Absolutely brassic - any ideas for EXTREMELY cheap christmas pressies?

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I have my ds (5), sister (23), parents (49 and 50) and nan (70-somethng!)

Any ideas on exceptionally cheap, but decent presents? Would e-bay be off limits?

All help gratefully received.

Thats true but it's finding them at this time of year. We only have 1 local one now and it's not very good

our boot sales get better in the month before xmas ...when mums realise they will need more space!

and the xmas fayres at the local church and school are surprisingly good...have had loads of good condition stuff from these

Tell everyone over the age of 22.5 that this is not a Christmas you can spend money, so ask that you have an agreement between you that no more than £5 (or whatever you can actually afford - £3, maybe) per gift is spent. At least some of the people on your list will be grateful to only have to spend that, I bet!

Just occasionally, getting the whole thing back to a realistic and honest scale is what is needed!

Then create a way to make sure that the exchange of presents is a fun, sociable, happy occasion. DP's family astound me - they unceremoniously shove envelopes of meney at each other when dropping kids off, etc.

A photo of your little one in a frame for your nan (school photo?).

For your mum and dad a photo of your daughter again, or yourself and daughter? I got a frame for £5 which said nan and grandads little monsters which I put a pic of my sons in. Or make a lavender bag (I have loads in the garden if you want me to send some??).

For your daughter. Well, my son wanted lego police boats, cars etc and some meccano. I went into Wilkinsons and got police lego (not proper lego) for £1.99 and meccano for £2.99. Also got a nivea gift set for £2.99 for MIL.

For your sis, Wilkos also do some bath heart fizzers for 99p and other things to match!