Christmas gift ideas please

My village library does this for a local care home for adult residents who have a variety of conditions, physical and cognitive.

It’s a generic structure rather than a tree so it’s suitable for other times of year. It usually appears for Valentine’s Day and Easter as well as Christmas.

The potential recipients (or their carers) fill out the tags.

Some say they would like a jigsaw or other kinds of puzzles including puzzle books, board games, books to read, colouring books, pencils and pens, art supplies and craft kits, toiletries, hats, warm socks, costume jewellery, small ornaments.

I hope that helps.

Easy-grip type jar opener
Long-handled shoehorn
Motion sensor plug in nightlight
Long-reach grabber tool
Extra long charging cable
Adult colouring books
Adult puzzle books
China mug
Gentle, non-irritating lotion/ crean for dry skin
Small posy of silk flowers
Spikey rubbery ball for foot exercises
Wheat bag that can be warmed in the microwave
Toiletries
Scent diffuser
Set of coasters
Soft scarf

Gloves
Woolie hat
Shampoo
Sweets

Rechargeable reading light, clips onto a book.
Bought one last year on ebay, under £6.

Torch
Key rings
Bag Charms
Hand warmers (I mean the ones that you squeeze and it releases heat )
marker pens
Small diary
Notebook
Calendar
Hot choc sachets (They do sets with maltesers, galaxy, bounty sachets for under £5)
Small shortbread tin
Nail polish

Mandala colouring books are lovely, but there are all sorts of mindfulness books
The Works do a Granny Square crochet kit for £3, and other crochet kits too

Warm gloves, warm socks, warm hat.
A beannie baby, or small cuddly toy.
Juggling soft balls.
Small bean bags.
A photo frame.
A small picture.
A nice cup or mug, maybe musical?!
A statuette.
A little music box.
A scarf.
Hand cream.
A shawl.
A nice bar of soap.
A small rug.

an oven glove set where you have a longer length with the pockets at either end. These can be easy to make and the ones in the shops now are too short.

An apron that really covers you to do baking in. Again any real cook will like a good cover not just one of those minute things that doesnt keep flour off your clothes at all

We are very grateful for all your ideas.
Thanks very much.

Ooh, it's still too early IMHO!

I suppose Margs if you leave this kind of thing you don't have time to organise, implement, collect, sort, wrap things.

I used to do this for children of families in financial distress and children in refuge and had to start ridiculously early to get all the work done.
Even then I was often personally dropping gifts off on Christmas eve.

I don't know if that's why Marmin is early - but I expect so.

A not so small diary……..I say this because I was looking at some in the stationers just recently and the spaces to write were so small…….A5 would be my choice to be honest, yes I know it might not fit in a handbag but it’s a good size to be able to find and use at home!

I was providing treats for a party at a care home, and it was suggested by the home, that Maltesers were popular chocolates as they were easy to eat.

Books

I've just looked on the Boots website and they've got some really lovely things. £4, £5 and less and they look more expensive than that. Type in, gifts for £5

My "go to" is Google if I am stuck for ideas. Lots of things you can purchase if you ask Google for items for both men and women. Simples

I recently received two small reference books, illustrated, of garden birds and trees native to England. Lovely to flick through for finding information, only £4.99 each.

Posh marmalade (preferably whisky one)
Individual Christmas or sponge puddings are very popular with elderly foodbank customers
Jar of good coffee

I’ve just received a soft padded glasses case from Etsy, under a fiver, beautifully home made in William Morris fabric, postage 80p. I love it and will be buying more for small gifts. No I’m not the one making them!

A final thank you, we have today submitted our ideas for gifts as October 3 was our deadline to do so.
Most of our ideas are taken from your many suggestions, so a big thank you once again.

Hope the appeal is successful.
Well done for sorting it. I know how much work it can involve!

Marmin, this is such a lovely thing to organise, and NotSpaghetti is right about the early start, sorting 100 tags takes far more doing than anyone expects.

A few that work well for the reduced-mobility crowd: the motion-sensor plug-in nightlights NotSpaghetti mentioned are brilliant and cheap, and StTrinians is right that warm socks and hand cream are the ones people actually reach for every day. Graphite's puzzle books and colouring books also go down well, they are light to carry home.

One more to add: sachets of good hot chocolate or posh tea bags tied to the tag with a bit of ribbon. They cost pennies, they feel like a treat, and nobody has to find shelf space for them. For the men, a decent packet of shortbread or a pocket diary usually lands better than toiletries.

Well done for getting it sorted by your October deadline, I hope the tree looks wonderful.