Thrifty and frugal Christmas gift ideas – let's get creative!
I know Christmas can feel like an overwhelmingly expensive season but you have to face it with a thrifty and determined attitude full on. If you put off thinking about it you’ll probably spend a fortune on last minute gifts bought in a rush and panic. Christmas is coming fast so you need to get your kids started on creating their masterpieces now. A child’s drawing makes any relatives gift a special one (think tags, cards, laminated as placemats or rolled with a ribbon.) For the kids I’ve stocked up on gorgeous artists colouring pencils (£1 a pack from Asda) and for all my relatives cotton personalised canvas bags (£3.20 inc postage) from www.vistaprint.co.uk. Gingerbread men, filled photo albums, a special photo enlarged and cheaply framed, a canvas filled with your children’s hand or footprints, homemade cupcakes, a handprint mug (DIY) or perhaps a pot of tulip bulbs. Christmas gifts can be cheap AND Fabulous. Be creative and start your planning!
See www.babybudgeting.co.uk for lots of thrifty tips for parents and a great new book on baby budgeting Becky x
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Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Sunday, 31 May 2009
Wonderful weekends on a budget
Wonderful weekends on a budget
We have just had a very lovely weekend doing some fab things whislt spending very little and I just wanted to share some of it with you.
On saturday i got up early (as always with my 5 oclock riser!) and headed out to buy some milk and pre packed croissants (still a real weekend treat but almost 2/3 chepaer than 4 just baked ones) and avoidugn buying a £1.50 paper and deciding I could catch yp with the radio or tv instead.
We spent the morining at my friends house. I got my free weigh in and advice from my slim and motivating friend Keeley (saves me £20 a month on a slimming club) whilst my kids ate their rice krispies and had a wondefully enegetic bounce on our friends bouncy castle.
Later we took a pack up and went to the park where we had a big play and a game of football (my workout for the day and no gym fees!)
Spent the afternnon relaxing in the sun whilst the kids played in the paddling pool. make your own pixzza for tea (cheap as chips) and lots of books, bath and cuddles to end the day.
Sunday we went for a morning of reading, dressing up and a little Winnie the Pooh dvd before heading off for a birthday party. The presents we bought for the 2 kids totalled £5 in all and were fab (Asda pom poms and a paint your own dinosaur kit) home made cards looked great too. My kids got a great run around and a lovely lunch too. Spent the afternoon with friends over to play and helping J plant out our own veg. Kids shattererd so drawing, cuddles and stories ended a lovely day.
We had s truly lovely weekend. Sunshine, exercise, parties, parks, picnics and playing.
Weekend cost about £6.50! (Excluding regular food) car only used once to go to party! Both kids v happy
We have just had a very lovely weekend doing some fab things whislt spending very little and I just wanted to share some of it with you.
On saturday i got up early (as always with my 5 oclock riser!) and headed out to buy some milk and pre packed croissants (still a real weekend treat but almost 2/3 chepaer than 4 just baked ones) and avoidugn buying a £1.50 paper and deciding I could catch yp with the radio or tv instead.
We spent the morining at my friends house. I got my free weigh in and advice from my slim and motivating friend Keeley (saves me £20 a month on a slimming club) whilst my kids ate their rice krispies and had a wondefully enegetic bounce on our friends bouncy castle.
Later we took a pack up and went to the park where we had a big play and a game of football (my workout for the day and no gym fees!)
Spent the afternnon relaxing in the sun whilst the kids played in the paddling pool. make your own pixzza for tea (cheap as chips) and lots of books, bath and cuddles to end the day.
Sunday we went for a morning of reading, dressing up and a little Winnie the Pooh dvd before heading off for a birthday party. The presents we bought for the 2 kids totalled £5 in all and were fab (Asda pom poms and a paint your own dinosaur kit) home made cards looked great too. My kids got a great run around and a lovely lunch too. Spent the afternoon with friends over to play and helping J plant out our own veg. Kids shattererd so drawing, cuddles and stories ended a lovely day.
We had s truly lovely weekend. Sunshine, exercise, parties, parks, picnics and playing.
Weekend cost about £6.50! (Excluding regular food) car only used once to go to party! Both kids v happy
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