Finished baskets!!

rainmac

Polly wrote: »

Some ideas would be great please for a hamper for my son's 11th birthday next week. So far I have a Bart Simpson dressing gown (£9 in M&S sale), cool sunglasses, PS2 game and DVD that he wants but that's all. Need some ideas for fillers and also something fairly roomy to put the stuff in. He's into football, playstation and cars (ferraris etc). Help!! Have made loads of hampers for little girls and female relations with great success but just stumped on this one. He's seen all these great hampers and can't wait to get one himself. At the moment, it's not looking too promising!!:o

I''ve got boys myself and find girlie things easier!!!

How about one of those pop up storage tidy things (sorry can't think what they are called!) so he could use it in his room afterwards? Like this... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250283645871

How about some popcorn/crisps/sweets to go with the DVD so he can have a 'film' session?

Playstation magazine (is there such a thing, probably!).

A football

Some sort of footie related thing for his favourite team - mug etc.

Sorry, running dry now!

mumma2one

Got my baskets today for this year and the cellophane!
Really happy with the baskets, I got them in a bundle from ebay - worked out £1.20 each *chuffed*
Just need to think of things to fill them now...lol....

Melon78

rainmac wrote: »

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How about one of those pop up storage tidy things (sorry can't think what they are called!) so he could use it in his room afterwards? Like this... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250283645871

Thanks so much for that link. We're putting my boys in together next year and they're after a football themed bedroom

furrypig

Hi just to say wilinsons have some footie bits and the pop up storage tidy thing is £3.99 on there so maybe can be bought instore also a football clock
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/invt/0230582

RustyFlange

Well I am suffering from withdrawel symptons again! So I have dug out my sons birthday presents and plan to put them into a hamper however I am going to wrap them before putting in the hamper then I am going to number them so he has to open them in number order. Will post pics later when I have started/finished!

coolcait

BigMummaF wrote: »

have to describe something...erm... fire-breathing creature that's turned a colour rather like plum? ?

Hee hee! That's a very good description of ME after I choked when I read your post !!

While I'm here, can I just say thank you to everyone who posts on this thread and this board with so many brilliant ideas and so much supportive advice. :T

If I could only drag myself away from MSE, God only knows what i could create (other than a riot :rolleyes: )

mary43

rusty - like the 'numbering them' idea - think I'll do that with grandsons shoebox of bits and bobs.
My friend always gives me a bag of odds and ends from the charity shops (weve done it for years now)and she always puts some silly clue on the gift to give me a hint whats inside.

vikki_louise

RustyFlange wrote: »

Hi I bought them from wickes cause there was a £10 voucher kicking about ... however since then I have seen them in Woolworths for £1 each, they are a similar size but I had already bought mine (I looked everywhere for them locally, then ventured out to the next town for the first time ever and found them there! )

Link is here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1055647

Hiya, what were they called as I can't seem to find them on the website

RustyFlange

vikki_louise wrote: »

Hiya, what were they called as I can't seem to find them on the website

Hi Vicki, these are the ones I have

http://www.wickes.co.uk/Tool-Storage/11-Compartment-Organiser/invt/506616

Hope this helps. Just did a search for compartment and it dragged up quite a few things but the first couple of pics were different sized ones.

Tams

vikki_louise

I'm slowly making my way through reading this thread (I cant believe how many posts there are- all with such good ideas). I found these and thought they would be good for pamper one

http://www.halfcost.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=11&productId=32076&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=11201&categoryId=11301&cache_entry=-1

Theres also a foot scrubber thing for 50p which could bulk out the basket a bit http://www.halfcost.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=11&productId=31651&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=11201&categoryId=11301&cache_entry=-1
battery organiser and tester- very boring IMO but if you were doing a gadgety type one it might be ok? http://www.halfcost.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=11&catalogId=10001&categoryId=11301&parent_category_rn=11201&top_category=11201&showall=y

They have other cheep bits and bobs, it seems a bit random though! I used a code from hduk and got a tiny discount