Christmas in June? Well, no not really, but it's good to start DIY crafts and gift crafts for Christmas during the summer. Does the holiday season find you making DIY crafts? Here are budget gift crafts and DIY crafts for kids holiday gifts. A good way to organize and save money on gift crafts is with themed giving. Each holiday season, choose a theme and create gift crafts for each person on your list from that theme. You can do gift baskets, books, hobbies or games. This year, how about a polar fleece no-sew blanket and pillow theme? DIY crafts: Homemade polar fleece no-sew blanket and pillow sets, gift crafts | Examiner.com
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DIY crafts: Homemade polar fleece no-sew blanket and pillow sets, gift crafts
Christmas in June? Well, no not really, but it's good to start DIY crafts and gift crafts for Christmas during the summer. Does the holiday season find you making DIY crafts? Here are budget gift crafts and DIY crafts for kids holiday gifts. A good way to organize and save money on gift crafts is with themed giving. Each holiday season, choose a theme and create gift crafts for each person on your list from that theme. You can do gift baskets, books, hobbies or games. This year, how about a polar fleece no-sew blanket and pillow theme? DIY crafts: Homemade polar fleece no-sew blanket and pillow sets, gift crafts | Examiner.comTop Christmas toys for 2014 Black Friday shopping and best U.S. prices
Toy Retailers Association announced its 2014 Dream Toys List on November 5. Each holiday, the UK/Ireland toy vendor group rates the 12 best children's toys. Just in time for your Black Friday Christmas shopping, here's what toys will top every kid's wishlist to Santa. The list includes best U.S. pricing so parents can shop smart and put those toys under the tree! Top Christmas toys for 2014 Black Friday shopping and best U.S. pricesPrintable Christmas Questionnaire for Gift Exchanges
First I wrote how Christmas gift exchanges with coworkers, students or relatives who aren't close, don't work. Then I proceeded to write an article on how to host gift exchanges. Now I'm sharing a holiday gift exchange wish list I compiled. Gift exchanges are unavoidable. Some people look forward to them--senior citizens, developmentally disabled, employees in small businesses, work at home groups, home school cooperatives. My adult education students loved our annual holiday gift exchange. I enjoyed Secret Santa at the Montessori school where I taught. But it's hard to know what to get. Have participants fill out a preference profile. Here's one to print and distribute. I put gift hints. Printable Christmas Wish List Questionnaire for Gift Exchanges (like the .gif? I got it free from Christmas Graphics Plus.com)
Unsubscribe from Shopping Emails and Save Money
For most of our married life, we've lived debt-free. Then we hit hard times and rang up $22,000 in debt. We paid that all off a few years ago and have stayed solvent since. Not only has this helped our budget, it's helped our relationship. Money is the root of problems between couples. This holiday season, for peace on earth, in your home if not the world, cut spending. Do yourself a financial and emotional health favor. Read on Unsubscribe from Shopping Emails to Save Money
Budget Christmas Shopping Tips for Big Families
I shop for about 30 people at Christmas, including kids' giving tree gifts. I'm also a tightwad mom. As a Catholic Christian, I don't feel right buying lavish gifts I can't afford. Kind of spoils the real reason for the holiday. Here are penny pincher shopping tips to save money, keep costs low and buy meaningful gifts for everyone. Tightwad Mama's Common Sense Christmas Shopping Tips
Teach Kids an Attitude of Gratitude, Not Entitlement This Christmas
Picture Christmas morning--shiny-eyed children happily enjoying their presents. Very idyllic. Unfortunately, reality is often more like green-eyed, greedy ingrates crying over gifts. Not exactly the ideal holiday spirit. And who created these selfish monsters? Mom and Dad (and indulgent grandparents, family) Experts blame the "I want it now" generation on parents, said the Daily Mail in 2011. Here are parenting tips to curb Christmas gimmes, teach an attitude of gratitude and save money! Teach Kids Christmas Gratitude, Not Greed--And Save Money
Tightwad Mama's Common Sense Christmas Shopping Tips
Don't get me wrong--I love buying presents for people. Well, I should say I love gift giving. But I hate spending too much. I will not spend more than I can afford. I have a long shopping list of people to buy for at Christmas. Four kids and their three significant others, 15 extended family members, husband--and I buy several church giving tree gifts. I'm also a tightwad mama, by necessity and choice. Here are penny pincher shopping tips to save money, keep costs low and buy meaningful gifts for everyone.Tightwad Mama's Common Sense Christmas Shopping Tips
Fun Holiday Activities for Sick Kids
Wouldn't you know it--Christmas vacation is finally here and your child gets ill. Holidays can be miserable for sick kids (and parents who must care for them). No parties, curtailed activities, more work, extra worries--it kinda takes the "merry" out of "Christmas." But it doesn't have to. Here are at-home family holiday activities that sick kids can enjoy, too. Click around on this blog for free printable crafts for kids to make. Read more Best Book Gifts from Scholastic Top 100 Children's Literature Picks
Children's literature mogul Scholastic came out with a "bucket list" of must-read kids' books in its most recent issue of Parent & Child Magazine, says the Sun Times. Here's a look at the recommendations listed in their "100 Greatest Books for Kids."* According to Scholastic Parent, they created the list to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the National Education Association's "Read Across America Day" on March 2. That day also commemorates the birthday of beloved children's author and illustrator Dr. Seuss (a.k.a. Theodore "Ted" Giesel). Read more
Cyber Monday: Make Online Shopping Work for You
Free Barbie Doll and Tawny Horse Set with $15 Purchase
* Spend $15 on Barbie products (from the toy department only) and you'll get a coupon for a free doll and horse set ($19.99 value) like the one shown at the left. Products can be clearance and sale items.
* Mail: The original sales receipt (s) with products purchased between 10/1/11-12/31/11 (look for receipts on Barbie products you've already bought). Be sure to get a gift receipt.
* The coupon, available at purchase.
* The UPC codes on the product (if giving as a gift, just cut the code away from the package.)
* $3 check for S/H
Mail to the address on the coupon. Mine says Meijer Free Barbie Doll and Tawny Horse Promotion, P.O. Box 1229, Aurora N.Y. 14052. (Different stores may have different addresses). Must be postmarked by 1/15/12.
Best Christmas Holiday Gifts for Dads
Best Christmas Gifts for Babies, Infant Gift Recommended Reading List
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Best Books to Read to Infants and Babies- Great Baby Shower and Christmas Gifts Read to an infant? Yes, you read that title correctly. Want to raise children to love books? Don't wait. Here is a list of books I highly recommend to read to an infant or baby. Oh and, ahem, these make excellent Christmas and baby shower gifts, too. Holiday Shopping Guide: Make Impulse Buying Work for You
Holiday Shopping Guide: Making Impulse Buying Sales Work in the Shopper's Favor This Christmas finds me shopping far more frugally than ever before. I haven't finished my holiday shopping because I am trying something new this year. I am making impulse buying theory work in my favor, by practicing what I call 'mindful' shopping.penny pincher holiday shopping guide
Christmas Shopping Tips: Make Impulse-Buying Theory work for You This Holiday Season
Holiday Shopping Guide: Making Impulse Buying Sales Work in the Shopper's Favor This Christmas finds me shopping far more frugally than ever before. I haven't finished my holiday shopping because I am trying something new this year. I am making impulse buying theory work in my favor, by practicing what I call 'mindful' shopping. Cheap Stocking Stuffers for Tween and Teen Girls
Best Inexpensive Stocking Stuffers for Tween Girls I always chuckle when I read some advertisements for inexpensive stocking stuffers. I don't consider $10-$25 for one stocking stuffer 'inexpensive'. Here are useful, fun, creative girls' stocking stuffers regularly priced under $3 each. Holiday Shopping Guide to Save Big Money on Christmas Gifts
Holiday Shopping Guide: Money Saving Advice from a Recovering Shopaholic One of the biggest financial mistakes is to overspend during the holidays. We overspend for many reasons, but the result equals money trouble. I've always been a frugalista, but the holidays are my nemesis. Here are some tips to avoid overspending during the holidays, from a recovering shopaholic. Best Christmas Gifts for Tween Girls
Best Boy Books for Holiday Giving
Distinctive, Inexpensive Items to Add to a Holiday Gift Basket
Inexpensive, Distinctive Items to Include in a Holiday Gift Basket
Inexpensive, Distinctive Items to Include in a Holiday Gift BasketHoliday gift baskets make an ideal present. Gift baskets can be personalized based on hobby or interest. Gift baskets can be made inexpensively. Here are ten items to include in a gift basket. read more
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