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March 12, 2007 at 2:09 pm #238753
BiggerPiggyBank
Re: Budget101.com : Budget101 Holiday Gift Idea Challenge
My budget is about $1/person or $5/family. I like to make personalized ornaments. Sometimes I buy the wooden or plaster ones and paint them or sometimes I buy the clear balls that you can put stuff in.
Invest in one good metallic paint pen ($4) and then figure out how many people you will have to buy for (usually 40 in our case) so I get 4-dozen of the ornaments ($2/dozen on sale) and then something to put inside or cover the outside with tissue paper or fabric scraps ($5 at most) So for less than $20 bucks I can usually get everyone a little something. Of course we send a family newsletter with photos inserted into them. (You can email them to most people free) mail or deliver them to grandparents and others who don’t have email.
plus if at the last moment you forget someone it isn’t hard to put together a special gift for them. just make sure that each year is a little different so that everyone knows you are going to give an ornament but each year it is a surprise what it is going to be. we have a theme each christmas, this year its peace so everything is blue and white.
for neighbors and good friends and close family i sometime throw in a dozen cookies or brownies to make it one gift for the whole family.so they get one family ornament, the newsletter from our family, and a plate of deserts. (easy way to get around getting gifts for your neighbors and coworkers kids) -jessica
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