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Arghh help lol

right im feeling very festive atm, although is it still too early? :(

Anyway, a little bit about me. Sadly my mum died last xmas, so this year i want to make it spesh for my little girl whos 2nhalf, my little boy who is 1 and my sister and my neice who is 9.

Im thinking about doing an xmas eve hamper for my two and my neice, so far i have :

Taylor & Dexters :
Pjs
Slipper socks
Snow man soup [ WHERE CAN I GET THE BAGS FROM FOR IT?! ]
Santa pics for Taylor to colour in, would dexter be too young?
crayons
christmas film
christmas book each
bathbomb x 2
christmas duck each
teddy each
car for dexter
chocolate

my neices :

pjs
slipper socks
bath bomb
magazine
dvd
chocolate
snow man soup
teddy
new flannel
santa mug


ALSO

What else can i do to make it spesh? i dont know what to do :(

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  • xMummyx wrote: »
    right im feeling very festive atm, although is it still too early? :(

    Anyway, a little bit about me. Sadly my mum died last xmas, so this year i want to make it spesh for my little girl whos 2nhalf, my little boy who is 1 and my sister and my neice who is 9.

    Im thinking about doing an xmas eve hamper for my two and my neice, so far i have :

    Taylor & Dexters :
    Pjs
    Slipper socks
    Snow man soup [ WHERE CAN I GET THE BAGS FROM FOR IT?! ]
    Santa pics for Taylor to colour in, would dexter be too young?
    crayons
    christmas film
    christmas book each
    bathbomb x 2
    christmas duck each
    teddy each
    car for dexter
    chocolate

    my neices :

    pjs
    slipper socks
    bath bomb
    magazine
    dvd
    chocolate
    snow man soup
    teddy
    new flannel
    santa mug


    ALSO

    What else can i do to make it spesh? i dont know what to do :(

    You can get the cello bags on ebay for the snowman soup, what about doing a retro sweet box to add to it there is a thread on here, or maybe adding a blanket with there favourite characters on ie hello kitty for your nieces and they can curly up under there blanket to watch there dvd's
    :jmember of the thrifty gifty 2011 :j
  • can u show me the thread for the retro sweets? also what would i put all this stuff in? a basket [hamper]? where could i get them from x
  • Mupette
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  • Retro sweets are too old for kiddies - they wouldn't realise the meaning of them (they are usually to remind oldies of sweets they used to eat in their childhood). Just make up a lucky bag, with a toy or jewellery as well as the sweets.
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  • i dont want to spend too much tbh, obv on a budget. as going to do the retro sweeties for me n OH haha
  • Make a christmas cake and put a slice in for everyone.
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