Christmas Hampers 2013

Hezzawithkids

rosalie-lavender wrote: »

I don't know what your budget is but my son plays a card game called Zombie Fluxx. He recently introduced it to the children in the after school club I work in and they love it. It is suitable for a wide range of ages.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zombie-Fluxx-033LOO-Card-Game/dp/1929780664/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379362483&sr=8-1&keywords=zombie+fluxx

Thanks for that - have ordered for DS's stocking!

Cherry24

amysb86 wrote: »

need some ideas please, wanting to do BIL a horseracing hamper as he lives down the bookies!! not very MSE!! but im a bit stuck, so far i have got

the really nasty horse racing game (found brand new in charity shop for £4!)
a mug with "mines a winner" and trophy printed on it (only £2.95 from printing shop in town)
and im going to cover him a little note books and write "betting tips" on it

other than this im am stuck!! as i know nothing about betting or horses!

any ideas would be fab! thanks in advance lovely people:T

Hi,

I bought this book for my dad http://www.alibris.co.uk/500-Greatest-Gambles-and-Gamblers-Graham-Sharpe/book/13632310 (500 greatest gambles and gamblers). I got it for £2.50 from an independent book store. From the link that I've pasted, it looks like some places sell it for reasonably cheap.

blues

Spendless wrote: »

Would your budget stretch to one of these?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Razorpit-RP-O-B-Razor-Blade-Sharpener/dp/B004W2UMDW

DH got one earlier this year after I read some male posters elsewhere raving about it. DH swears by it and previously he was always moaning about the cost of razor blades. I can also vouch for it working, cos I shaved my legs with hubby's razor and he didn't notice.;):D

Thanks, looks fab. Budget should stretch to this - problem with shaving stuff is it tends to be quite expensive. May have to be a small hamper!

Spendless

I have the stuff now for the cupcake hamper as it is only a small one for niece. I found a cupcake decorating kit in B&M clearance for 1.99 reduced from 3.99. That with the cupcake book and the cookie cutter from the Disney mag is sufficient. I will only add to it if I see any cupcake cases or flags that are both cheap and in an appropriate design. The girly ones I've seen so far are very much of a 'princess' design and she'll be 12 3/4 at Chrismas.

So costings

Cupcake decorating kit - 1.99 (full price 3.99)
Cupcake book - 1.59 (full price 9.99)
disney cookie cutter and booklet 99p

so £4.57 cost. Full value £14.97 :T

Haven't included any cost of hamper yet as don't know what I'm using, might be something I already have.

amysb86

Spendless wrote: »

I have the stuff now for the cupcake hamper as it is only a small one for niece. I found a cupcake decorating kit in B&M clearance for 1.99 reduced from 3.99. That with the cupcake book and the cookie cutter from the Disney mag is sufficient. I will only add to it if I see any cupcake cases or flags that are both cheap and in an appropriate design. The girly ones I've seen so far are very much of a 'princess' design and she'll be 12 3/4 at Chrismas.

So costings

Cupcake decorating kit - 1.99 (full price 3.99)
Cupcake book - 1.59 (full price 9.99)
disney cookie cutter and booklet 99p

so £4.57 cost. Full value £14.97 :T

Haven't included any cost of hamper yet as don't know what I'm using, might be something I already have.

you could use a mixing bowl?

Rags2Riches_3

I'm thinking about doing a gingerbread hamper for a friend and her five year old daughter.

Dry ingredients in a nice jar
Tin of golden syrup
Gingerbread man design cardboard cake stand
Gingerbread man bunting
Cutter
Apron each

Any other ideas peeps?

JJ.

Rags2Riches wrote: »

I'm thinking about doing a gingerbread hamper for a friend and her five year old daughter.

Dry ingredients in a nice jar
Tin of golden syrup
Gingerbread man design cardboard cake stand
Gingerbread man bunting
Cutter
Apron each

Any other ideas peeps?

What about some tubes of decorating icing, bags of chocolate drops and sweets to decorate it.

mumto2boys

Rags2Riches wrote: »

I'm thinking about doing a gingerbread hamper for a friend and her five year old daughter.

Dry ingredients in a nice jar
Tin of golden syrup
Gingerbread man design cardboard cake stand
Gingerbread man bunting
Cutter
Apron each

Any other ideas peeps?

How about the Gingerbread man story book that they can read while eating their biscuits?

carlamarie_2

Rags2Riches wrote: »

I'm thinking about doing a gingerbread hamper for a friend and her five year old daughter.

Dry ingredients in a nice jar
Tin of golden syrup
Gingerbread man design cardboard cake stand
Gingerbread man bunting
Cutter
Apron each

Any other ideas peeps?

Wooden spoons to stir the ingredients?

rosalie-lavender

This book looks good.
http://www.thebookpeople.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_product_tbp?productId=197748&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=100&searchTerm=gingerbread