Scottish Hamper Gift Ideas?

skintbint_2

i would try and find a tea towel that states all the inventions made by scotsmen- it goes on about mcadam, mcintosh, fleming etc etc or a clootie dumpling and a clootie dumpling cloth! or a ma broons cookbook and this years the broons or oor wullie annual - tradition in our house every sunday was to fight over the sunday post to get it first! you can also get aprons, mugs, tea towels, coasters with scottish words like glaiket, blether etc which would make a lovely hamper - mugs, coasters, teatowel with a bit of scottish foody stuff.

Mrs_AudC

Hi everyone!

I am giving my brother a "scottish night in" hamper and Ive included the following:

Mackies share bag crisps ( haggis & scotch bonnet flavour) x2- 99p each Lidl
Tunnocks tea cakes- £1 poundland
Tunnocks caramel wafers- 59p for 4- Sainsburys
Tunnocks snowballs- £1 poundland
Crabbies alcoholic ginger beer- £1.29- sainsburys
Barr's ginger beer (in a glass bottle) local paper shop- £1.09
"our wullie" puzzle book & Book of scottsh jokes- 99p each Lidl
Dundee cake- poundland
abernethie buscuits- 69p asda
shortbread- 59p asda
3pack of tablet-59p asda
3pack of maccaroon- 59p asda
tartan mug with Rabbie Burns quote- 89p home bargains
Bag of McCowans toffee's ( used to be called dainties)- poundland
Last king of scotland DVD- £2.99- lidle
Billy connolly Best bits DVD- £2.19- amazon
Bottle of Grouse whisky- free as used my Nectar points to pay
bottle of runny honey- poundland, instructions on how to make a Hot Toddie and a lemon ( will be added on xmas eve!)

I used the box my Amazon delivery came in- wrapped it with a tartan giftbag I received last year. I will wrap it in cello and add a tartan bow ( from my ribbon in my craft box) and a tag advising to have " a guid nicht in!"

hope this helps!:T

Obviously you will need to watch the weight/size if sending to Australia but you can get irn bru flavour chew bars as a substitute. Id also check what food stuffs can and cannot be sent over. An actual haggis may cause problems as it is an animal product.
What about a CD of scottish music- or red hot chillie pipers for a modern twist. I can't stand the sound of bagpipes but when I lived "down south" It was known for me to loiter in shop doorways just to listen to certain songs that reminded me of home. Runrig, Caledonia, Auld lang syne etc. You could do this yourself!

mummyyummy_2

Haggis
Blackpudding
Daily record (newspaper)
still game DVD (depends on their sense of humour for that 1)
tattie scones
memorabilia/anything from their fav football team

eamon

The food stuffs may be an issue. But if you check the web sites of the products/companies listed above you should be able to quickly find out if the goods are available in Oz.
With a bit of help from google I found this
http://www.scottishfare.com/

trying_hard

Hi
I have had a search for you and the websites below have items from the UK (inc Scotland) Hope this helps you in your search x

https://www.stuffbackhome.com/British-Australia
http://www.bestofbritish.com.au/
http://britannia.net.au/

BabyJayne

Although this might be a bit late for the OP, here is an older thread I took inspiration from https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/450801 as I did one for a family member for their birthday

I put in alot of the things already mentioned above. A few more suggestions:
- Box of batter and a mars bar (add a fancy tag for a recipe for a diy battered mars bar)
- highland / bag pipe music. I found some LP's from the 70's for the edinburgh military tattoo they were 50p each in a charity shop
- decorate with tartan ribbon / tisue paper