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How to Make Your Own Wrapping Paper
Wrapping Christmas gifts doesnt have to be expensive. Brown craft paper and white butcher paper are cost-effective alternatives to sometimes high-priced wrapping paper. [more…]
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How to Make a Pop-Up Christmas Tree Card
Making your own Christmas cards is a great way to save money. This simple pop-up card is a great craft project for older children. Using a single sheet of card and no glue at all, you can make simple but a great looking Christmas card. [more…]
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How to Make a Flat, Tailored Bow
Make flat, tailored bows to give your holiday decorations a clean, modern look. You can make flat bows with ribbon thats hard to knot or gather. Use them on packages, floral arrangements, and napkins. [more…]
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Creating Paper Bag Luminarias for Holiday Decorating
Traditionally, luminarias are made of votive candles set in paper bags weighted with sand and placed in rows along walkways, driveways, and even rooftops. You can use them in new ways, however, to light [more…]
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Budget-Smart Halloween Costumes and Treats
Halloween doesn't have to scare the daylights out of your budget. Have a happy Halloween with these cost-saving tips for costumes and treats. [more…]
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Ten Budget Halloween Decorating Ideas
Halloween decorations can look fabulous, even if you're on a budget. Create a stunning Halloween display with these money-saving decorating tips, whether you're using only a few intricately carved jack-o’-lanterns [more…]
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How to Carve a Pumpkin for Halloween
Carving a pumpkin is a fun and inexpensive Halloween tradition. For your jack-o’-lantern, carve a Halloween image that's funny, scary, or pretty into pumpkins that are green, white, pale orange, or even [more…]
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Halloween Budget Tip: Carve Pumpkins with Household Tools
Pumpkin-carving kits are convenient, but if you don't have one, then use household tools. Carving Halloween pumpkins with tools you have at home is budget-smart. It's just as fun, and you'll get the same [more…]
