Festive Fivers Competition: The best Xmas pressies for under £5

debtfreefuture

Name of present? Cash Savings Tins
Make it or buy it ? Buy it
Total cost £1 or £2.50
Details: Savings cans for £1 or £2 coins that can only be opened with a tine opener !

http://www.giftology.co.uk/acatalog/Cash_Can_Extra_Large.html


Brilliant for all of us trying to save some money or trying to teach others to.........................

ivy1910

Name of present? MoPods
Make it or buy it? Buy it
Total Cost? £0.90-£4.99 depending on design and retailer
Details

MoPods are the latest craze that has swept over from Japan. It is both cute and practical, and as this is a new invention you could be almost sure your present is unique!
A collector's dream, the MoPods come in many designs of mini characters encapsulated in its own transparent dome. There are kittens, penguins, Santa's etc.

As if a little charm pet wasn't reason enough for being, the MoPods are actually practical. When your mobile phone rings or receives a text within a metre of your MoPod then the little blighter will get in a tizz, spin round and round and a little light will flash wildly in reaction. The perfect visual warning if your phone is on silent or in your bag or you are in a noisy bar.

Whether hung on your bag, your clothes, your keys or your mobile, MoPods are a must-have, or as they say in Japan, a "hitsuyou".

The best thing I love about it is that the person you present it to will use it every day, it won't be stored away! Presenting it is also a separate joy as it is followed by trying and loughing, and the little creatures do look charming and appealing.

You can find those at different online stores, like amazon.co.uk, iwantoneofthose.com, ebay.co.uk and many others, if you try MoPod in your search engine. I found amazon is the cheapest.

katja

a good prezzie is something that gets people to think of you...why not go to a bookie and put a bet on snow on xmas day for a fiver...that will get people talking about you on the day!

mbaz

How about visiting a charity website such as www.greatgifts.org if your really stuck for gift ideas on a tight budget. For just £5 you can buy a gift that will completely revolutionise someone's life - even save it!!

Just look through the selection of alternative gifts online. Enjoy finding something that a friend or relative is sure to like. Select your gift. Decide whether you want to send a card. If you do, choose either an e-card or a real card. Choose your own design if you want. Select whether you want the card sent direct to you or to your friend or relative.
Your gifts make a difference

You can do a search for gifts priced £5 to £20 and for £5.
£5 can buy A mosquito net or help Sanatise a well

There are other charities that offer this service too now such as oxfam.

jngothi

Name of present: Box of Kisses
Do you make it or buy it: Make it (Of course)
Total Cost: 0.00 GBP (Totaly FREE)
Details: Kisses wrapped in a box are very effective (Cost Effective too)
PS: Unfortunately cant add the Image

DANDILION_3

As a vetran I remember the game matches on bottle. It only takes a milk (or any other) bottle and a box of matches - each player puts a match on the top of the bottle in turn (gingerly as the mound builds) and when the pile, or part pile falls, they are out of the game, etc. etc. until one person wins. That is as cheap as it gets... BUT - the 99p shop are selling Leaning Tower of Pisa! This is a boxed item to give as a gift whereby you build the Tower straight(!) or leaning, but either way the rules are exactly the same as Matches on The Bottle. Nice item - looks good - great gift for game lovers. 99p..!!

Former_MSE_Archna

The Winners!!

Thanks to all that entered the competition. It was a tough decision as there were so many great ideas. But here are the winners:

Best Adults Pressie

• Take an away day for a quid - jenny hullock

Runners Up

• A picture with your hero - Mojo-o-gogo
• A Restaurant Dinner Date for a Fiver - katchambers
• Discover Theatre-land's secrets KARENW
• Festive Fruit Vodka Shots - niknakb
• A personal football programme - 1998jjb
• A personalised house lamp - pieandapint

Best Kids Pressies

• A mug of sweets - choccyface2006

Runners Up

• Turn your kids into a hand drawn cartoon character - theroadshow
• Put them back together with a personalised jigsaw - FiFi Mad Mum
• Give them a wirring flashing mopod - ivy1910
• Kit out a developing country's classroom - horrible

See the full article: Festive Fivers

If you're one of the lucky winners please PM MSE Natasha with your name and address! (To PM simply go to MSE Natasha's profile and click on @Send a private message'.

meerustar

Well done winners and well done judges ... great choices

oojeyboojey

(psssst my name's not mojo-o-gogo, it's oojeyboojey!)

This is so exciting! Well done everyone - this is such a great thread I have so many ideas for Christmas now...

niknakb

Hi everyone,

My idea for a festive fiver present was a runner up.Do you know how you get your prize?

Thanks,

Nikki.