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Great Frugal Gifts for Teachers

Honor your favorite teachers with thoughtful gifts without going broke. Don’t forget the bus driver, the nurse and anyone else who has taken care of your child this year. The gifts don’t have to be large, and they don’t have to be expensive. Just put a little creativity and thought into each one, and you’ll create a lasting impression, as well as brighten up the day for a special person in your child’s life. Group Present This year, organize a group present. You can do this formally, through the home room moms for a class, or informally, such as asking … Continue reading →

Save Big on Your Gifts This Year

With even tighter budgets, families may have to make some tough decisions when it comes to gifts for Christmas and the winter holidays. Make it a little easier for you family when you save big dollars on your gift giving. Get Social Skills When you go on Facebook and like your favorite company or store, or follow it on Twitter, you put yourself in a position to get special coupons, secret sale days, advance notices and more. You can also take advantage of other social networking apps, such as Wrapp, that work with Facebook. Basically, you gather your friends and … Continue reading →

Free Stuff for Teachers

Are you a teacher or do you know one? If so, you might want to keep reading. Now is the time for teachers (including homeschooling teachers in many cases) to take advantage of all of the freebies and discounts that are available. Many name brand stores are featuring teacher appreciation days this week. During a teacher appreciation day, teachers can come into a store and be showered with all sorts of free gifts, coupons and discounts on school supplies. Teacher appreciation days are a great way to help balance the budget, when you are a teacher and are faced with … Continue reading →

Unused Gifts

Have you ever given a person a gift and never seen them wear it or never seen them use it? I know I have. And it hurts to think it is not appreciated. When buying a gift for those I care about I put a lot of thought and effort into buying something I think the person would like. To never see it worn or used or displayed makes me feel that time and effort of choosing it was wasted. I imagine the Lord must feel like that too when He gives us gifts and they are not used. The … Continue reading →

The Best Gifts of All

Wow! Time has never seemed to go by so quickly! Our school year is half over and we are being a new calendar year! Merry Christmas from the education section of Families.com! During our Christmas parties last week, many gifts were given. Some students gave gifts to other students. Some teachers gave gifts to their students. Some students gave gifts to their teachers. Teachers were opening cards, Christmas tree ornaments, candles, baked goodies, boxes of candies, and gift cards in classrooms all across the nation. However, when I think of school and education and Christmas gift giving, I cannot think … Continue reading →

Creating Gifts as a Scrapbooker (1)

Being such a scrapbook addict, I tend to think about scrapbooking 24/7. Yes, when I’m eating, sleeping and even driving around. It’s also made me think of ways that allow me to use my scrapbooking skills for other things. For instance, when my children have a school project, we often use my scrapbook supplies to create wonderful masterpieces they can be proud of! I also enjoy making Christmas cards using my scrapbook supplies. Using your scrapbook supplies for other projects, and even gifts can be a great way to use up paper scraps, leftover embellishments, and a fun way to … Continue reading →

Are You Uncomfortable Being Frugal?

Whenever a lot of money is being spent, I tend to be uncomfortable, even if I am not the one doing the spending. Just hearing about lavish consumption kind of creeps me out. I keep wondering about the mortgage on the friend of a friend’s McMansion or how I could apply the cost of someone’s lavish vacation to building up our retirement fund. I don’t know how to react when friends give their toddlers spa days or I am invited to jewelry parties, or when the suggested contribution to the teacher’s or pastor’s gift is three figures (nothing against our … Continue reading →

Day After Christmas Sales

Whew, what a holiday. I hope that you had a wonderful time. If you aren’t exhausted or still in the middle of the Christmas festivities, you might want to venture out today to shop the after Christmas sales. You can pick up plenty of bargains. I’ve already got my little list going of the stores I want to visit and what I need from each of them. For example, I really want to get some coats and snow suits for my two oldest children. Of course there will be plenty of Christmas items on clearance, such as wrapping paper, ribbon … Continue reading →

An Inexpensive Christmas Gift

For me, trying to make exactly the same recipe again is like trying to re-crack an egg. It’s just impossible, because I can’t resist looking for ways to improve and alter it. That’s not a bad thing. Coming up to Christmas, handmade gifts are always appreciated. They’re good for the elderly and people in nursing homes. They’re good for the hard to buy person or those you simply don’t know well enough to know their taste but want to give a small gift too, people like a child’s teacher or a person who has helped you or done work for … Continue reading →

It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Thrift Store Bargains 2

As you wonder what to do with all of your leftovers, take advantage of other people’s leftovers, too…leftover stuff, that is. This is the best time of year to get wonderful merchandise for pennies on the dollar at your local thrift store. If you missed the first part of this topic posted earlier today, click here. You should also find a lot of toys, as parents, overwhelmed with all of the gifts, either donate brand new items in an effort to bring the gift giving under control, or donated older toys to make way for the new ones. I found … Continue reading →