Help £35 till end of dec and still need to buy step daughter christmas present

Spendless

Do you have any Tesco clubcard vouchers lying around? If you do you could either use it for any bits you need to make meals up or change it to double up or 4x (if you do it quickly) for something for your SD.

janeawej

Tesco clubcard deals are great Ive got presents for 2 of my kids and the other half from them, I have traded with my neighbour for 2 other kids presents leaving only one child that wants something I cant trade or get free! Is there anything you can 'trade' with a nieghbour or friend

annie123

Some very good suggestions already but just to add;

Do you have any foreign currency around that could be changed back?
nectar points, tesco points, boots points you could use etc

debtmess

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Penelope_Penguin

I agree with making your daughter something

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Frenchgirl

Hi if food is a problem please go to a local church they may be able to help with food and gifts for your children. My church gives out food hampers to the needy at this time of year. There is no shame in not having money. A few years ago I used to give to the hampers and then last year having lost my job I received a hamper. This year I am able to give again. God Bless x

leed

what about Freecycle - you might find something suitable there.

nuttybabe

Hi
How about giving her a sock monkey kit. You just need to buy some pretty socks, find buttons for eyes and something for the stuffing. And sit with her to help her make it. You could also give her a gift in a jar. Maybe ingredients to make a cake or cookies or a journal in a jar. Something you could do together. So rather than spending a huge amount she gets to spend quality time with you instead making stuff.

chrissiethechippy

the sock monkey making set idea is brilliant, I might do that for my dd who is also 9

Do you have a good stash of crafty things? if you look on the christmas board there are some really good 'making' posts, you can make some excellent presents for a few pennies, or with what you already have. Things like snowman soup in a cheap mug? If you can get hold of baby jars, maybe filling them with sweets, one for every colour of the rainow and packaged nicely, that should be quite cheap to do....

My dd loves the creative usbourne books, she has just borrowed the knitting one from the library which is fantastic, maybe you could borrow the book or something similar and make a DIY book if you have a printer, with some knitting needles from a charity shop (I payed 50p for some) and a ball of wool? Again packaged nicely, it would make a great and cheap present, I know my dd would like it. I think I saw someone selling something similar on etsy for quite a bit!

If you can knit, maybe knit her a nice scarf and hat? I've just learnt to knit and my first project was a hat and it only took a few hours and it cost 50p for the needles and £1.20 for the wool which I've got enough left to make a scarf with

Keep an eye out on the grabbit boards for bargins too, I've got some excellent bargins from there.

There are a lot of school fetes at the moment, they always have new and unused presents there and usually at silly prices too.

There are still bargins to be had in shops too, tkmaxx is always a good one in the reduced isle.

hope that helps

alisong_2

I probably differ from most people who have replied in that I would try to prioritise the present as long as it left enough for basic food. You can't get the memories back can you? I don't mean lots of money on the present though, just enough spent carefully to get something nice. I think someone mentioned a teddy, you can get absolutely lovely ones in charity shops for just a few pounds, you'd never know they were 2nd hand. In fact, my daughter's got one in her stocking this year! Oh, also, jigsaws and books in charity shops as well, have a hunt and you can get them just like new. And a further vote for poundland, you're bound to find something good in there. I reckon you could do the teddy, jigsaw and books for under £5 so might be able tostretch to a couple of bits from poundland as well?