Christmas Hampers 2014

Hezzawithkids

babymoo wrote: »

My local florist ordered me a full roll when she did her order .. cost me £15. This is around 6 years ago now and Ive not even used half of it yet!

What awful customer service your local florist clearly has!

Yes - they were in a 'up-market' part of town, obviously didn't think was worthy :cool:

kisto

My dad is a chef at an old people's home, and he regularly has to bake cakes, so I have made him this cake making hamper:

The two tier cake carrier was bought from Amazon (about £15) - however if someone wanted to do similar, but cheaper - Poundland have round cake carriers in.
The contents were gathered cheaply from B&M, Lidl's, Poundland and Home Bargains. Most individual items cost less than £1.
I have a vinyl/craft cutting machine so I added the personalised lettering myself.

Jobo88

Hi everyone, I've been reading these board for a long time, and was inspired last year to make some hampers! They were very well received and I have started my hampers for this year. I'm doing the following,

My hampers aren't themed exactly, I just stick a bit of what I think everyone will appreciate in a basket and give them it!

Mil and fil,
Bottle of wine
Cans of cider
Sweets (mainly from pound shops - Mil loves Thornton fudge that you can usually find at £land)
Homemade body Scrub (been saving jars up!)
Little packs of biscuits and those individual cheeses you can get from the supermarket
Photo frame/scrabble frame
Usually I put some fluffy socks and slippers in there as well
And some homemade goodies I usually make such as truffles, peppermint creams, little Gingerbread stars etc that I put into little cello bags and tie with ribbons

Sil (16yo)
Homemade baking mixes in jars (she loves baking - I'm going to do cookies and brownies)
A little personalised notebook (bought cheaply from somewhere with sequins etc stuck on the cover or maybe covered with pretty paper)and a nice little pen
Homemade sugar scrub
Homemade lip balm
Homemade goodies (truffles etc)
Sweets from £ shops
Personalised coke bottles
Phone covers
Candy cane sleigh
Reindeer chocolate bar
'just add ice-cream' kit

Mum
Bottle of wine
Biscuits and cheeses
Sweets
Home made goodies
Homemade beeswax candle in a jar
Fluffy socks and slippers
Homemade body scrub
Scented tealights
Gas refill for the candle lighter she got last year!

Dad
Bottle of wine
His favourite sweets(licorice all sorts, blackcurrant and licorice etc)
Biscuits and cheeses
Golf balls and Tees (loves to play golf)

OH
Bottles of beer (decked out to look like reindeer)
His favourite sweets (jelly babes and m&ms)
Big bar of galaxy
Candy cane sleigh
Reindeer chocolate bar
'just add ice cream' kit
Tesco onion rings (his fave snack!)
Homemade cookies, truffles etc

Wow, that's quite a long one, sorry! If anyone's got any suggestions as to what to add to any of those then I'd love to hear!

Jo xx

PenguinOfDeath

They sound fab Jobo88!

fibe

Anyone help with a bff's girls night in hamper?
I have got

Fleecy nightshirt (to dress for the occasion)
£15 M&S Voucher (for a spot of internet shopping)
Book - found a set of short stories called Girls Night In! (for a quiet read while undergoing -
Intensive foot treatment and nail polish (for pampering)
Small wine or tins of vodka and mixer
Mini Pringles or Packet of peanuts
After 8s

Any ideas for swaps or small extras to bulk it up please!

deely

nice smelly candle (Yankee??)
rom com DVD?

adelestanley22

welshbookworm wrote: »

Scarves make pretty 'wrapping paper' and an extra present

Love this idea!

adelestanley22

fibe wrote: »

Anyone help with a bff's girls night in hamper?
I have got

Fleecy nightshirt (to dress for the occasion)
£15 M&S Voucher (for a spot of internet shopping)
Book - found a set of short stories called Girls Night In! (for a quiet read while undergoing -
Intensive foot treatment and nail polish (for pampering)
Small wine or tins of vodka and mixer
Mini Pringles or Packet of peanuts
After 8s

Any ideas for swaps or small extras to bulk it up please!

Snuggle socks / footsies - Primark and Sainsburys have some lovely ones.

pinknfluffy28

fibe wrote: »

Anyone help with a bff's girls night in hamper?
I have got

Fleecy nightshirt (to dress for the occasion)
£15 M&S Voucher (for a spot of internet shopping)
Book - found a set of short stories called Girls Night In! (for a quiet read while undergoing -
Intensive foot treatment and nail polish (for pampering)
Small wine or tins of vodka and mixer
Mini Pringles or Packet of peanuts
After 8s

Any ideas for swaps or small extras to bulk it up please!

Lush bathbomb?
Nice bubble bath?
Cd?

NorthernLass

I have been looking at this thread for ideas and have decided to make my DD a beauty hamper for Christmas.
Most of the items are from Home Bargains or Poundland but there are also a few competition wins and freebies in there as well. Should have cost around £49 but I have spend just over £10.