Not crafty, but it's a good feeling.

Saint_Chris

I've not done much crafting for christmas yet, and not made many cards yet.

but i've had a lot of fun making boxes up for underprivalaged children abroad.

They dont cost a lot, infact the ones for babys are real cheap, tesco sells, it's own brand stuff for as cheap as 11p for baby lotion, and last week i got loads of clothes for 19p - 50p which made the boxes look good.

here are my boxes

New bornbaby girls



girl age 7


boys age 10



done and ready for off

rinroo

What a lovely thing to do. They look great

We're doing the christmas boxes for the boys school but its for a local charity.

farmville

Saint_Chris, can I ask where you are sedning your boxes off to?

I would love to do something like this and think your boxes are wonderful, so thoughtful, well done

cherydee

I would be also interested to know which charities are for babies....as I have quite a bit of new baby stuff. The boxes I do for Operation Christmas Child the youngest age is 2 - 4 yrs.

karmachilovething

Wow this is a lovely idea - I would love to do this, who do you send them to?

chasingsunshine_2

Love it! I have a shoebox for the shoe box appeal buy as PP said they dont have baby ones.
Would love to do some like yours

Saint_Chris

Well boxes done, and me very pleased with them last night.....

today not so much, i did the boxes for na old lady at work, she goes to the deaf club and at work they have done them a for a few years.

I got no information before i did them, and was just told about ages, newborn, young ones, children about 7 then children about 11. (the lady said she's done newborn babies before) so i made my boxes blind.

Well when i gave my boxes over, the lady (she's 85) handed me a leaflet and it's for Samaritans purse, which has no mention of babies, plus it also says in the

No Thanks section,
1 - no clothing
2 - no liquids ie shampll, toiletry and aerosols
3 - no chocolate

well as you can see, i put
1 - plenty of clothing in, (at least most pieces were only 19p from tesco)
2 - i put shampoos and creams for baby, and aerosol deodorants, i cellotaped the lids down, and put them in plastic bags.
3 - i got chocolate eclairs

So i do have to say that at this moment in time i don't feel good about my boxes.

rainmac

I did something similar last year for the local women's refuge, I had only just found out that our town had a refuge and Christmas was fast appraoching so I contacted the refuge and asked if they accepted donations and they did. I wasn't allowed to wrap anything but I turned up with an array of stuff for children and women such as jigsaws and colouring books for children and notebooks and hand cream for women. I didn't spend an awful lot but was careful about what I bought and found some excellent items in Home Bargains.

cherydee

Saint_Chris wrote: »

Well boxes done, and me very pleased with them last night.....

today not so much, i did the boxes for na old lady at work, she goes to the deaf club and at work they have done them a for a few years.

I got no information before i did them, and was just told about ages, newborn, young ones, children about 7 then children about 11. (the lady said she's done newborn babies before) so i made my boxes blind.

Well when i gave my boxes over, the lady (she's 85) handed me a leaflet and it's for Samaritans purse, which has no mention of babies, plus it also says in the

No Thanks section,
1 - no clothing
2 - no liquids ie shampll, toiletry and aerosols
3 - no chocolate

well as you can see, i put
1 - plenty of clothing in, (at least most pieces were only 19p from tesco)
2 - i put shampoos and creams for baby, and aerosol deodorants, i cellotaped the lids down, and put them in plastic bags.
3 - i got chocolate eclairs

So i do have to say that at this moment in time i don't feel good about my boxes.

Also, you are not to cellotape the lids down because they check all the contents then they put their seal on them. Plus you also have to donate £2.50 for each box to cover their costs. I think its either a cheque within the box or donate online and put the reference number you are given within the box.

LJM

what a great idea they look lovely and i bet they will be very much appreciated

Saint_Chris

Also, you are not to cellotape the lids down because they check all the contents then they put their seal on them. Plus you also have to donate £2.50 for each box to cover their costs. I think its either a cheque within the box or donate online and put the reference number you are given within the box.

LOL i cellotaped the tops down to the sprays and the baby creams, then put them in clear bags and taped these down.

It does say on the leaflet that there is a donation of £2.50, but it does say, 'One cheque can cover multiple shoebox donations'

So i'm wondering if the deaf society that mine were taken to, send a cheque in, covering all of the boxes that they send in.

Got my mind wondering loads now, not sure if i'd do another one for these next year.
May look a little bit closer to home, not sure what yet.