I Need a few Cheap Cellophane Bags

Vanda2

Hi there,

Just wanted to say a big thank you for all the brilliant Christmas pressie ideas :A I love the sound of Reindeer Poo, Pots of Gold & Snowman Soup. I thought if I could get some cheap cellophane bags and some curling ribbon I could make them up and stick gold stars or snowflakes etc. on the outside of the bags. Does anyone know the cheapest place to buy the bags please?

:beer: Vanda :beer:

moneysavingmumofone

Ebay is pretty good I bought 100 cellophane squares for 99p plus £1.75 postage and am going to put homemade fudge in them and tie with ribbon

mumma2one

Off topic - moneysavingmumofone - are you taking over this board or what?! Lol. Good to see ya.

party_of_five

Ebay is definitely a good idea but the only problem i found with using flat cellophane as it were (and I acknowledge that is likely due to clumsiness on my part) is that it was quite difficult to manipulate to a good shape, ie to hold reindeer food without it falling out the sides. I did manage to rip it quite a lot as well (not covering myself in glory here I realise).

So I resorted to the bags that are in the craft section that people use to put their home made cards in, then I only had to ribbon up the top. They sell them in all sorts of quantities so you can usually shop around for some good bargains.

moneysavingmumofone

mumma2one wrote: »

Off topic - moneysavingmumofone - are you taking over this board or what?! Lol. Good to see ya.

:rotfl: Can you tell i love christmas?:D

jamtart6

I have A5 and A6 sizes for putting my home made cards in, the large ones would be fine for it. I would offer to sell some on eBay for you but I have to say 100 for £2.74 (the offer explained above) is good value!

sophiesmum_2

look around your local pound shops in next few months. Last year I bought a pack of 50 cellophane bags there already decorated with half white snowflake pattern and half xmas tree pattern.£1 for the pack. We used them for fudge and ginger cookies at the sheltered housing where i work and they were very effective - they were about 8 inches by 4 inches in size. I am looking out for them again now.:D

Vanda2

sophiesmum wrote: »

look around your local pound shops in next few months. Last year I bought a pack of 50 cellophane bags there already decorated with half white snowflake pattern and half xmas tree pattern.£1 for the pack. We used them for fudge and ginger cookies at the sheltered housing where i work and they were very effective - they were about 8 inches by 4 inches in size. I am looking out for them again now.:D

Thanks everyone :O)

Sophiesmum, those sound just the thing I'm looking for, problem is I live on the Isle of Wight & we don't have any poundland shops etc. Poop, I'm going to have to move aren't I :rotfl:

orchid-96

Thanks for the tip about using the cellophane packs you put cards in, I have decided to stop being a trader for a well known card company and should have some of these left.....:T

I looovve this board it is making me come over all Christmasy :beer:

sophiesmum_2

Vanda2 wrote: »

Thanks everyone :O)

Sophiesmum, those sound just the thing I'm looking for, problem is I live on the Isle of Wight & we don't have any poundland shops etc. Poop, I'm going to have to move aren't I :rotfl:

If i track some down soon i could post a pack to you if you like:D

sophiesmum

janer_3

Hi Sophiesmum,
I am quite new to this site and this is the 1st time I have looked and wow arent u such a nice person. There are some good people still around and what good info you have provided, thanks.
Just wrote down about the bags, and will look in our Poundland.
Just goin now to have a look at what seem brill ideas, love Xmas too and not a lot of cash so all these great ideas will help,
Once again Thanks,
Jane