Planning for the Holidays Contest!

[Christy]

Frugal Holiday Planning Tips

Wow! It’s hard to believe the holidays right around the corner. How do we make time in our busy schedules to entertain in our homes, give gifts to friends and family, and spend quality time doing things we love? The answer is right here! No one knows how to make the most of a tight budget like our own Mommysavers members. Share your secrets and win!

Below you will find three categories where you can share your tips. Be sure to include:

1) Budget
2) Prep time and total time needed
3) Materials and ingredients used
4) Photo (optional)

You must be a registered Mommysavers member to enter. Enter as many tips as you want in any of the three categories. A winner from each category will be selected at random and will win the prizes mentioned below. Winners will be announced Dec 1st!

Here are our 3 categories:


1. Baked Goodies and Holiday Treats:

What are your most loved frugal holiday treats? They could be anything from gift basket goodies given as gifts to entertaining appetizers to a frugal dinner idea.

Share your favorite recipes here to help brighten someone else's holiday buffet and a chance to win these fantastic cookbooks and gift giving ideas.



Product info: Dual-use bouquets save money because these attractive centerpieces can also be eaten. Perfect for gift-giving or party decor. Books have color photos showing step-by-step instructions for creating the edible bouquets to fit any theme or season (including holidays). Our cookie recipes are no-fail!

Enter your recipes here: Click This Link

[Christy]

2. Creative and Home Made Gift Ideas

Times are tight for everyone this holiday season. What are some creative and frugal gift ideas you have that will save you money and time? What are some simple homemade crafts ideas you have given, or even a gift you received and loved but thought to yourself, "Why didn't I think of that?!"

Share your ideas here and see if you can win these prizes:



Product info: Perfect frugal and practical gifts---the gift-giver layers ingredients in a 1-quart container and then adds the colored gift tag to the jar so recipient can prepare the food using the contents of the jar plus a few other ingredients as directed on the tag.

Enter your tips here: Click This Link

[Christy]

3. Free or Frugal Holiday Family Fun

Entertaining groups, be it family or friends, can be the most rewarding part of the holidays but it can also be the budget-buster. Rather than opting to do without, what are some free or low-cost activities offered in your area over the holiday season? How do you keep friends and family entertained on a tight budget? What fun frugal family traditions does your family have?

Share your Family Fun idea and you may win this:

The Ultimate in Organizers for the On the Go Mom


More info on this product: (from mommytrakd.com)
Here's one for multi-tasking Moms on the go: Mom Essentials is an incredibly handy, completely portable organizer, packed with everything a busy mom needs to take her show on the road: weekly calendar pages to keep track of her own schedule and her other family members' schedules, directory pages to locate everyone from the babysitter to the carpet cleaner, and every kind of to- do-list you can imagine! Has sticky notes to remind her which way is up and loads of note pages to keep track of those fleeting thoughts. Designed by a mom for moms, with loads of input from still more moms, this mini-organizer literally and figuratively helps hold it all together. If only it could fold the laundry too.


Retail Price: $14.95


And this

A Reteez Tote



More info on this product:: (from Reteez.com)
In today’s age of disposable clothing, the T-Shirt reigns supreme. They are cheap, cheerful, and “fast food fashion”. The problem arises when you retire that once loved item, it has a good chance of rotting away in landfill sites, seeping chemicals and dyes. ReTeez is on a mission to recycle these cast-offs into “new” and useful items. From one-of-a-kind handbags to unique pet products, ReTeez makes old T-shirts new again!


Retail Price: $8 - $185

Enter your tips here: Click On This Link


Winners will be randomly selected November 30th

Good luck!

[Samantharae]

[2bearsmom]

WOW, GREAT prizes!!! I can't wait to see all the entries (and get some tips!)

[Christy]

Thank you to all who participated in this contest. We received some great ideas and tips on how to plan a frugal holiday party!



This contest has ended!