Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

chasingsunshine_2

jetty wrote: »

Is anyone else doing the xmas eve hampers this year?

Yep I am! I'm doing one for us and one for my little sisters to share with mum and dad.

For the girls & mum & dad:
new disney princess mugs (which will be for snowman soup- which i'll put together later on £1 each TJ Hughes)
PJs (peacocks sale £5 for 2 pairs fleecy ones)
Santa clause the movie dvd (3.99 play.com)
3 packs of sweets (for £1 tesco)
Flannel reindeer x2
Personalised xmas stories (printed and laminated - almost free! :rotfl:)
personalised letters from santa - typed myself
a letter from santas elf -who if course will be dropping the hamper off
Santa stop here door hanger - yet to paint!
Santa key (to make)
Reindeer food
Rudolph noses
Bubble bath
Hand knitted blanket for snuggling under to watch the film
Bag of cashews for mum and dad,
bottle of wine for mum
big bottle of lager for dad

Our one will be similar but as DS is still too young really will just be a smaller family sized version
Sooooooooooooooo excited about it!

Some HM things in there

midnightraven3

jetty wrote: »

Is anyone else doing the xmas eve hampers this year?

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:D

i have 3 teens
and they will love them

jammies (got all 3 in sales)
socks (got all 3 in sales)
slippers (got all 3 in sales
dressing gowns (got 2 1 to get)
snowman soup/mugs/chocolate spoons (got supplies, yet to make)
sock monkey (mid making)
christmas dvd (got in sales)
jelly baby soap/&body spray (making the soaps, got sprays in sales)
retro sweets box(got boxes)
pringles (still to get)
hand held game (1 loves connect 4, 1-wheel of fortune, 1-pacman) (got all 3, off ebay)
colouring book & pens:rotfl:(still to get)
and fleecy backed patchwork quilt (mid making)

i got VERY funky coloured pop up laundry baskets for £1 each
with handles, because of the blanket i needed something huge

jetty

chasingsunshine wrote: »

Yep I am! I'm doing one for us and one for my little sisters to share with mum and dad.

For the girls & mum & dad:
new disney princess mugs (which will be for snowman soup- which i'll put together later on £1 each TJ Hughes)
PJs (peacocks sale £5 for 2 pairs fleecy ones)
Santa clause the movie dvd (3.99 play.com)
3 packs of sweets (for £1 tesco)
Flannel reindeer x2
Personalised xmas stories (printed and laminated - almost free! :rotfl:)
personalised letters from santa - typed myself
a letter from santas elf -who if course will be dropping the hamper off
Santa stop here door hanger - yet to paint!
Santa key (to make)
Reindeer food
Rudolph noses
Bubble bath
Hand knitted blanket for snuggling under to watch the film
Bag of cashews for mum and dad,
bottle of wine for mum
big bottle of lager for dad

Our one will be similar but as DS is still too young really will just be a smaller family sized version
Sooooooooooooooo excited about it!

Some HM things in there

They sound brill What are reindeer noses? Oooooo, just remembered i bought some flannel cakes in the sale at matalan beginning of the year for my DDs :rotfl:

jetty

midnightraven3 wrote: »

meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:D

i have 3 teens
and they will love them

jammies (got all 3 in sales)
socks (got all 3 in sales)
slippers (got all 3 in sales
dressing gowns (got 2 1 to get)
snowman soup/mugs/chocolate spoons (got supplies, yet to make)
sock monkey (mid making)
christmas dvd (got in sales)
jelly baby soap/&body spray (making the soaps, got sprays in sales)
retro sweets box(got boxes)
pringles (still to get)
hand held game (1 loves connect 4, 1-wheel of fortune, 1-pacman) (got all 3, off ebay)
colouring book & pens:rotfl:(still to get)
and fleecy backed patchwork quilt (mid making)

i got VERY funky coloured pop up laundry baskets for £1 each
with handles, because of the blanket i needed something huge

OMG! You are so organised :eek: Can i ask about the jelly baby soap? They sound yummy :rotfl:

gingerandrubarb

mummyslittleboy wrote: »

Had thought of it but thats as far as I got everyone keeps putting more ideas my list is getting very long might do one with new Pyjamas and maybe a dvd and some choccies for us all:D


gingerandrubarb Thanks for the tutorial thats going to be the next project anyone know where I can get some cheap material?

Hi hunny, what a great idea for a xmas eve hamper, i think that's what i'll probably do but add in a small car or similiar little toy too :T
As for fabric, the good thing about the project is that you can use basically any fabric, i've used an old topshop skirt before (it was metallic tartan in black and blues) just cut along the seam so it's wide and use that, you can also use old bedding, curtains, towels etc.. otherwise, Ebay is good for fat quarters or etsy japanese fabrics are equally gorgeous and cheap, I usually buy metres of fabric from this link http://www.cheapfabrics.co.uk/thestore/index.php/cPath/538?osCsid=oci8sfh3opt8r4nnlt6o5ds4i6 as they are really cheap and generally send you over the metre, For designer FQ's like Michael miller or Kauffman i usually use ebay or Etsy definately as they have loooads, :T

midnightraven3

jelly babies



they are just oer 3"

gingerandrubarb

midnightraven3 wrote: »

jelly babies



they are just oer 3"

oh my goodness, they are adorable? do they smell? x:T

midnightraven3

they do smell
strawberry, lemon, lime, orange & blueberry

carlamarie_2

jetty wrote: »

Is anyone else doing the xmas eve hampers this year?

without a doubt!! i did one last year for my 2 and they loved it
in fact when i ask them about last christmas they can remember everything from the hamper - including the actually box, but they dont remember what gifts they got on the day!

crafty things to go in the xmas eve hamper this year are
*cookie mix in a jar
*magic reindeer food for them to scatter - they loved making the garden all glittery in the dark!
*sock monkeys
*santa key - might make one myself from salt dough to have it there for them or leave the ingrediants in a jar in the hamper for them to make one themselves? if i let them do it, theyll argue :mad:
mind, i could always have one make a key for the back door and one for the front incase santa doesnt know which way to come in
*snowman soup
*chocolate - which i will mould into their xmas shapes

will also add
*new pjs
*new fleeces for their beds (last year it was shaped pillows)
*bath products - character bubble baths, body washes and bath mitts/flannels
*a xmassy dvd
*new cups
*book for bedtime
*santas plate and glass
*colouring books and pencils

carlamarie_2

mignightraven - those jelly babies are adorable!