Ideas for a little christmas eve box/hamper

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Never done anything for christmas eve before as we didn't when I was a kid (just the mince pie/carrot etc.) but I'd start some christmas family traditions while my ds5 is still young enough.

I've seen the christmas eve box/hamper idea on various threads and I've got ds some festive pyjamas and slipper socks and planning on putting in some hot chocolate and marshmallows etc for all of us (from the elves, obviously) and maybe something for a nice relaxing bath for ds but a bit stuck now. Any ideas or tips?

That sounds lovely fuzzpig. Some proper traditional nativity stuff might make a change. I looked through our decorations earlier and they all seem to be santa, penguins or reindeer!

Good point about the bathbomb 70isaLimitNotaTarget!

I like this hamper idea and may use it myself. Just to add what my family did, we used to have a big Christmas Eve dinner at my parents' house (followed by just as big Christmas Day at my aunt's) and after everyone left late in the evening, my sister and I were allowed to open one present each. It was very exciting and didn't take any shine off of Christmas Day.

We do 2 hampers, one for December the 1st and one on Christmas Eve. The one at the start of the month is for the things they will use throughout of December. No elf on the shelf here to bring things throughout the month as DD has SEN and would find Elf on the shelf rules and leaving for a year devastating so easier not to do it!

December first hamper
Red Christmas blankets dunelm
Letter from Santa
Paper chain set
Cookie cutter
Cookie plate from build a bear
Choc Christmas gingerbread moulds 3D
Advent Callander

Christmas Eve hamper
Reindeer food
Night before Christmas book
Pjs
Tree decoration
Popcorn
DVD smurfs
Santa key
Can of lemonade x4
Magic bath sponge

Snowman soup and squirty cream. I hunted high and low for white drinking chocolate last year but could only get the £££ Whittard one.

Does anyone have a link to a nice basket to use as a hamper?

When the EOTS arrives on 1st December he brings their Chriatmas duvet and a Christmas themed book for each of them.

Then when he departs on Christmas eve whilst we're out for a walk he leaves them each some gifts. There's a pair of PJs (not Christmas themed, if I got xmas pjs I'd give them them on the 1st so they can get a bit of wear throughout the festive period), pair of slippers, marshmallows, chocolate coins and a soft toy. Then we hanker down with a hot chocolate topped with cream and marshmallows and watch the polar express in our pjs .

For reindeer food that disappears mix birdseed with glitter, then the birds eat the sed and the glitter obviously is left as reindeer don't eT glitter - it is there to light the way!

CuriousGeorgie
these ones are quite nice :)

Thanks so much for all your suggestions. Just got to decide what to put it in now!

I agree sheeparefluffy, DS also has SEN so the elf on the shelf is not suitable for us either. He wouldn't understand why the elf had to leave! That's why I like the hamper idea.

hi we sprinkle glitter reindeer food but i say is so the reindeers can spot our house from the sky saves the hassle of brushing is up and pretending they ate it x