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

jkl123

Can anyone help me out for a hamper for a girl which is gonna be 10 months? Also the mum is pregnant again so any ideas for a hamper for would be brill, she will be due end of Feb xxx

kathrynha

jkl123 wrote: »

Can anyone help me out for a hamper for a girl which is gonna be 10 months? Also the mum is pregnant again so any ideas for a hamper for would be brill, she will be due end of Feb xxx

10month old would probable prefer the box to the hamper
I would put in:
Rubber duck/bath toy
Small toy, possibly stacking cups
Board book
Cute t-shirt


Pregnant mum:
Pampering stuff, but natural stuff not artificial chemical stuff
Chocolate
A voucher for an afternoon child free, when you will take the 10month old out.

kathrynha

The hampers I'll be doing this year:


Daughters Christmas Eve hamper. She opens this after tea on Christmas Eve:
New onesie - so she looks good on the present opening photos
DVD - she watches this downstairs with me whilst hubby moves presents from loft to our bedroom
Popcorn - goes with the DVD
Bath bomb - she has a bath before bed on Christmas Eve and doesn't go back downstairs afterwards. This allows presents to be moved from our bedroom to the lounge
All of this goes in to a plastic popcorn tub I got from the pound shop last year


Parents hamper:
Bottle of wine
Gingerbread
Homemade crisps
Various licquorice sweets
Latest school photo of daughter
Homemade popcorn
Homemade dried fruit
Homemade lemon curd
Hand painted plant pots with seeds
Sure I will add more to this list
All this goes in a wicker basket I bought years ago. I fill it every year, then my parents store it in their loft and give it back to me when they get their decorations down. I vary what I put in it each year, although there are some annual favourites


Mother-in-hells hamper:
Gingerbread
Brack
Mince pies
Biscuits
Latest school photo
All in a shoebox covered in wrapping paper


What I really want to put in Mother-in-hells hamper:
Cyanide biscuits


Friends smores hamper:
Homemade marshmallows
Biscuits
Large chocolate buttons
Toasting fork
Tea light
It will all be in a box decopaged with campfire song words

clairepower

Hello

I wonder if anyone can help I'm planning on making December hampers that I will give out at the start of the christmas season and I'm stuck as what to put in them I was thinking

*mulled wine spice kits including small wine
*reindeer food (for kiddies the night before christmas)
*homemade chutney
*activity books for kids
* dog treats ( for the ones with doggies)
* hot chocolate kits, including hot choc and marshmallows
*handmade chocolate spoons (for kiddies)

And after that I'm stuck!! I don't want to over spend but I want them to be really nice I'm making 9 in total so want to keep costs down!

I'm up for making bits to go in too as I love getting crafty and I love baking!

Any ideas would be much appreciated

Xxxx

C_J

How about some homemade cookies? Either those ones with melted boiled sweets to resemble stained glass, or maybe some Christmas spiced biscuits (I've made these before, and I think it was a Delia recipe).


If you like crafty things, how about buying some inexpensive (pound shop) plain Christmas tree baubles and decorating/personalising them for each hamper?


You can also get quite inexpensive Christmas cookery books which would be a good addition, or even just print off some nice Christmassy recipes from t'internet and make your own booklets.

Money_maker

kathrynha wrote: »

What I really want to put in Mother-in-hells hamper:
Cyanide biscuits

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

(had to google brack as well)

Rummer

I love giving hampers as gifts :smileyhea, they go down well and I think they look impressive!

This year I am only making a few including:

Relaxation hamper - mindfulness colouring book, pencils, essential oils, oil burner, meditation CD and not sure what else…

Hair hamper (teenager) - shampoo, conditioner, dry shampoo, mousse, hairspray, selection of styling accessories.

American Sweets - mainly made from items in poundland and a few other high street stores.

mum2one

clairepower wrote: »

Hello

I wonder if anyone can help I'm planning on making December hampers that I will give out at the start of the christmas season and I'm stuck as what to put in them I was thinking

*mulled wine spice kits including small wine
*reindeer food (for kiddies the night before christmas)
*homemade chutney
*activity books for kids
* dog treats ( for the ones with doggies)
* hot chocolate kits, including hot choc and marshmallows
*handmade chocolate spoons (for kiddies)

And after that I'm stuck!! I don't want to over spend but I want them to be really nice I'm making 9 in total so want to keep costs down!

I'm up for making bits to go in too as I love getting crafty and I love baking!

Any ideas would be much appreciated

Xxxx

It sounds like a good idea, what about adding a film night element, family film, popcorn, wine for adults, pop for the children, that way its a relaxing way to the festive season.

Home-made - jam route, you can always cheat (I do at Xmas) buy the prepared fruit tins, (Asda, lakeland etc), and posh the orange ones by adding whisky or brandy.

Childrens - activities set - I brought a pack of 8 books for £1 (£1land), set of strip coloured pencils, each one gets 2 books, 1 set crayons.

............
Digressing - at Morrisons they have 2 tubs of sweets £7, (heros, celebrations, roses, quality street)

One idea that doing with them, doing a snowman soup (hot choc, candy cane, add a little knitted stocking fill with sweets (get about 8/10 sweets, pop it in cello bag with little tag...

Snowman soup, (there is a poem, will hunt it out) xx

Rummer

To those thinking of making an American sweet themed hamper then Poundland and The Works have American sweets and treats at affordable prices

queenlizard45uk

Rummer wrote: »

To those thinking of making an American sweet themed hamper then Poundland and The Works have American sweets and treats at affordable prices

Thank you!!!
I noticed Poundland, but didn't even think of 'the works'!!