Affordable Christmas Gifts

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Just got this week's Big W catalogue - their personalised calendars are $9.98 each, I will definitely be doing a few of these to distribute to family, and at $10 they make a cheap present that has sentimental value and is also useful! Not sure how much they normally are but I think that price is very affordable.

They also have digital keyrings, 2 for $20, normally they are about $15 each, so again a pretty good saving. Think I might get a couple for me and DF, says they hold up to 52 photos (1MB).

[Tinks]

I did personalised calendars last year and the one before. They are always a winner!

[*charmalea*]

i always ask for a meat or fruit tray

and those calenders sound cool !!!

i did up a hamper at the discont chemist for the familes i had to buy for , fit loads of stuff in for under $35 !!

also , the warehouse sells brandname toiletries so can do up a hamper and no one will know

and home made biccies /sweets are ALWAYS welcome (well they are in my house anyway )

ETA : if your after cool gifts for kids < $10 .. google kids gift list ... was a winner for me last year !!

[Nadine216]

Oh this year I'm making handmade gifts. It's a huge project, since I only started sewing this year. It's not that cheap (taking in account the wonderful fabric I just HAD to buy )

I'm making grocery totes, slippers, passport protectors, bookbags and various little trinkets like stichmarkers, bookmarks, earrings etc.

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just checked out the Kids Gift List site- I could go crazy on there!! Have bookmarked it for future reference, some of the toys, although cheap, are quite nice!

[AliBaby]

Thought of some more to add

The reject shop have these great paint your own canvas with a picture on it and paints and paintbrushes attatched for $5.00!! Bargain and would be fun for kids to do in the holidays.

Also those cadbury chocolate stockings are always a winner and are $5.00 each.

Keep ideas coming.

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For children (I'm going to do this for DD), you could make your own christmas stockings, or other christmassy things (decorations etc). I don't know how much the material is going to cost, but I don't think it will be that expensive as I shouldn't need too much (unless I stuff it up the first time..lol). I think it will have sentimental value as time goes on, something to mark her first christmas.