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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
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    Thumbs up Affordable Christmas Gifts

    I thought this would be a good thread for everyone to post ideas of some affordable Christmas gifts.

    I havent started my shopping yet but am going to make things easy for myself by purchasing:

    Gorgeous Maxwell & Williams Sue Janson Mugs - they are a great size mug that come individually boxed. Google search them and you will see the awesome designs. They are only $5.95 each!! Pretty good for a boxed gift I say! I am even going to give these to my little brothers who are 9 and 7 as they like to have hot choccie sometimes and its nice to have your own mug. You can order online or I have seen them at the shop called 'House'

    Movie Money- You can get gift cards for however much you want or the actual vouchers. Might get these for all of our parents and sisters.


    Please add your ideas.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Feb 2008
    Near the Snowies!
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    great thread! I don't really have any ideas so I'm subscribing instead!

    Home made gifts are always nice, I've made a few cushion covers and placemats, things like that. Not so good for the menfolk, but a home-made basket of goodies goes down well! Especially if you include home-made rum balls, shortbread etc. Great for those hard-to-buy-for people too.

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Member

    Oct 2007
    Gold Coast
    860

    What a great thread idea!

    Beach towels - always handy.
    Jars of gourmet food - from a great deli, or homemade from markets.
    Seedlings - veges, herbs, flowers

    We only do $10 gifts in our immediate family (parents etc) so I'd love to hear what everyone comes up with.

  4. #4
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Feb 2006
    melbourne
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    i think photos of kids are also great, we reprinted and enlarged some for outselves and added the girls name in, just done at kmart, they look great too, and not too expensive

  5. #5
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    4,427

    Jars of gourmet food
    I did this last year when I found those gorgeous edible champagne hibiscus flowers at the gournet deli.

    From memory about $7.00 a jar but they are a massive hit for people who drink champagne. For those who havent seen them, you put them in your champagne and they open up with the bubbles and flavour the champagne like strawberries do! YUM!

  6. #6
    Registered User

    Dec 2008
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    I love that hibiscus idea! how many are in a jar?

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    4,427

    Think there is about 8 or 10 in a jar from memory

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    smiles4u Guest

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    member Winter recently gave me a brilliant gift idea for an adult (especially those hard to buy for) ... it's a demi or half size bottle of Moet Chandon (200ml), comes in a nice box ... i got it from bottle shop Dan Murphy's for $22.95 (rose Moet Chandon is $27.95) ... could put choccies with it if want it to look more


    ********* My DD's 1st Xmas we purchased little wooden easels with a small canvas sitting on it (set was on special about $6.00 from Spotlight, we bought about 8 of them) and we bought ONE small tube of non-toxic hot-pink coloured paint at about $4 or $6 (which we never finished the tube of so was plenty of paint) & placed both her footprints on them & on the back i wrote her name & age at the time when done & the Xmas year ... We gave them to close relo's & friends & everyone absolutely LOVED them (and is so nice to see them sitting in everyone's homes with pride when we visit) ... oh, and WE kept one for ourselves too **********

  9. #9
    Registered User

    Jan 2008
    Central Coast NSW
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    Beach towels - always handy.
    DH and I have been given SOOOO many beach towels - we have 10!!!

    And I don't like the beach....

    LOVE hibiscus flowers tho - but that may have something to do with the champagne that goes with them!

    Sorry I don't have any ideas to add...I love giving books - esp non fiction books/reference books that correspond to a persons hobby or interest.

  10. #10
    Registered User

    Dec 2006
    In my own private paradise
    15,272

    photobooks are awesome and can be done without it being too exxy - if you watch BIG W website, you can get 20 page books done for less than $10 each - and they come up pretty well for a soft cover book. i have arranged these for my mum and aunt for Christmas

  11. #11
    Registered User

    Mar 2006
    7,046

    harvey norman are selling snow domes and baubels that you put photo's in. they'd make a nice Christmas Gift.

  12. #12

    Jul 2009
    Out North, Vic
    8,538

    Little Kids:
    Chalk, Jumbo Crayons, Coloring books, stickers, X-Mas Decoration

    Adults:
    Flavored Oil (bought DP garlic infused Oil for his b'day)
    Photos - last yr each grandparent got one of those mini albums full of pics of DD, we also made Photobooks for people like BG said.
    X-Mas Decoration, handmade or otherwise
    If you have kids sometimes finger paintings or drawings put into a frame are great gifts.

    I love the idea of seedlings etc

    I can never help myself at x-mas so will be watching this thread for some great ideas!

  13. #13
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Melbourne
    1,628

    My friend buys her mum a Christmas tree ornament (porcelin sp?) with her DD picture on it. I think it costs around $10. Now her mum has a Christmas record of how her GD grows over the years