LOW COST homemade christmas gifts

esmer

mineallmine wrote: »

Does anyone know of a poem you could attach to a movie nights themed bundle?

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/818967

esmer

I made boxes for my xmas fudge



from this blog

esmer

I made chocolates using a Chocolate Ganache recipe.

I decided on four toppings, Coconut, pistachio and white chocolate, chocolate flakes and little drops of Dark Chocolate.

I used two spoons and made little rugby ball shapes. then coated the truffles in each of the coatings.

mineallmine

esmer wrote: »

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/818967

Thanks! I'll borrow the first and last verse

A Movie Night-in Hamper

Here is a box that’s filled with fun,
A movie or two for everyone,
Some popcorn, juice and sweets
Go on, you all deserve a TREAT
A family spending time together
What else could be better?

esmer

Looks Good!

quinechinoise

mum2one wrote: »

I don't know if its any help. but can you knit or can you get someone to knit it for you, its a mini christmas stocking, I'm doing a wack as DD is sharing my stall at our school fair and were putting a mini choc bar in them.

Many thanks to mum2one for sharing her fab knitting pattern. I've finished knitting a load of mini Christmas stockings for my daughter to dole out to her classmates. It took longer than it needed to because every single darn stocking is different - whether colour or stitches, depending on what scraps I had available!

mum2one

quinechinoise wrote: »

Many thanks to mum2one for sharing her fab knitting pattern. I've finished knitting a load of mini Christmas stockings for my daughter to dole out to her classmates. It took longer than it needed to because every single darn stocking is different - whether colour or stitches, depending on what scraps I had available!

wow they look amazing xxx

mineallmine

Done two of the Movie Night boxes. With Home Bargains popcorn (they sell a big one for about 80p or you can buy 6 small bags (in a pack) for 79p). Added the cardboard cartons. Bought some marshmallows. And a film. After first being sceptical the hubby said today... they look good. And they don't even have a poem yet.

Thanks everyone for your support and ideas much appreciated.:T

For other pressies, which aren't home made, I bought some Thorntons chocolates £4.99 (in a pink box from Home Bargains). They are British made (Derbyshire) which I think is important in today's climate. Every little helps.

I also got some Grow your own pots from Homebase (containing a bit of soil and seeds) reduced to 10p from 99p. So at least there's a bit of green to the gift giving too. If I hadn't of got these I'd have bought the Asda mini xmas trees as mentioned on here. I suppose you could DIY the Grow your own with a little pot, soil and seeds

Definitely going to see if I can source some of that floristry cellophane during the year and use that for presents.

Hope everyone's projects are coming along well :T

midnightraven3

lidl do the cello for 99p
either 10m of plain or 5m of patterned
they have the offer 3 or 4 times per year
its just been 2 weeks ago but its usually talked about on here so peeps can stock up

mineallmine

Thanks. I will definitely keep an eye out for that.