My Christmas gift ideas

I thought I'd share some of the Christmas gifts I'm making, gathering and giving this year.
(NB this list is not complete, so any of the folk who read this blog won't see their pressies here!)

For little ones:
. PJs
. Dressing gowns
. Jigsaw puzzles
. Christmas stocking full of little toys - coloured pencils, stickers, small knitted toy
. Knitted toy

For the (much) bigger ones:
. Boys night in box: four cans of lager, two large packs of crisps, bag of peanuts, spicy dip, spicy salsa.
. Girls night in box: four 'fun girly' drinks, similar snacks to above.

For a girly one:
. Large make-up bag with new brushes, nail file, tweezers, and cleansing wipes.

For a couple of older ones:
. A homemade 'hamper', with bits and bobs from the supermarket - tins and packets, pasta sauce, nice coffee, etc. I buy one item for these each time I go to the shops and it makes them affordable.

For everyone else:
. A foodbank box - we pop something in the collection box every other supermarket shop, but at certain times of the year we make a special effort to stack a box up with things that - if it were us on the receiving end - would make us feel someone cared.

. Our charity donation this year is to Marie Curie nurses.
These amazing people give end of life care and support to families going through the desperately sad time.

(If you want to donate to them too, you can text NURSE to 70111 and this will donate £5.)


My makes for Christmas are going well, these include:
. Knitted Snow White and the seven dwarves
. Knitted snowman
. Appliqued bags for life
. Knitted socks
. Crocheted shawl
. Owl cardigan

How are your Christmas plans getting along? 

FMx