Christmas without money

Someone mentioned not being able to afford Christmas for kids this

year and I think now would be a good time to share things to MAKE for

Christmas for little or no money. A friend of mine said her favorite

Christmas was a doll and doll clothes she got one year for Christmas.

She was at a family dinner and they were talking about their favorite

Christmas and when my friend mentioned the doll her mother broke down

crying. Her mother told her that that year they’d had no money for

Christmas – so her father had made her a doll house and had made

furniture out of whatever they could find. They had gotten a doll at

Goodwill and her mom had sewn the clothes. Her mother said she had

cried thinking what a terrible Christmas but it was my friends

favorite one – maybe she could feel the love in the handmade items!

Here are my ideas – and now is a good time to start making things.

Also, be sure to start watching for things from freecycle and

watching garage sales and thrift shops.

1. Doll house – (the little white plastic things in Pizza boxes make

good tables)

2. Doll clothes – (could even be for a doll she already has)

3. Bean bags – (for small child make one shaped like a frog – for

older kids make squares and then take a piece of cardboard – cut

holes in it and paint(or use crayons) around each hole in a different

color)

4. Take a piece of cardboard and draw roads, gas station, etc and

get a car that fits the roads you draw or again – use a car he

already has.

5. School supplies will soon be really cheap at WalMart/Target and

such places – grab a few extras and put away for Christmas.

6. Get some recycling ideas and make a kit and give to older kids.

You can make a bird house out of a milk carton or maybe you have some

scrap wood and hubby can cut out a wood bird house – you can add some

paint, screws, etc and make your own kit. KarenMO