Hamper for soldier son..ideas please

Christmasshopper

Little sachets of sun-cream to stop him getting sunburnt.

skylight

Er - what did I send?

HP Sauce
PG Tips
Smash (Tin of)
Tin of corned beef
(At least one meal in the desert!)
Loads of sweets, cakes, mince pies,
small wooden Xmas Tree
Brain Training book (and pen!)
QC magazine (was 1.3kg on its own!!)
A Merry Christmas Banner
A soft "toy" Turkey hat
and lots of other edible goodies.

Food always goes down well, and if they don't like it, they just swap it round.


Its not worth sending my Bro a phone card or the like - he only gets so many minutes per week (20) regardless of where/who he phones, so extra money for calls is a waste as he simply cannot get them in.


The GOOD news is that parcels up to 2kg are free for Christmas anyway, but the PO/MOD have now extended this until further notice. About time too! (To Telic, Herrick and operational support HMS ships)


I do worry about what to send. There is a lot of stuff you cannot send and it needs to be under 2kg. Needs to be useful, cheap (incase it gets lost) and they have to bring these things home with them too!

ailuro2

A digital keyring with images of his favourite pub, car, friends etc- you could have the pictures taken and loaded in for him. They are selling for under £10 now, I saw a thread here on MSE the other day.

skylight

ailuro2 wrote: »

A digital keyring with images of his favourite pub, car, friends etc- you could have the pictures taken and loaded in for him. They are selling for under £10 now, I saw a thread here on MSE the other day.

Excellent idea! Ordered one and its on the way! Although Bro will not get it in time for Christmas, he'll get it in the new year now.

Ta!:beer:

Sallys_Savings

Thank you...you've got some great ideas on here ....I think I'm going to save some of the ideas for another package for him later.
I'm sure hes going to be chuffed.

Thanks again.