Chistmas Eve hamper (children)

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With a lot of the high street stores having huge sales on at the moment, I thought itd be a good idea to start getting bits in for my kids Christmas Eve hampers, I have 4, hence the starting early
So far I have bought pyjamas, slipper socks and 4 Christmas mugs.
I plan on making reindeer hot chocolate pouches for them, Christmas themed gingerbread men, a Christmas dvd for them all to watch, letters from Santa, reindeer dust, and their stockings, which they hang on their doors on Christmas Eve and I fill with little bits and bobs from the pound shop, crayons, colouring books, bubble bath little bag of sweets ect
If you do hampers, what do you put in yours?:xmastree:

springdreams

My DS will be turning 14 on 13 December.

I will still do him a hamper for Christmas Eve, but will leave out such things as reindeer food and a special key for Santa however, I will be putting in the following:

Onesie
Christmas tree decoration
Christmas socks
Christmas bubble bath
Christmas bath bomb from Lush
Chocolate orange
Suitable Christmas DVD (Simpsons or the like)
Bottle of coke
Bag of microwave popcorn
Book if David Walliams has a new one out or if there is a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid one out.

cat4772

'well have an elf hamper with PJs, video, sweets, slippers/socks and a book... things to keep littlies occupied in the early evening.

WantToBeSE

New PJs and that's it. They get enough on Christmas Day.

Mamma85

My 2 DDs get a pair of pjs each, a Christmassy DVD, popcorn, sweets and this year I'm putting in hot chocolate sachets or chocolate milk.

We also make reindeer food (porridge oars and sprinkles) to put out for Rudolph and co.

flamey1

the youngest will have , new jammies, reindeer head blanket, new toothbrush, toothpaste and bubble bath, and paper and pencils , reindeer dust , book . the eldest will have the same bar the reindeer dust and each will have hot choc, soft drink, popcorn and chocs as well has the nativity 1 and nativity 2 dvds , usually everyone is bathed and jammied by 5 ish and chill with the activitys and dvds as make a point in getting up early on xmas eve

Spendless

I started a Xmas Eve hamper a few years ago after reading about it on here. My eldest now 14, outgrew it after the first year, though he'll happily munch any consumables in it! Youngest at 11 still adores it. I only put in things that I wish them to do on Xmas Eve. As they were older when I started it, we already had the santa stop here signs and magic keys and cookie plates so these would only be in if we needed a new one. Instead ours would contain things like new pjs,
bubble bath, shampoo, dvd, something to eat and drink whilst watching a dvd. The smellies tended to be the little sachets you can get, or a bath bomb from somewhere like lush- one use sort of items.

Rummer

I love making a Christmas Eve hamper for my family :xmastree:

Every year I put the same kinds of things in it and some items are recycled and others added new. They include

Christmas mugs
PJs
Seasonal DVD
Craft/puzzle/game
Popcorn and sweeties
Plate for Santas mince pie
Hot chocolate
Reindeer food
Santa stops here sign
Bubble bath

It may also have a sneaky bottle of wine for hubby and I

wendall

I do them for my nieces started it 4 years ago as whatever I bought them got swallowed up on the mountain of other gifts they received, I put in pj's, toothpaste, toothbrush bubble bath, flannel, christmas cup hot chocolate, colouring book crayons, normal book, those led balloons to light their room up, jigsaw always a theme last year it was moshi monsters this year disney princess, reading book, reindeer food, then I do a movie night hamper for the family has a christmas dvd, crisps, popcorn, chocolate, bottle of wine for mum, bottles of beer for dad and fruit shoots for the girls.

Pookie_lou

I'm going to make a small family one for the 3 of us, ( DS is 3) but re use what Dh and I have already to cut the costs so..

* pjs for son & Christmas slipper socks
*Clean Christmas pjs for us and Christmas socks ( already have)
* Christmas DVD
* re use our Christmas mugs , just need to get Ds one
* snowman soup
* reindeer food
* The night before Christmas book ( already have)
* snacks

I intend to leave it out as a surprise, so when we get in from our afternoon walk, Ds will find it, and will enjoy delving in, distributing the goodies and generally bossing us about!

pinknfluffy28

My christmas eve hamper seems to get bigger each year! This year it will contain:
New pjs, slippers & dressing gown for dd7
New onesie, slippers & eye mask for dd14
Elf dvd
popcorn and chocs to eat whilst watching elf
2 x snowman soup and santa cookies for before bed
wine - for me
beer - for dh
4 x lush bathbombs (one each)
christmas colouring sheets
felt tips
christmas reading book
new tree ornament
and all the "yearly items": santa stop sign, santas plate, reindeer food, and santas key!

Just the onesie, wine, beer & chocs to get, and colouring sheets to print off!