Each year I try and give thoughtful and meaningful gifts at Christmas as I can't stand all the commercialness and plastic tat! Here are some more experience-based ideas to inspire you this Christmas;
Every year we go ice-skating, it's our family tradition at Christmas and we love it. I have just bought these gorgeous
ice skating cards by Stephanie Cole as I'd love to skate on a frozen pond like this! They would be a perfect gift for a family with gift voucher for ice-skating tucked inside, our nearest outdoor rink is
Bath, but there are many others around the country that I'm sure would do gift vouchers.
I love these gorgeous Welsh blankets from
Cold at Night, you can get them with a personalised label added and I'm thinking of pairing one up with a voucher for a weekend break for my husband at
Fforest in Wales, where he can snuggle up in one warming his toes in front of the woodburning stove.
One of the highlights of my year was
learning to bake bread with Tom Herbert, I can't recommend it enough, I learnt so much. Hobbs House run loads of different courses at their Chipping Sodbury based
cookery school, where they share secrets, recipes and experience from five generations of bakers. If you don't live nearby then you can buy a
small bread making kit for just £20 online, or take out a
cake subscription where you get a different cake delivered each month from this award winning and family run bakery!
I adore this hedgehog stocking from
Coral & Tusk you could easily personlise it too with a child's name on, obviously you'd need to gift it on Christmas Eve and I'd give this Hen & Hammock
wooden sledge with it too for a fun-filled winter theme and cross my fingers for snow!
I always buy pyjamas for the boys at Christmas and just love these
Hatley polar bear ones, you could pair them up with a
WWF polar bear adoption for a wildlife loving child.
For my circus loving boy, I'm going to buy him some
Giffords Circus tickets for later in the year as he loves it so much, along with a
trapeze so he can practice his circus skills in the garden!
Last year we gave our friends some
horse riding lessons, and are currently looking for new, inexpensive but beautiful ideas, I would love to hear all of your Christmas gift ideas.