Finished baskets!!

crystalclear

ladsmadd wrote: »

hi,

after starting to make aunties boyfriend daughters hamper, they have asked me to make some more, they are for

boyfriends mum [shes about 70], was thinking tea/treat hamper but not sure what to put in it.

boyfriends son [16], not really sure what to do for him?

boyfriends brother, was thinking something with wine but not sure what ?

aunties son 18, he liked my brothers drink hamper/bath hamper last year but not sure

aunties son and girlfriend 21/19, buying flat together so saving like mad, was thinks of making night in hamper with food/drink movie?

I would be grateful for any ideas for any one these hamper or different hampers.

thanks.

I have two sons and have bought the beer buckets from Home Bargains.
For the youngest one so far I have bought a film boxed set
Box of popcorn from 99p shop (date is fine)
Going to get Doritos & Dip/Sweets & Chocs/Cans of Lager/Cans of coke
plus anything else I think of.

The other one likes Jack Daniels so in the bucket I am going to put a small bottle of Jack + some cans of coke
Poker Set £1.99 Home Bargains
Some Jack Daniels Poker Chips & Cards from ebay
Box of Popcorn from 99p shop
Have to get Sweets/Chocs etc.
I would have liked to get a green visor but don't want to pay more than £1 as can't see it being used much

I expect I may find a couple more things to pop in;)

I am doing a car wash bucket for dh & fil.
Grey Bucket 99p Home Bargains
Red/Black & Grey Wheel Brush Home Bargains (can't remember how much but no more than £1)
Bottles of Screen Wash/ Car Wash all Homebargains
Sponge & Chammis Poundland
Smelly for car
Interior car wipes 99p store

Also doing dh & fil the sweet boxes - so far only got boxes from Wickes

Sons will have a wash bag box filled with 'useful' smellies/shave gel/razors etc I have been buying throughout the year - these I would have to buy anyway so they will just get a bulk of them at xmas which is another parcel to open:rolleyes:

crystalclear

RustyFlange wrote: »

I picked up 3 packs of seeds for 10p each last week from wilkos. Mine were for peppers and veg mainly though. They had a few different packs reduced.

Thanks Rusty will have a look this week when I collect my baskets ordered on internet for instore collection - they have phoned to say they have arrived:j
I am going to try and go to Ikea at the weekend - I should jolly well think you are going back after getting such great bargains!!

Sethsgran - I did look for planters in Wilkos last week but didn't see anything worthwhile reduced I've probably missed them all

They did have 25% off birds nesting boxes for anyone who is doing a bird feeding hamper.

lupyloo

OMG you guys are so good at this, ive just found this thread after looking for baskets and Im having so much fun getting ideas for pressies. The funny thing is Ive always made my sis a hamper but never thought of all the other things I could do for everyone else so thankyou very much,

Hope you dont mind me joining in with you lot lol

RustyFlange

crystalclear wrote: »

I have two sons and have bought the beer buckets from Home Bargains.
For the youngest one so far I have bought a film boxed set
Box of popcorn from 99p shop (date is fine)
Going to get Doritos & Dip/Sweets & Chocs/Cans of Lager/Cans of coke
plus anything else I think of.

The other one likes Jack Daniels so in the bucket I am going to put a small bottle of Jack + some cans of coke
Poker Set £1.99 Home Bargains
Some Jack Daniels Poker Chips & Cards from ebay
Box of Popcorn from 99p shop
Have to get Sweets/Chocs etc.
I would have liked to get a green visor but don't want to pay more than £1 as can't see it being used much

I expect I may find a couple more things to pop in;)

I am doing a car wash bucket for dh & fil.
Grey Bucket 99p Home Bargains
Red/Black & Grey Wheel Brush Home Bargains (can't remember how much but no more than £1)
Bottles of Screen Wash/ Car Wash all Homebargains
Sponge & Chammis Poundland
Smelly for car
Interior car wipes 99p store

Also doing dh & fil the sweet boxes - so far only got boxes from Wickes

Sons will have a wash bag box filled with 'useful' smellies/shave gel/razors etc I have been buying throughout the year - these I would have to buy anyway so they will just get a bulk of them at xmas which is another parcel to open:rolleyes:

All sounds brilliant crystal clear, I am getting withdrawel symptons again ... must be about 2 weeks since I made up a hamper

I have 8 sweet boxes from wickes in my cupboard upstairs but somewhere I read these have to be left as late as possible of the sweets sometimes go funny (soft/sticky/hard?) so plan to leave mine til about 1 week before christmas when hopefully I will have everyone elses done!

Siren137

mary43 wrote: »

I'll have a look in Wilkos when I'm at Mums. Should get something there I'd have thought. I'm miles away from Lidl...................miles away from anywhere..............................

Mary I totally sympathise!! I use to live not far from you and there is nothing is there? I got all excited when I found out I was moving near to Portsmouth. I though what with it being so big Portsmouth would have all the shops I need.

Does it have a Hobbycraft?....NO!
Does it have an Ikea?....NO!

Typical just typical!

The other half told me Portsmouth had both! I think he was trying to butter me up with the idea of great shops to get me to move!!

RustyFlange

lupyloo wrote: »

OMG you guys are so good at this, ive just found this thread after looking for baskets and Im having so much fun getting ideas for pressies. The funny thing is Ive always made my sis a hamper but never thought of all the other things I could do for everyone else so thankyou very much,

Hope you dont mind me joining in with you lot lol

Welcome aboard You don't have to be mad to join in but it sometimes helps.

Nah seriously we are all a lovely bunch and none of us bite

threelittlepigs

RustyFlange wrote: »

Nah seriously we are all a lovely bunch and none of us bite

they are just that too made me feel very welcome ......thank you

RustyFlange

Siren137 wrote: »

Mary I totally sympathise!! I use to live not far from you and there is nothing is there? I got all excited when I found out I was moving near to Portsmouth. I though what with it being so big Portsmouth would have all the shops I need.

Does it have a Hobbycraft?....NO!
Does it have an Ikea?....NO!

Typical just typical!

The other half told me Portsmouth had both! I think he was trying to butter me up with the idea of great shops to get me to move!!

Nice to see you back and hear that the move went well.
Is it actually portsmouth you live in? I used to live in Havant, here are a couple for you

Hobby craft - Havant
Hobby craft - Southampton
Hobbycraft - Crawley

Havant is your nearest being roughly 15 ish miles from portsmouth if I remember rightly.
Southampton being probably 30-40 mins drive from you?

However your nearest ikea is Thurrock which is a fair drive but not as bad as it sounds roughly 90 ish miles from portsmout so 1hr30 ish dependant on how fast/slow you drive etc

Hope this helps you

RustyFlange

Ooh there is one in croydon aswell which is roughly 71 ish miles from portsmouth so a little closer for you ... failing that 2009 they are opening one in southampton

Siren137

Hey Rusty!
I'm in Bordon which is about a 30 min drive from Portsmouth. I think I will have to wait for the Southampton Ikea to open and check it out then! I checked the Hobbycraft site and they tell me the Southampton one is closest. I think I may have to get a trip in before Christmas.