Christmas 2010 Let's Get Organised

Valli

If anyone is doing a hamper for a man who wet shaves Morrisons have Fusions razors (with a discreet England Flag) for £2.00 instead of £7.99...

They're called Fusion Gamer Razor (well that's what it says on the receipt) and in my morrisons were in a basket in the personal care aisle...

Wendy5704

chickywiggle wrote: »

ohh you are doing well.

13's a tough one! I nearly made the mistake of asking DH "what would a 13yr old boy want for christmas?" but given this day and age he'd say something from the top shelf of a magazine store. :rotfl:

what sort of budget are you on?? Scalectrix sprung to mind which although can be expensive if you start looking now you could pick up bits off ebay and make into a hamper.

I can imagine lol. Saying that his mam was telling me they found him looking at some !!!!!! sites and he had a box of tissues next to him. He now thinks there is some programme on the computer that tells his parents what he has been on so he wont use them again. Its a really horrible thought. It only feels like yesterday when he was a cute little toddler .

I have a budget of £120 because he normally likes £80 in cash and then it gives me a bit of money to play with. Unfortunately he already has a scalectrix.

Wendy5704

carlamarie wrote: »

wendy, is your nephew into art at all? i did my 12yr old nephew and art hamper for his birthday and it went down a storm. he was actually ill on his birthday and his new ps3 sat untouched as he was too busy laid in bed looking sorry for himself, until i presented him with his hamper. he jumped out of bed and made a start straight away!

it cost me £25 in total and it had everything in it accrylic paints, pencils, charcoals, waterclours pencils, watercolur paints, brush set, 4 sketch pads of different sizes, 2 watercolour pads in different sizes, 2 how to draw/paint books and a mannequinn to finish it off.

if i say so myself, it was really good!

I bet that was a great feeling. He isnt really into art but this would be a great idea for my 12 yr old niece. She loves art and craft and loves drawing. She keeps drawing dresses and things so maybe could base her hamper around this. She may even take the next step and try dress making.

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Thought I would revive the thread with my latest preparations for xmas 2010
I have purchased some buzz lightyear pjs in next sale for nephew 1 and some woody pjs from m&S sale for nephew 2
Picked up gavin & stacey dvds for £1 each at boot sale for my sis who says she would like to see it

wendall

I have been slowly collecting bits and pieces during the year for Christmas and seem to have amassed a fair bit in fact nearly there, my husband thinks i am loopy but i refuse to shop at Christmas when it is mad busy and i have saved a fortune all due to this site, i have got my daughters boyfriends mum a breadmaker for £13.99 off the grabbit board and will get a few fancy mixes and put them in a hamper with a new bread board. Son having money as he is 18 in feb and hoping to combine money from both and buy a car. Daughter will have money and stocking fillers which i already have. I just have to make the flavoured vodka for people nearer Christmas

nicki_2

I've been getting bits & pieces together over the past few months by using the book clubs that come in to where I work My niece is getting books, DD is getting books as her main pressie as she devours them faster than I can buy them (Roald Dahl collection - RRP £99, I got it for £16 :money::D She'll love them as she's been reading the ones in school ) and I've picked up a few other little pieces. Hoping to pick up the pace a little over the holidays and then ease off again until half-term in October as I have an exam in October for my OU course:eek:

Going to set to on making Xmas cards soon just as soon as I've got my next assignment done and dusted. It'll be a nice break for a couple of days.

carlamarie_2

since my last post i havent done much:o except stick my full xmas list on a thread on here, people have given me some great suggestions, so im just whittling them down.

i did get the dolls seat for dd's bike but when dh tried it, its too big! so im going to see if f-inlaw can make some sort of contraption for her to stick a doll on the back of her bike.
dh wants to get her a new bike with a seat already attached but i think its just a waste of money as the one she has now will do her for until next xmas - she can only just reach the peddles now!

i have recieved a email from build a bear today (i complained about abear she has) and they asked me to pick a different bear and dress, which they will send out to me. i didnt even have to send her old one back :T
so ive ordered a bunny and a pink princess dress, which i will put away as a present for dd:D
dd loves soft toys (she's always falling out of bed because she has so many in with her!) so this will be a nice gift for her.

my two have chicken pox atm and while we've been stuck in the house we have watched the dvd's i had bought for ds - oops!
so he still only has his uno moo game
i really need to get a move on:o

for ben10 fans i was in tescos today and they had the ben10 sticker sets reduced from £8 to £1 which i thought was a bargain. ds already has had one so didnt bother. they arent worth £8 but for a stocking filler at a quid you cant go wrong!

they also had a stand full of kids jewellery and hair sets (clips, bobbles, headbands etc) reduced to 50p each including some disney stuff. dd had asked me to get her something nice with her pocket money - so she was happy when i got home

candjsmum

Hi. I am new to this thread can i play please!! I started xmas in the January sales buying my neices, nephews, etc from the Boots sales. I managed to buy all OH family except mum in law so i can concentrate on my family and the kids. I have bought several bits for them both especally daughter who will be 15 in October. I love fragrance direct and so have bought several bits from them to put back for her. I am intrigued by the xmas eve hampers, what a fab idea. What sorts of things do you put in and what do you use as a hamper. Do you do for just kids or OH as well . Thanks :j

Kaida

Can I join?

My list:

DH - custom printed t-shirts, ...

Mom - recipe book and hamper (she can't eat a lot of common ingredients so I'm experimenting with recipes to find nice ones), and some home-decorated Christmas candles.

Dad - t-shirt with random questions on it (like "If a pig loses its voice is it disgruntled?"), dustpan cookies.

StepMom - DVD on serial killers

BioFather - bottle of locally produced fruit wine

Sister and her bf - night in hamper, extra for my sister some homemade soap or something.

MIL - pretty jar with Christmas coloured bath salts, book.

SIL - set of different flavoured vodkas (skittles, toffee, blackberry, liquorice, mint, chocolate)

Friend P - CD and sock monkey

Friend M - taster set of lots of fancy teas, and a custom dice (he's a tabletop gamer and, like me, is into tea).

Foster children of Mom - HM heads that grow cress 'hair'.


Need help with:
Other things for DH (sci-fi, fantasy and gaming geek)
SSIL and her DH (don't really know very well)
SBIL and his DF (don't really know very well)

Any ideas?

teacherandmum

i've not posted yet this year but followed with a vengence last year. I got my boots order this morning. they had a when it's gone , it's gone sale (still on - lots of half price stuff). so had a great pedicure set for £1.25, a laundry bag this for £3.50 i think, some Nivea q10 stuff and simple toiletries. they had lots of toys and perfume sets if anyone is interested.
I've just stared a spreadsheet on my comp with all the gifts i have already and cost. have already got quite a bit for daughter (3) including some dress up outfits and clothes from mothercares last sale.