Clever and FrugalHoliday Party GatheringsTo Help Each Other… ~*~ ~*~ ~*~Tree Trimming PartyEach guests is asked to bring potluck and the hostess provides the dessert and tree.Prior to the guests arriving, put the tree on a stand and add the lights.Place all the decorations out for guests.When dinner is finished, turn up the Christmas Musicand encourage [...]
Holiday Get-in-the-MoodDecorating Tips… ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~Fill your car with Christmas scent ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Call a childhood friend whom you haven't talked to in a long while ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Take out an old photo album and look through it with your family ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~Wear red to bed ~*~ [...]
GIFT TAG "Sayings"to go with Clever andFrugal Gift Ideas… "Here's a 'Squeeze' and a 'Kiss' with Christmas Cheer,to remind you you are loved all through the year"Gift: Bottle of "squeeze-it" juice and aHershey kiss on the tag ~~*~~*~~ "Have a "COOL YULE"Gift: ice cream and topping. ~~*~~*~~ "Nibble, nibble like a mouse.We hope you'll nibble at this house! Merry [...]
Clever and FrugalIdeas to Use Happy Meal Toys… ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ One…Attach them to wreath using ribbon. Add a pair of kid scissors tied to the wreath. Let children cut off the toy of their choice to keep, one for each of the 12 Days of Christmas.~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Two…Use gold embroidery thread [...]
People and Animal Pattern: Use cookie cutters, cut figures out of coloring books, etc. Trace pattern onto a sturdy piece of cardboard or poster board and voila, you have patterns! Place your pattern on Gingerbread dough with a sharp pointy paring knife, bake, cool, decorate. To stand the figure around the gingerbread house, place it [...]