Grandmother makes a personalised toy box bench for her granddaughter’s Christmas present using a flat-pack box from eBay and high street craft materials (and it cost just £90)
- Donna Hopkins and husband from Swansea, Wales created ‘superb’ baby seat
- They used paint testers and materials from the high street to undergo project
- Shared picture to Facebook group where it gained heaps of praise from users
A couple have been praised for creating a ‘beautiful’ personal toy box bench for their 15-month-old granddaughter.
Donna Hopkins and her husband, from Swansea, created their own homemade bench to give to their granddaughter Maddie this year for Christmas, and shared the finished product on the Facebook group, DIY On A Budget Official.
The project, which cost £90 in total, was completed using paint testers, seat foam, wadding and material, ready made letters and two types of glue – all purchased from high street stores.
The post garnered hundreds of comments from members who hailed the present as ‘priceless’, and Donna herself insisted she didn’t mind how much she spent because the present was ‘more personal’ this way.
Donna Hopkins and her husband, from Swansea, created their own homemade bench to give to their granddaughter Maddie this year for Christmas
Donna (pictured right) insisted she didn’t mind how much she spent on her granddaughter’s (pictured) present was ‘more personal’ this way
She penned: ‘This is a Christmas present I made for my 15-month-old granddaughter.
‘Cost me about £90 for the box and materials but still cheaper than other prices online and more personal as its made by her nanna.’
The grandmother then explained that to make the bench she used a flat-pack box from eBay, pre-made letters and stars from Hobby Craft, pink and grey Dulux paint testers and seat foam from Dunelm.
She also used seat wadding, grey material and fabric glue from The Range paired with all-purpose glue from Hobbycraft.
The post garnered hundreds of comments from members who hailed the present as ‘priceless’
Donna said the project was: ‘still cheaper than other prices online and more personal as it’s made by her nanna’
Fans quickly raved about the homemade present, with one insisting the grandmother should be ‘proud of herself’ while another called the bench ‘absolutely superb’.
‘You did a beautiful job! You should be proud of yourself!’ raved one.
Absolutely superb love it well done you’, said another.
A third wrote: ‘Aww my gosh that is beautiful x’
The project, which cost in total £90, was completed using paint testers, seat foam, wading and material, read made letters and two types of glue – all purchased from high street stores
Others insisted that the cost is nothing compared to the personal present while another said the grandmother should start a ‘business’.
‘Wow you could make a business in this!’, said one.
Another said: ‘Made with love, can’t put a price on that’, while another agreed, ‘Made with love PRICELESS’.