Best place for hamper baskets/boxes

scottish_stresshead

Hi!

Just a quick question, im making up a hamper of a few things for the hubby's christmas!! I've ordered the cellaphane and bow from ebay but now i just need a box/basket for cheap to put the stuff into!!

anyone know of the best places to get something suitable? x

kezzae

Hi,
I popped into Wilkinsons today and got 2 medium square wicker baskets with a cream lining for £3.30 each. Im doing hampers for my in laws.
I spent hours on line checking out ebay and amazon etc to try and get the cheapest price and it was £6 plus just for one and they were smaller and you had to add postage costs.

Hope this helps x

hostertlady

for smaller hampers i have used something i have found in the pound shops....

its a plastic basket, they have them in all different colours and they have two handles( cant think of any other way to describe them)
i put the goodies in and then wrap them with cellophane and tie with a bow... they look really nice too...

and they only cost.......

a pound :D

hannahelleni

If you have any near by the best place is car boot sales!
I got a huge one for my mum with a handle for just 50p!

THIRZAH

We do hampers for BILs every year but don't always use baskets.

Last year we got some lidded boxes from IKEA-the ones you make up yourself-and covered them with Christmas paper.

We've also used hessian bags from the Christmas market.

scottish_stresshead

Thanks for the ideas !!!

Don't have a Wilkonsons near me...but ill give the poundshop A try if all fails ill head to a car boot on sunday!!!

thanks again much appreciated! i wasn't going to originally be doing a hamper but ive found so many little bits that I can put together :j

amyjay_2

Hiya,

I use the boxes from the £1 shop - They have a lid and are a clear box.

I also use large plastic trifle dishes and cover them in red tissue paper. I have them from a freezer shop by me and they are 5 for 99p.

Hope this helps!
:beer:

Lunar_Eclipse

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its a plastic basket, they have them in all different colours and they have two handles( cant think of any other way to describe them)[/QUOTE]


A peg basket? I bought a pale blue one that sounds the same this week and have now filled it with pegs. I'll have a fancy looking laundry room on a budget in no time!

Garden centres are often good places to find reasonably priced hampers, baskets & storage boxes too (at least where I live.)

Faerie

I had a look in Wilkinsons and the pound shops last week and couldn't find anything. Wilko's was expensive! I'm going to Dunelm Mill today, they seem to have a big range of boxes/baskets on their website.

sparkleychel

scottish_stresshead wrote: »

Thanks for the ideas !!!

Don't have a Wilkonsons near me...but ill give the poundshop A try if all fails ill head to a car boot on sunday!!!

thanks again much appreciated! i wasn't going to originally be doing a hamper but ive found so many little bits that I can put together :j

have a look online wilkinsons is doing free delivery at the moment

i'm doing 3 hampers and i'm just covering boxes with paper and putting the shredded tissue paper in much cheaper i'd rather spend more on the contents than the box

BeckyC2be

I cut a small cardboard box in half and wrapped it in lovely paper, didn't cost a penny and I must say it looks lovely nice idea if you can't find anything suitable