Christmas Presents - unexpected reception to them.

caroline78

zippybungle wrote: »

I also bought all 3 Kids some squirty foam body wash from Home Bargains for less than a £1 each and they have all gone crazy for that! lol.

Zippy x

My hubby loves that stuff....lol

Sweet_Pea_2

One of my own favourite pressies was a set of mugs that OH won in a raffle!

Kelly1981

I always find my kids tend to spend christmas playing with the most inexpensive items this year my little girl (3) was so taken with her Barbie electric toothbrush £3 in HB, that i've had to drag her out of the bathroom for her tea because she was still cleaning her teeth. My DS aged 7 has played with the Dr Who top trumps over and over and they were also £3 from Amazon.

System

two of the stocking fillers for my Dr Who mad dd was a matt smith pen set and a pillow case with him + her name on , you would think she had the wnning lottery numbers and hasnt stopped writing since opening them and im going to have to wash + dry the pillow case while she is at school !

themull1

my eldest daughters best present was her pauls boutique handbag, and my youngest daughters best present was her sylvanian elephant family. One present expensive, one present cheap!!

nic2075

I got my niece a Fimo (polymer clay) starter set, a craft box, some blank magnets and brooch pins. She is only 8 but enjoyed making cupcake and donut charms when she was staying over at our house.

I wasnt sure if she'd look at it as another play doh type set, but my sil has told me she hasnt stopped making things. So im very happy ive managed to get her something she actually would play with as she seems to have everything.

shellsuit

We were short on money for gifts for the Grandparents this year, so for the 3 of them (hubby's nan and grandad and my 2 nans), we had pics printed off from our wedding in October, went to M&S and got a lovely frame each, put a photo in of me and hubby and just left the other photos loose (of the children and one of me, hubby and the children) incase they wanted to change the pic or put the pics in different frames.

It cost less than a quid for each gift, as we had £30 in M&S vouchers from the wedding, so used that to buy the 3 frames, so really we only had to pay for the prints.

The Grandparents were over the moon with their gifts and said they knew exactly what they were going to do with the extra photos too.

Just goes to show you don't have to spend a bomb to make people smile at Christmas! (I'm sure would have had the same even if we'd bought poundland frames)

NotTheWippleman

On the flipside of this, a couple of presents I got my other half (which she expressed interest in!) went down like a lead balloon, and she refused to take them. Hmmm...