Help with tricky situation re size of gift pile

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I know this can be a bit of a contentious issue but I have a unique issue that I would really appreciate some ideas to help with
DD1(20) has ASD, presents as NT when you first meet her but faces hugest challenges, is mature is lots of ways but also very young in ways only visible to immediate family.
One thing that's very important to her (in a much younger child type way) is Christmas. She has very rigid thinking around Christmas and what it should be like and one of those is around having a big pile of presents (influenced by Christmas films when she was younger).
I am not looking for a debate on this as I want a nice Christmas day for us all not ruined by a meltdown (not possible for her to control or understand).
Basically, how do I give her lots of presents without breaking the bank and without buying cheap rubbish?
Any idea for bulking out or cheap good quality gifts so the whole family can enjoy the day?(and the rest of the year as it would be brought up daily!)
Sorry for longish post but context was important here I feel 🐧☃️

Can you bulk up packaging a bit? Eg everything in its own cardboard box and then wrapped? Won’t do wonders but will help increase the pile size a bit?

food items - Bottles of fave pop, pot noodles, Japanese sweet selection, selection box, pud in a mug, hot choc sachets, marshmallows, choc bomb.

Could you wrap things you’d kind of not usually count as gifts? But bulky like a blanket or a new pillow. A toastie maker (or something related to snacks she likes- ds is getting a noodle cooker thing and dd a waffle maker). Does she drive? De icer and scraper/ scent for the car. Smellies. Socks. Slippers. A new towel. A vanity mirror. These are are a bit bigger….

Does it need to be lots of presents or will volume do? Thinking things like a beanbag for her room. Then will she be horrified by toiletries (I was always delighted as a skint student when DM stuffed my stocking with such things)? How about baking kit including ingredients (my DPIL did me a splendid basket one year with a spread of Chinese cooking ingredients and a cookbook and wok)?

I was going to suggest the same as the previous poster, big packaging. Also a pillow and or blanket for her, they’re quite large.

Wrap up stuff she needs anyway - shampoo, toothbrush, basic stationery, pants?

New dressing gown, Xmas pjs, slippers and hot water bottle all wrapped individually!

Big bag of popcorn, marshmallows, pillow/cushion, blanket??

Get creative with packaging? - I've seen some card sleighs that were about £2 in home bargains to put presents into, they would make it seem big as bulky way to display smaller presents and could reuse them each year?

Also seen giant crackers as packaging?

Could she cope with double boxed stuff... so anything you buy is wrapped then put in a big box of filler... maybe polystyrene beans or maybe quality street type sweets... depends on what she can handle.

A bit of creative wrapping - so box everything, use big bows etc. My brother and I used to compete over the best disguised Toblerone- the aim being not to know what it was before opening which resulted in alot of packing!

Fluffy clothes can be bulky.

Have some tree boxes already there to bulk the pile... maybe some of those lit ones?

Could you include items she needs that you'd have to buy anyway or would she see through that and they wouldn't 'count'? Like clothes, toiletries (nice ones obviously), stationery, etc? Also, consumables such as her fave snacks, chocs, etc.

Thank you so much for the ideas so far.
Big cushion/blanket/beanbag all sound great.
Will wrap lots of everyday essentials too
Baking stuff would be ideal as can look super bulky so thanks to poster who suggested that!

If you're near a Costco, big bulk buys are hugely popular with my teens.. a box of noodles about £14 for 40 so cheap but youll get a nice, hefty box! Or big, fluffy blankets or slippers can be got there! Or even books and toys..

If anyone has suggestions of things from Vinted that suit this sort of age I am fully open to them too. I have just never used it before!

Book sets if she's a reader... second hand books bulk our piles for very little. Charity shops - swap stands etc.

Does she like reading? If she's an avid reader, books are something you can get away with buying someone lots of and you can get them very cheap. Cheaper still if you go secondhand (highly recommend Vinted for this) if she would be okay with that.

Think of LARGE useful presents. A duvet/blanket. An empty storage basket. Bother- others got there first! If you regularly buy hereg socks or pants, give her them for Christmas, separately packed in in Amazon envelopes and tgen wrapped. One sock per package! You have to think outside tge box for her. Happy Christmas.

Box of unusual cereal from the American or Japanese shelves

Waste paper bin

Nice storage box files or similar

New lampshade for her room

Pilates Ball

Yoga Mat

Her own box of crisps, if she likes them

Also jigsaws! Wasgij ones are great, and any crafty bits she likes can be wrapped individually? Maybe some rubber calligraphy stamps, nice ink and some plain cards & envelopes etc to make thank you cards with? What sort of thing does she enjoy?

DS loves staying in premier inns. I bought him some PI pillows one year! They looked great wrapped up and were a huge hit!! Anything big and bulky like this will work too - dressing gown, fleecy blankets, jumpers etc. make sure it’s useable but it definitely doesn’t necessarily have to be exactly what you would think of as a present.

Acrylic Paint Pens and Adult colouring books. There are some called Cosy Hygge and they are seem popular at the moment

i have seen people doing their own versions of these? regular cardboard boxes covered in brown paper with reindeer design? maybe not so kiddy looking but a ay to have themed pressies wrapped inside - maybe the cooking in one? a fluffy blanket in another?

Etsy. My older teen (ASD) loves BBCs Merlin so I've told people to get her anything with that theme eg keyring, earrings, postcards, stickers....

I've also ordered a couple of T-shirts from red bubble with favourite anime/merlin characters.

Basically I take a theme and run with it. Exactly what you WOULDN'T do for someone neurotypical who might for instance like dogs but didn't want everything they own to have a dog on it.

Well my girl likes Merlin, manga, anime and art so I fill her pile with these. She was over the moon with random mug I got her last year because I had listened to her (long and very boring) analysis of the anime it was themed on and etched it in my memory forever remembered it.

It's the little things!

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