Student Hamper

Morning all!
Could anyone give me some ideas on what to put in a Hamper for my Granddaughter going off to Uni in September.

I spotted a small book - Student recipes, that gave me the idea.

I want to include some food items (want it to be quite practical and useful) but also a few fun and quirky things.
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  • Mint1955
    Mint1955 Posts: 685 Forumite
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    Anything she wont have to pay out for:-
    Toilet roll
    Kitchen Towel
    Kitchen sponges for washing up
    Washing up liquid
    Herbs spices (basics like mixed herbs - salt mill - pepper mill - garlic mill - chilli flakes mill)
    Stock cubes or Bisto instant granules
    Ketchup or brown sauce
    Soap
    Toothpaste
    Shower Gel
    T Towels
    Mugs
    Jar coffee (Dow Egberts do lovely stoppered jars you could personalise)
    Tea bags in a funky tin
    Tesco voucher to get her first shopping
    Nibbles like pringles or nuts
    Funky apron or oven glove

    Hope that helps a bit.
    Sheila
    moonpenny wrote: »
    Morning all!
    Could anyone give me some ideas on what to put in a Hamper for my Granddaughter going off to Uni in September.

    I spotted a small book - Student recipes, that gave me the idea.

    I want to include some food items (want it to be quite practical and useful) but also a few fun and quirky things.
    Living the dream and retired in Cyprus :j

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5105296
  • noodles86
    noodles86 Posts: 549 Forumite
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    Big bags of rice & pasta, deodorant, toothpaste
    Spreading a little Christmas joy all year round :santa2:
  • mrsbump
    mrsbump Posts: 28 Forumite
    I did something similar as a christms present for my nephew year before last. I included a notebook which I wrote in loads of different easy recipes which could be made cheaply and also some of his favourites from our family so he had a taste of home... grandad's spag bol, nana's savoury mince, auntie jo's meatballs etc etc (my sil did this for my husband when he went to uni and we still use it now and the beauty is there were loads of pages left which we have gone on and added new recipes to over the years). On top of this I put in tea bags, sticks of instant coffee, a couple of big bars of chocolate, some biccies, a couple of bottles of lager, shower gel and deoderant and some alka seltzer/ibuprofen.

    To this you could add shampoo, some lemsip, a tea towel, maybe a new mug (plate, bowl, cutlery) possibly even collect the individual sugar sachets to go in or hot chocolate sachets. The beauty of this is you could add as little or as much as you wanted. I tried to include some treat items (never a bad thing to have some choccie or some biccies or a bottle of beer in there if they are feeling a bit homesick) and then some items that they might need but possibly wouldn't think to buy/have in if they needed it (lemsip/alka seltzer/ibuprofen etc). If you wanted to get some food items then pasta is a student staple, possibly some of the packet sauces or super noodles, tins of beans, tuna, soup so they have some very quick basic meals there if they don't want to cook properly. A previous poster's idea of a preloaded sainsburys or tesco gift card would be good too so she had some money straight away to do a shop.
  • Valli
    Valli Posts: 25,419 Forumite
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    teaspoons (and maybe cutlery)

    ah someone said that...
    Don't put it DOWN; put it AWAY
    "I would like more sisters, that the taking out of one, might not leave such stillness" Emily Dickinson
    :heart:Janice 1964-2016:heart:

    Thank you Honey Bear
  • TylersMummy
    TylersMummy Posts: 138 Forumite
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    A good idea for a student (as we know students are always hard up!) is an "emergency £10". You can get the keyrings which you can put a tenner in for emergency money. My nan gave my brother this when he passed his driving test to keep in his car and it came in so handy one night when he was practically out of petrol without his wallet!
    :T Mummy to 1. Devoted wife. Christmas addict! Life lover. Thrifter & Crafter. OU Student :T
  • spugzbunny
    spugzbunny Posts: 1,235 Forumite
    edited 24 May 2012 at 4:14PM
    booze - please don't forget the booze!

    Otherwise personally I'd say go for the things that are really useful but wouldn't usually buy yourself! So herbs and spices is a really good idea! Candles would be nice. Something fancy dress like bunny ears? More booze (this is crucial). So0me nice balsamic vinegar. Cooking oil?

    EDT - Face masks, shampoo - things you won't bother with if you are a student but cheer you up! Picture of the family in a frame. A diary - students always forget how important this is!
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    £17,700 / £20,000
  • Gleek
    Gleek Posts: 710 Forumite
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    I would also recommend this cookbook:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Takeaway-Secret-Favourite-Fast-food/dp/0716022354/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337877428&sr=8-1

    and the follow up:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/More-Takeaway-Secrets-Kenny-McGovern/dp/0716023008/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b

    A student who can make their own donner meat, big macs and curries will never be short of friends ;)
    Princess Sparklepants
  • Dark_Star
    Dark_Star Posts: 624 Forumite
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    Tin opener

    Tins of beans/spaghetti for emergency dinners...anything in a tin that's considered edible by students :D

    UHT milk/powdered milk for emergency cuppa's
    sugar/sweeteners (to go with the tea/coffee)
    cereals

    squash

    Bath towel/hand towels

    Washing powder

    cuddly toy (oh go on, they'd love it as a mascot) :rotfl:

    Sigg type water bottle to save BUYING water/drinks all the time...

    erm..... money tree :p
    Lurking in a galaxy far far away...
  • whitewing
    whitewing Posts: 11,852 Forumite
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    Pot noodle
    :heartsmil When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with glad cries of "Me too!" be sure to cherish them. Because these weirdos are your true family.
  • moonpenny
    moonpenny Posts: 2,499 Forumite
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    Thanks! so much everyone - got so many ideas now, I don't know where to start.

    Like the idea of a supermarket voucher (will have to find out what is nearby.)

    I never thought of things like Towels and teaspoons etc but I suppose you could go on and on.
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