ideas for £1 gifts for each primary school child?

Butterfly_Brain

Poundland have a great range of toys, dvds and books
I picked up a princess and the goblin dvd yesterday for a pressie

cte1111

Some ideas from a site I like dotcomgiftshop

Christmas tree decoration maybe:
http://www.dotcomgiftshop.com/scandinavian-christmas-stocking?price=0-5&all=1&ctid=5303&pos=26

Playing cards:
http://www.dotcomgiftshop.com/mini-playing-cards-fun-fair?all=1&ctid=5539&pos=17

Marbles:
http://www.dotcomgiftshop.com/bag-125g-swirly-marbles?all=1&ctid=5539&pos=109

rachsecret

Hi,
I am the Head of a school and last year we were short of money to take them to a panto so did something we called our 'polar express'. We had a song on a powerpoint we showed in assembly which was interupted mid flow by father xmas (local teacher who we had filmed) who welcomed the children to a special treat-told them we had our very own reindeers who would guide them around the school. He introduced the one at a time and a teacher came in dressed in brown leggings with reindeer headband and t-shirt with their name on ( Dasher etc).
We split the children acorss school (200+) into 'trains' and they spent the day visiting a carousel of activities:

1. Mrs Chrstmas' kitchen where they decorated gingerbread with Mrs C. (local Greggs donated 200 gingerbread)
2. Elves workshop-card making with elves
3. xmas past traditional carol singing, hot chocolate etc
4. a visit to santa-the infant hall was set up like a grotto
5. Crimbo Bingo-christmas themed bingo
6. Christmas story land-staff member in role telling festive tales

The pupils loved it and all received a gift from Santa etc
Hope this helps other schools with ideas to make Christmas special for their pupils. It was a very emotional experience that the children still talk about. Not sure how we can top it this year!

chergar

Rachsecret that sounds like a wonderful thing to do, I bet the kids all loved it much more than a panto.

teacherandmum

budget from PTA for my class is always £1. This year they have a picture book (Nursery and reception). They are from a set of books that was £10 for 10 books at book people

Last year i got the cheap pencil cases at Asda (35p each ish) and bought smrat price colouring pencils, notebooks, crayons, pencils, biros. and then i made up filled pencil cases, slipping in the 10p bags of harribo in each one.

Janice2

Mothercare Xmas stickers reduced from £1.50 to 45p:
http://www.mothercare.com/Early-Learning-Centre-Christmas-Stickers/dp/B004HZ55XQ?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_1&nodeId=42764041&sr=1-1&qid=1321310898&pf_rd_r=0DC0NXP9MP5V6MH8VMK1&pf_rd_m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_i=0&pf_rd_p=231490887&pf_rd_s=center-7

DODO_2

If you look at online book clubs - eg Red House then you can often find multipacks of books - eg Julia Donaldson 10 books for £10, Horrid Henry, fairy books etc. Often with free delivery.

And you can write the name of the child on each book so if they lose it its easily at party its returned to them.

Jada90

Hi Artichoke - im doing my son a little bag for each of his class mates at school this is what ive done.

1. Brought a packet of 100 bags http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/100-SMALL-RE-SEALABLE-PLASTIC-BAGS-JEWELLERY-2X3-INCH-/260879777214?pt=UK_Envelopes_Mailing_Bags&hash=item3cbda57dbe £1.75 and free p&p, work's out at just under 2p per bag.

2. Designed my Son some stickers 48, you design your own (my son's were: TOP: Merry Christmas 2011 - BOTTOM: From Leo .......... very cheap £1.60 free p&p, works out at just over 3p per sticker. Buy them here --> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150668781479?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

3. Stick the sticker on the bag, and fill with sweets.

Gleek

Thanks for the heads up about the stickers, Jada90

Jada90

No Problem, My Son Has A Class Of 35 Max I Think So It Worked Out No More Then 5p Per Child For The Bag & Sticker & Then I'm Going To Get A Tub Of £4 Celebration's From Asda As Their On Offer For £4 Atm. X

P.S - Sorry About The Capital's Every Time I Press Space My Phone Think's It's A New Sentence (I'm On My Mobile) X