Your guide to personalised gifts and present ideas

A personalised monopoly board is a serious gift for a serious monopoly fan, and a fantastic way to personalise a classic game. Order My Monopoly and you receive a voucher. that voucher gives you instructions for logging onto a website and fully customising all the squares on the board.

Instead of Park Lane, you might have “Pete’s gaff”. Instead of “Mayfair”, you might have “Boot fair”. Be as creative as you like – just make it really personal to you. Once the customisation is complete, submit the order and it will be created at the official Monopoly factory and shipped to you in an awesome presentation tin, which can also be customised. This superb present is totally unique and costs £79.99 from Firebox.

If you’re buying as a gift, allow four weeks for your personalised Monopoly to be made and despatched.

My Monopoly is available through Firebox

Make Your Own Opoly

Obviously, with the state of the economy, we’re all looking for a bargain. The My Monopoly set is a high quality gift that will last a lifetime but how about this as a cheaper alternative – “Make Your Own Opoly”.

It lets you make your own fun, trading game based around any location you like. It comes with all the kit you need to customise your own board and print out the customised playing materials on any laser printer. Make Your Own Opoly is a fun gift idea which will enjoy spending time creating. It costs about £10 via Amazon.co.uk – Make Your Own Opoly