Please help! Need ideas for presents

Meadows

Mammy0f4 wrote: »

Just cut out pictures of a few cheaper or on offer books from the leaflet for the kids to choose from. Will just have to explain myself clearly to them when we are there that they can look at the other books but the ones we are buying will be the ones they pick before we go. Hope there's no tantrums when we're there! My eldest LOVES books and once he gets something into his head that he thinks is a good idea (or in this case a good book) it's hard to snap him out of it as I found out last year!
Got my shopping lists sorted for Easter eggs and Mothering Sunday presents.
Thanks again for your help everyone!

Glad you have ideas and feel better about what to get.

If your kids love books then get them in the charity shops when you have a few spare pence, also why not ask other mums if their kids have books that can be swapped, it all saves the pennies and give the kids new reading material.
Also why not down loads Kindle for PC and then look through the free books they can download and read.
http://www.ereaderiq.co.uk/search/

foxgloves

Why not start saving little cardboard boxes, cover them in birthday paper (recycled is fine) and then make lots of home-made fudge. Most recipes are variations on only a few ingredients - the recipe I do is sugar, butter, evaporated milk & milk plus a tiny drop of vanilla essence. Once you've let it set & cut it into cubes, it looks really nice in the pretty boxes. If I haven't been able to find any boxes, I've sometimes used the clear cellophane bags you get birthday cards in, filled with fudge (not too much, you want to distribute it among several pressies!) & then tie with a coloured ribbon. I save ribbons from presents I've received myself, from new clothing tags, etc. Add a gift tag which you've made yourself from cutting up birthday cards & the result is some presents that look like you've been creative, thoughtful & put the effort in. I usually line the boxes with a little piece of greaseproof paper or baking parchment and it all looks a lot more professional than you might think.

Mammy0f4

More fab ideas! Thanks guys

empressemma

My niece gave me a fab idea for a great pressie...

A mug (pound land have one very pretty ones, and matalan have ones for 75p in the sale)
With a sachet of hot choc, or another tipple and a choccy bar put in the mug.
I'm going to add a cellophane bag of twinks biccies (cellophane bags, about 20 in a pack from £land)
All wrapped up together!
Less than £5 and such a sweet gift!!


Guess what all my friends are getting this year?? :rotfl:

Been picking up mugs and drinks sachets as and when I see them, so all ready to go....

snowleopard61

Mammy0f4 wrote: »

I don't normally get the kids Easter eggs to be honest but I usually get a few small gifts for them instead (looks like I set myself up for trouble there by starting that family tradition!) The reason I did this was because their grandparents tended to supply them with a few weeks worth of chocolate.

I used to do this too, and it's annoying that everything else is so much more expensive than the chocolate.

I did notice last year that Poundland had some brilliant Easter craft things which they might like instead of an egg from you (assuming they do the same this year, obviously!).

flubberyzing

I'd take the book fayre out personally. They are never cheap and only have a limited selection. Save your voucher for a trip to Waterstones/WHSmiths where there is a much larger selection.

samejh

I stopped buying eggs for mine when they were v young as they always had plenty from granparents, aunts and uncles to last them til summer holls lol.

I bought them a disney video to share but they soon outgrew these too.

Looking back i'm sure that they would have loved to bake and make treats with me instead.