Buy it

You need to:

Use one of your child's favourite teddies, or buy a cute teddy from a charity shop. Remove any plastic tags.

Carefully cut open the back, and remove the filling. Make sure the seams are all in tact and strong. Fill with wheat (you can add any essential oils to make them smelly at this stage also). Sew the cut back up and there you have a gorgeous winter warmer for your child to take to bed with them. Beats a boring hot water bottle.

You can tie a pretty tag around it's neck, hand, or foot saying:

"I'm your magic winter warmer bear, heat me in the microwave and give me a cuddle.

800w - 30 seconds
600w - 50 seconds

It is a perfect way to bring all those unloved teddies left at charity shops, be back where they belong!!

Juliav_2 · 7 November 2008 at 5:11PM

Name of present? Personalised Wrapping Paper
Make it or buy it? Make it
Total Cost? £1 approx

We all know how much wrapping paper is needed for christmas, however when wrapping smaller presents here is my idea.

You can either use the computer and upload funny pictures of the recipient onto the computer, copy and paste the picture into word and keep pasting until you have the whole page filled with the picture. Print them out and use this as wrapping paper. If you have a bigger pressie, you can stick loads of A4 paper together.

If you don't have a printer or simple to make it even cheaper - get the children to draw festive pictures on A4 paper or get the paints out and let them paint. Leave to dry, then use as wrapping paper.

It is really entertaining for the children to fill in the time that drags before xmas day and also the recipients of the pressies will absolutely love that personal touch!

Juliav_2 · 7 November 2008 at 5:15PM

Name: Sweetie Jewellrey
Price: £1
You need to: Make it/buy it
Details:

Wrap the kids up warm and head to your local shops/woolworths etc and buy a some penny sweets, like jelly rings (anything that can be threaded with).

Buy some elastic or string and spend a lovely family afternoon, threading necklaces/bracelets for family members, school friends, teachers etc.

Kids love doing it and what kid doesn't like receiving sweets!

Juliav_2 · 7 November 2008 at 5:18PM

Name of present? Heat it, eat it!
Make it or buy it? Make it
Total Cost? £0.50p
Details:

If you know someone who lives alone, then this is fab christmas gift. When making your family meals, plate up an extra portion (make sure the meal can be frozen). Buy a plastic container and freeze the meal inside.

You can decorate the lid of the container, or wrap it as a gift with a tag saying "frozen from the North Pole, with love"

It is a practical, thoughtful gift that will definately get used and be appreciated.

sgoard · 7 November 2008 at 5:45PM

I tried this out today and it works brilliantly - well done!!! I will definitely be using this for a variety of my Christmas gifts. - we keep chickens so I'm going to wrap the dry ingredients in cellophane and put them inside the mug and and add one of our girls eggs too so all they'll need to add is the milk and oil - would just comment that the tablespoons of dry ingredients should be level otherwise the cake comes out a bit dry but still a fantastic and original idea!!:A

vikki_louise wrote: »

Name of present? 5 minute chocolate mug cake
Do you make it or buy it? both
Total Cost? £2 although you might be able to do it for less!
Details (the more the better) I was given a recipes by a friend a while back for a microwavable cake and it turns out it can be made in a mug. So for the present give the person a nice (largest possible) mug. You could put things like a bag of chocolate chips, mixed nuts, raisins etc in the mug. Wrap nicely and attached the receipy and instructions

5 MINUTE CHOCOLATE MUG CAKE
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)

Add dry ingredients to mug, and mix well. Add the egg and mix thoroughly. Pour in the milk and oil and mix well. Add the chocolate chips (if using) and mix again.
Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1 000 watts. The cake will rise over the top of the mug, but don't be alarmed! Allow to cool a little, and tip out onto a plate if desired.

You could also layer up the ingredients in a jar (minus the liquid ones) but that will put time and cost up a bit

Where possible please add a link if it's an online offer

eve_1979 · 7 November 2008 at 9:49PM

Name of Present? Christmas Table Decoration

Do you make it or buy? both - buy the items and make it yourself.
Total Cost? around £4

Details (The more the better) Buy a small vase - 99p in Morrisons or 39p in Ikea, fill with cut up pieces of florists foam - hobby craft or friends who have it - put in pretty decorations such as stemmed flowers (red or gold) and stemmed jewelled flowers red or gold again -christmas colours (from hobbycraft in the christmas sales around £1.50 - then add a ribbon - to compliment the colours and or fill the vase with coloured ribbon or the coloured stones from £1land or morrisons agaon £1.50 to hide the green foam! It looks fabulous on a table at christmas!

Where possible please add a link if its an online offer
Try Morrisons or Hobbycrafts - http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/

vanessa82_2 · 7 November 2008 at 10:46PM

NAME OF PRESENT - BANANA GUARD

DO YOU MAKE IT OR BUY IT? BUY IT COSTS 4.99 FROM

DETAILS- IS AN ORIGINAL PRESSIE THATS BOUND TO RAISE A SMILE, AND BEST OF ALL NO MORE BASHED,BRUISED BANANAS.

BUY IT FROM http://www.presentsformen.co.uk/

lynzpower · 8 November 2008 at 11:30AM

Im on a mission to start my Xmas shopping- and thought Id share some of my thoughts with you of some of the stuff ive found. and hope that the following will be useful to some. Remember- play.com/ waterstones and some of the others are on quidco & other cashback sites- so if you are buying through there remember to click through. :beer: all items are free delivery- I dont pay postage if I can help it

Im really NOT a crafty person, so all my gifts will be bought

5.00 inc delivery
http://www.amazon.co.uk/New-English-Kitchen-Changing-Shop/dp/0007156596/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226134945&sr=1-16

21st century cook, bible of ingredients & techniques- was 14.99- now £5
http://www.amazon.co.uk/21st-Century-Cook-Twenty-first-Ingredients/dp/1844033694/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1226135039&sr=1-25

cheap as chips & better than toast- a students cookbook 4.99
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/230340/Cheap-as-Chips-Better-Than-Toast/Product.html
For business minded & moneysavers

Duncan Bannantyne- anyone can do it, my story 4.99
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/3349073/Anyone-Can-Do-it/Product.html

Dear customer services: letters from the worlds most troublesome complainer ( i know someone whod love this, apparently hilarious)
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/5980527/Dear-Customer-Services/Product.html

barack obama - dreams from my father ( I WANT THIS MUM IF YOU ARE READING) 4.99 waterstones ( again fairly sure that WS do cashback) from 8.99
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6172611

For fashionistas
The Fashion book 4.97
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=4870310

For travel fans
blood river- travels through Africa was 7.99 now 3.99
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6027163

Will add to this if I find more on my browsings.

HTH

lynzpower · 8 November 2008 at 12:11PM

Heres a few DVD gifts that Ive found & either considering myself or are particularly good deals

DVDS & family games

Men In black box set- was 24.99 now 4.99
http://www.thehut.com/hut/9944877.product

Airplane & Airplane 2 £4.93
http://www.thehut.com/hut/9993078.product

Deal or no deal dvd game- 3.93
http://www.thehut.com/hut/8562181.product

being john malkovich 2.93
http://www.thehut.com/hut/57529.product

Dora the explorer- doras Xmas - was 12.99 - now 4.63
http://www.thehut.com/hut/8461057.product

General gifts

THESE ARE GORGOUS! 4x photoframes set for hangong on the tree from ELC for 1.00 ( quidco on ELC iirc)
http://www.elc.co.uk/toy/make-your-own-christmas-tree-frames/

Forzieri Ostrich-Embossed Leather Purse Brown
http://www.fashionshop.co.uk/c-9-purses.aspx

Mr messy/bump/ happy mug 4.00 John lewis
http://www.johnlewis.com/230443656/Product.aspx

winters tale mouse in a house mug ( 25% goes to charity) 5.00 john lewis
http://www.johnlewis.com/230491944/Product.aspx
or santa in a house - these are lovely!
http://www.johnlewis.com/230491946/Product.aspx
or elf
http://www.johnlewis.com/230491945/Product.aspx

penguin torch - again JL 4.95
http://www.johnlewis.com/230497037/Product.aspx

10 gorgous finger puppets 4.00 JL
http://www.johnlewis.com/230504063/Product.aspx

gorgous pink childrens poncho 5.00 was 25.99
http://www.fashionshop.co.uk/p-400-drakes-childrens-wool-poncho.aspx

Lovely leather address books, were 15.99 - now 5.00
http://www.fashionshop.co.uk/p-365-barbara-wiggins-italian-leaf-small-address-book.aspx

dunkbiscuits · 8 November 2008 at 5:29PM

Name of present: Lottery Ticket
Make or Buy:Buy
Total Cost: £1
Details: There's nothing like the hope of not returning to work after the festive season.

Win £200. Festive Fivers Competition 2008: The best Xmas pressies for under £5

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