I want ro make up food hampers for christmas presents - any ideas?

[ilovecaboose]

NOt sure where this should go but I want to make up christmas hampers for presents this year. I know where I can get the stuff to go inside, but where do I get nice looking, but cheap baskets from to put the stuff in. Also need to find cellophane for wrapping it all in.

Anyone with experience got any hints/tips as well? I've never done it before. Each will be personalised but want to include things such as homemade truffles, homemade chutneys and biscuits and then wine, cheese, chocolate etc.

Good idea or not?

www.bagnboxman.co.uk/catalogue/page31_cellophane-roll.php

you can buy cellophane here by the roll.

I would definately make hampers, the people that will receive them will really appreciate the time and effort that you have put in to make them.

thanks will have a look at that now.

ilovecaboose
i have always wanted to do this and will be doing it next year for crimbo
good luck
xxx

I made up a hamper of Indian spices and ingredients for my SIL last year and found it really difficult finding a suitable basket/hamper to put it all in.

I remember trying big garden centre-type places as they often have traditional crafts like baskets but in the end it was from a homeware type shop and wasn't a picnic hamper but more of a sea-grass storage basket with hinged lid. Unfortunately I can't remember which shop as I searched so many.

my sis did hampers in wicker laundry baskets), we scoffed the contents and still use the basket everyday for the washing, it's fab. Are you near an ikea?

Thanks betty that actually gave me a good idea.

What do you think of these
these for small ones

these for the bigger ones

Though the bigger ones are a bit expensive and not sure whether small ones would be big enough. hmmm.

cross posts foxtrot!

these might be nice for kiddies

Here you go 5 pages of baskets from Woolworths -loads of styles and sizes to choose from and hopefully theres one near you or you can order on-line.

The ones I used are similar to the lidded ones towards the bottom of page 2.

try again -if it doesn't work just search for Baskets on woolies site then narrow down to Home and Garden

thanks

May go and bug my old manager (used to work there). Can just imagine the joy on his face

I'm sure they could wangle staff discount somehow

losing my staff discount card there was the worst thing that ever happened they ahd to tear it outta my hands.

People knock Woolies but I live in a small town with very few shops (and most of those are charity shops, banks and building societies) but it does have a Woolies - 9/10 times it has what I'm looking for (OK maybe not the most stylish option but something that will tide us over!)

unfortunately where woolies once had a space in the market that noone else did, many other shops are now doing similar for cheaper. Woolies is in a lot of financial trouble. Unless they get a good backer/buyer and find a new niche, I doubt they'll be around in 10 years time. I for one find that really

I think this is a lovely idea! I did something similar for a couple of my friends last year, but I was posting them so I just used cardboard boxes (quite possibly shoe boxes) wrapped with Christamas paper. They were only small so I got an interesting selection of good quality chocolate bars, unusual biscuits, and xmas trinkets etc.. from health food shops and the Harvey Nichols food dept. I also reckon garden centres are a good bet, and any dept. stores with a Christmas section.

good ideas thanks

but also-we've done this a few times and we didn't go for baskets or anything as such, but for useful containers...so for BIL/SIL who had a new house, a wooden salad bowl, posh biscuit tin for my mum, and so on.

Nice ones here click on Wicker.

hmm that would definately be a possibility, thanks.

Did you have to buy a tin of biscuits and eat all the biscuits, cos that sounds like a good idea to me

ooooh I want to do this tooo!
Have found some good packaging on www.cakecraftshop.co.uk

I was going to do breadsticks and peppermint creams too

thanks for all these great ideas

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at cabose

actually I did a few and got them from flea markets and charity shops mainly (my mum likes vintagy things, as do I...). Habitat etc do nice tins also.

It has an added advantage of having a lid.