So far for my Christmas Hampers I have made...

Katgoddess

This is a picture of a present I made for a colleague as a leaving present last year, and this is it upwrapped. It is a variation of the chocolate themed mugs. It had a teaspoon with some ribbon in a bow, a lollipop, some hot chocolate sachets, and some bars of chocolate. It looked really cool. :A

I like the idea of the chocolate slabs. :drool:

toozie_2

My parents are elderly, and are a nightmare to buy for, but they enjoy watching birds (feathered!!) from the kitchen window.
So this year as part of their present I'm going to make:

'Fat balls' -similar to a Soap on a Rope-to hang on their bird table.
Couple of bags of bird seed from market
Bird book-free giveaway from RSPB
2 Small feeding containers- 2 for £1.00 in Pound Shop.
and
Put it all in a bowl, bought for 30p at a boot sale, which can be used for water for birds.

V_Chic_Chick

FYI, don't bother buying bird seed from the pet shop (£1.50 a kg??? Highway robbery!) ask for poultry corn, which is about 55p/kg, and the birds still eat it

clarabell1984

I have a minature bottle of three barrel brandy, do you think this would be ok to put into a chocolate mug set?

clarabell1984

I have just received my baskets from ebay, they look alot smaller than I thought they were going to be! I have ordered loads of stuff from boots & I don't know if i'll fir half the stuff in! I don't know what to do lol

HopeElizzy

Katgoddess wrote:

This is a picture of a present I made for a colleague as a leaving present last year,

That looks really pretty - I'm inspired!:beer:

HopeElizzy

I was really struggling with what to get for my outlaws until they came to visit. Over a 24 hour period my shiny white sink in the kitchen turned into a muddy brown tea coloured one because they drink so much tea and just tip the dregs into the sink!!:rotfl: So, they're getting a yorkshire tea basket....tea biscuits, teapot, teatowel, teacake.

SUPERSAVER

Thank you all, I never thought about hampers but im now going to try make one for all my friends. Thank you for all the ideas.
One year for my friends birthday I did something similiar and put in silly things like her fav packet of crisps and chocolates.
Also for relatives do you think it would be ok to put in a picture of my baby in a cheap photo frame?

Sandra***_2-2

All these hampes sound wonderful. I know that Lemon curd will only last about 2 week in the fridge so keep an eye on it.

I too have made
damson jam
damson chutney
christmas chutney
red tomato chutney
sloe gin
blackberry brandy

Plan to make shortbread, bara brith oatcakes and truffles nearer chrismas to complete the family hampers.

nickinoodle_2

Sandra, you couldnt post up your recipes for all that gorgeous food youve made/making??!!???? sound yummy!!!!!! if its not too big a job to list it all

Thanks