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Treat yourself to a delivery full of the things you love! In these uncertain times, we all need a little boost now and then so why not splash out on a lovely surprise every month or once in a while with these beautifully packaged gifts!

CANDLE LOVERS Based in Oakley, Hampshire; Chalk and Cheese has produced premium and personalised gifts for more than a decade. Choose from tea lights, candles or a mixture of both to make up your box. Being kind to one another is more important than ever so why not send a little pick-me-up to someone who needs it with this letterbox wax melt gift box.

£12.95 | Bee Kind Wax Melt Letterbox Gift www.chalkandcheese.biz

BIRD LOVERS This is the perfect gift for any bird lover who wants to avoid the shops at the moment! It contains two of Boxwild’s seed blends, a bird feeder and a scoop. All the seed blends are made in the company’s kitchens in Monmouthshire to give optimum nutrition for your garden birds. They also make a 50p donation from every box sold to various Wildlife Charities to support the wonderful work they do.

£22 | Thinking of You Box www.boxwild.com

MUMS-TO-BE This is the ideal gift box for pregnant women from their second trimester or women who are breastfeeding. It contains a gentle aromatherapy blend of essential oils including mandarin, lavender and a splash of frankincense. The set contains 3-in-1 body scrub, bath soak and moisturising treatment, body oil and vegan natural candle with 20 hour burn time.

£27.95 | MAMA Gentle and Nurturing Pamper Gift Box www.buffnaturalbodycare.com

BUNNY LOVERS From its base in Norfolk, the Happy Bunny Club has been making thousands of bunnies happy with it monthly boxes of fun! It can be difficult to find good quality toys and treats that don’t contain any hidden nasty’s such as seeds, dairy, egg or corn kernel ingredients – all of which can be harmful to your rabbits. This box is a way for owners to connect with their fluffy friends. Choose a six-month or 12-month plan, which you can cancel at anytime.

There’s a new collection every month and each contains at least two fun toys, two bags of natural treats and one or two surprise items. It’s all packed in a cardboard box, with non-toxic paint so your bunny can enjoy this too!

From £17 per month | Happy Bunny Club www.happybunnyclub.com

GIN LOVERS Letterbox gifts are all packed with lovely goodies carefully sourced from independent British producers. Who wouldn’t like to receive this beautifully presented box. It contains delicious blonde chocolate from The Chocolate Society, 50ml of Salcombe ‘Start Point’ Gin and Rosé, plus a tin of dried rose petals and pink peppercorns to decorate and infuse your drink. You also get a cute set of three recycled glass tea lights, infused with stunning citrus scents.

£35 | GIN LOVERS GIFT SET www.letterboxgifts.co.uk

BE MINDFUL With this little box you can support British mental health charity Mind and also treat yourself to a little me-time. The content of the box is randomly picked from current stocks, and contains an activity or a gift designed to encourage creativity, relaxation, and a new skill or simply to offer a precious moment of calm.

£7.50 per month | Pause subscription www.pauseformind.org.uk

FAMILY BAKERS This is a great way to get the whole family involved in baking, and includes two subscription boxes each month. The Young Bakers Box includes a puzzle/activity where your children will meet the Crunch and Crumb characters which they can complete while the bake is in the oven! Both boxes include all the dry ingredients for a delicious bake, pre-weighed, and a step-by-step recipe card. Honeywell Bakes is passionate about using local ingredients in its bakes wherever possible – eggs come from their own hens or local farms when our hens can’t keep up, flour milled in Northamptonshire, Britishgrown sugar and locally-produced butter.