christmas hampers 2015 4 August 2015 at 7:05PM in Special occasions & other celebrations 103 replies 41.2K views

Roseh2104

These are such great ideas for hampers! Has anyone got any ideas for a family one? 2 adults and 2 kids under 10? I considered the movie type one.
Also does anyone know where you can buy really cheap baskets or something to put the stuff in??

C_J

I've done a nice ice cream themed family hamper before, which was very well received. I bought some of those ice cream dishes (like these: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41tFtoN1eXL.jpg) and spoons, a book with ice cream sundae recipes, and included lots of syrups, sauces and sprinkles etc.


You might even get inexpensive ice cream dishes or something similar from the Poundland summer barbecue range at the moment.

betterlife

Roseh2104 wrote: »

These are such great ideas for hampers! Has anyone got any ideas for a family one? 2 adults and 2 kids under 10? I considered the movie type one.
Also does anyone know where you can buy really cheap baskets or something to put the stuff in??

If you do a movie hamper, you could use a giant popcorn box for a hamper , try looking on ebay/amazon, i did one a couple years ago, i actually used a cardboard box, which i cut down, i cover it with brown paper, and then printed off some film cells, movie ticket, action thing (that the director uses) and stuck them to the side of the box. i got some plastic reusable popcorn tubes from ebay, but have see them at homebargains before, you can also get cardboard ones.
put in bags of sweets, pringles, dips, xmas movie, hot choc, or bottle of pop, paper cups and wrap with cello wrap and a big bow hth

betterlife

also could do a sweet/dessert hamper, game hamper (something suitable for kids ages, twister, hungry hippo, pictionary etc) a xmas hamper, with novely hats, crackers, bells, movie, snowman soup etc, or do them a xmas eve hamper for them instead, with reindeer food, xmas bed hats, snowman soup, xmas dvd etc xx

Roseh2104

betterlife wrote: »

If you do a movie hamper, you could use a giant popcorn box for a hamper , try looking on ebay/amazon, i did one a couple years ago, i actually used a cardboard box, which i cut down, i cover it with brown paper, and then printed off some film cells, movie ticket, action thing (that the director uses) and stuck them to the side of the box. i got some plastic reusable popcorn tubes from ebay, but have see them at homebargains before, you can also get cardboard ones.
put in bags of sweets, pringles, dips, xmas movie, hot choc, or bottle of pop, paper cups and wrap with cello wrap and a big bow hth

Thanks Betterlife! I'll take a look in homebargains over the weekend x

Spendless

I bought a few giant popcorn boxes in PoundWorld, a couple of years ago. They still have them in from time to time so worth looking. Alternatively, my Asda do a large cardboard popcorn box, full of popcorn for a few £s, you could eat the popcorn and use the container. My Asda is a large one, located close to a cinema, so don't know if they're available everywhere.


I've had an idea of doing my teenage son a Bonfire hamper. He adores bonfires, must be all those years at cubs;). Uusally I get him some mystic fire sachets and put them in his stocking, but I've thought I might buy these this year, as I'm lacking extras I could get him.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aurora-ConesTM-colour-changing-approx/dp/B00AUK3DZ4

Don't know what to add to it though other than scarf, hat, gloves which we already have plenty of. Ideas welcome.

Queen.Bess

Hi everyone, I love the ideas of hampers for friends and people have put in a lot of thought to what hampers can have! Can I ask what people use at the 'hampers'? Is there a shop that sells baskets relatively cheaply? Or do people do something different?

Can't believe there's just 126 days to go and I'm determined not to leave it til the last minute this year and end up panic buying!

Susie_Richards

Queen.Bess wrote: »

Can't believe there's just 126 days to go

Not long now :rudolf:

http://www.xmasclock.com/

chocolatebum

Queen.Bess wrote: »

Hi everyone, I love the ideas of hampers for friends and people have put in a lot of thought to what hampers can have! Can I ask what people use at the 'hampers'? Is there a shop that sells baskets relatively cheaply? Or do people do something different?

Can't believe there's just 126 days to go and I'm determined not to leave it til the last minute this year and end up panic buying!

it depends on what i am putting in it and how big, i have used plastic baskets from the pound shop when its been big things, or wee cardboard boxes from card shops for smaller hampers. kids hampers if its based on a character i try to get a box with that character on it.

amysb86

Loving reading hamper ideas, iv finished 3 of mine for all my brothers in laws... made all them all a pub in a box.
Basket from £land brought in june as had them out for fathers day
Two bottles of beer
Pint tankard
Pork Scratchings
Nuts
SScampi fries
Bacon fries
Crisps
Beer mats
And each of them got a mini pub game, pool darts and pub quiz .
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Cost me just over £7 each.. just got to do tags and wrap :-) :-)