Hamper Question

Mojoworking

Hi all

This is going to sound really stupid but when your doing your hampers where and what do you use for your containers and what is a reasonable price for them.

I was in pound stretcher today and things started at £2.50 for one of those storage boxes that fold and look funky as if you'd keep videos in them style ones. Or jute baskets at £4.50 each, or do people wrap up boxes that have been used i.e. photocopy paper. The baskets in there were tiny and started at £1.99 for one smaller than a one litre carton of orange juice - which seemed expensive - but I just don't know!

Sorry I am really confused !

susan42

You can usually find some wicker baskets at boot sales if you keep an eye out

alternatively ask around you be surprised how many people keep them just in case.

I`ve also covered cardboard boxes

Also there containers in £1 land / pound stores they say beer bucket on side if your doing mens hampers
they have winnie the pooh boxes for childen.

dulemn mills has a sale and they`re cheap there

ikea do resonably priced boxes too

also fruit boxes covered from green grocers

onriebaby

Not an expert by any means, only ever done Xmas Eve hampers for my children (although I am going to try and make a few hampers this year for Xmas pressies) - for the Xmas Eve hampers I just use rectangle storage boxes and cover them in Xmas wrapping paper - as they are for my own kids I quietly take them away when they have got all their bits and store them again for next year lol.

Archiebear

Mojoworking wrote: »

Hi all

This is going to sound really stupid but when your doing your hampers where and what do you use for your containers and what is a reasonable price for them.

I was in pound stretcher today and things started at £2.50 for one of those storage boxes that fold and look funky as if you'd keep videos in them style ones. Or jute baskets at £4.50 each, or do people wrap up boxes that have been used i.e. photocopy paper. The baskets in there were tiny and started at £1.99 for one smaller than a one litre carton of orange juice - which seemed expensive - but I just don't know!

Sorry I am really confused !

It doesn't have to be a box or even a wicker hamper....I've used large 'tote' bags for my girls (they were £3 each but I figure they will use them again for the beach/ shopping etc).

It gets easier if you have a 'theme'...you could use a wok, handbag, large plant pot, beer bucket etc depending on what your theme is.

Possession

I got mine from boot fairs last year and paid less than £1 each (in some cases 10p!). For this year I got a set in Argos which were 75% off, and i'm keeping my eyes open for anything similar - will post if i see.

got-it-spend-it

Dunelm Mill have had some good baskets in the past, and I've also picked up some bargain ones from Pound Stretcher. I do like bags for hampers as well- shopper type ones work well and can be picked up cheaply from Supermarkets.

As others have said you can use all-sorts really. You can also tie it into the theme of your hamper.