Xmas eve hamper - better than last year

Zoelikesjam

My gosh! My list looks HUGE...however, the hamper is for five, 3childre 5,3,1years and me and OH. Plus, as i've saved about £60/£100 on our usual pantomine trip its a little bit of luxury!

[STRIKE]bath bomb from lush[/STRIKE] £2.45 Ordered these a few days ago, before planning the hamper! Eldest and i get lush treats every year, so will pinch one out of this
pyjamas x5 Going to collect these from primark today, so about £15
santa mugs x4 hoping to find in 99p shop, and can keep for future xmas's £4
crayons 25p from wilkos
xmas colouring pictures will print off the net £free
magic key Ordered from ebay £1.50
christmas card to draw/write for santa Got plenty of craft stuff already £free
candy canes 99p shop
santa plate for santas cookies 99p shop
xmas dvd Going to sky+ lots of movies over the next few weeks, then print off a list of all the ones i've got for the kids to choose £free
dressing gown x4 Primark, so about £30 but as we dont have dressing gowns this was going to be one of their xmas presents!
slippers/slipper socks x4 primark £4
reindeer food Will use oats, glitter, and pour into little jam jars, decorate with ribbon £free
xmas story book 'Printed twas the night before christmas' and a personalised book for each of the children off
http://www.northpole.com/Den/PersonalizedStories/ and laminated and ribboned together! Thankyou whoever put up the link for this, they are brilliant
popcorn/sweets/juice/coco 99p shop, prob about £4
snowglobex2 99p shop? £1.98
red wine(for mummy to make mulled wine!) Cheapest bottle possible, got the little mulled wine teabags so £1.99 from corner shop
dvd for jase and i again will sky+ some and we can snuggle up and watch it when kids have gone to bed! £free!
basket!!!! have no idea where i am going to get this from? Needs to be rather large, so might end up getting a big cardbord box&decorate it, possibly £free
ikea gingerbread house brought one weeeeeeks ago! so will pop this in

phew,grand total of........£15.14 :T I'm not going to add the pj's, slippers or dressing gowns as they will come off the childrens christmas present budgets. What i'm most pleased about is that stuff like the mugs, plate etc can be poped back in the box and put away with the xmas decorations for next year and the year after.....
YAY!!:j

jcr16

i managed to get a really nice plate in poundland. it came with a pen and kids can write their wish list on it. Also found a fab xmas colouring book.and some great design toothbrushes in morrisons

also got the kids all new slippers today for it.

but i'm really struglling to find any simple xmas kids socks. loads of ladies but not kids. some on ebay but not really wanting to get from their.

shortyslk

jcr16 wrote: »

i managed to get a really nice plate in poundland. it came with a pen and kids can write their wish list on it. Also found a fab xmas colouring book.and some great design toothbrushes in morrisons

also got the kids all new slippers today for it.

but i'm really struglling to find any simple xmas kids socks. loads of ladies but not kids. some on ebay but not really wanting to get from their.

I read about that plate on here and went down to my poundland last week and managed to grab 1 of these
they are really cute

they had kids christmas socks in primark - or could even try peacocks if you have 1 near you - that's where i managed to get my son's christmas pyjamas

jcr16

i didn't think about peacock's. i got the xmas pj's there for the children. doh ! we unfortunalty don't have a primark on isle of wight ( were behind the times,lol). off to town i go tomoz.

i just got a game for the hamper, Scene It.Hubby has mentioned he likes look of the game and we wanted to add a game to the hamper for the adults for later in evening once kids in bed.So i hope the game is as good as it look's.

toinfinityandbeyond

Sorry if its already been listed (only read 1st and last) but i have added in mine microwaveable dinosaurs for my boys (like hot water bottles but soooo snuggly!)to go with pjs and slippers!Comes in lots of diff animals!!
http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/6858921/Cuddly-Microwavable-Dinosaur-Green-Brontosaurus/Product.html

jcr16

wow those dinosaurs are fab. all my kids love a hot water bottle. but i don't have a microwave. seens silly buying one just to heat up a dinosaur,lol.

jetty

OMG!! This one is sooooooooooooo cute!! http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/6859167/Cuddly-Microwavable-Dinosaur-Purple-Stegosaurus/Product.html

jorose

ok heres me trying to add a pic of my xmas eve hamper for my two boys

Santa Key 99p
santa welcome pack 99p
doggy £1.99
marshmallows tub £1.50?
PJs £4.00 each
Hot Chocolate chunks
xmas Mug £1 each
lush (xmas eve bubble bar) £2.50
Popcorn 89p
bag £1.49
socks £1.25 each
tree decorations kit £1.99?

flourgirl

Oh what a fabulous hamper!! I love the snowman mugs they look absoloutely perfect for snowman soup. Well done

toinfinityandbeyond

Thats lovely jorose-where are the hot choc chunks from? I've never seen them before,they look lovely!