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Creative Photo Card Ideas  I did cards this year with the kids pictures on it and they are both on their elbows looking at a tangle of white mini lights. The lights are glowing and it lights up their faces and inside I had printed "Celebrate the magic of the Season". -- Member 2bearsmom
 

Homemade Dough Ornaments  
Making a homemade ornament for each of your children every year is a great tradition. As they get older, they can help you with the project. Here is a simple recipe for dough ornaments that costs just pennies:

2 cups flour
1 cup of salt
2 tablespoons of Vegetable oil
1/3 - 1 cup water

Mix flour and salt together. Add oil. Add water until flour becomes dough like. Roll out dough and use cookie cutters to cut the dough. Add metal ornament holders or puncture dough with ice pick so that a ribbon can be strung after baking. Put on cookie sheet and bake for about an hour at 250 degrees. Remove from oven and let cool. When cool, paint (make sure you use gloss craft paint, or metallic, they yield the best results). Adorn with google eyes, sequins, beads, or whatever else is in your craft stash. Don’t forget to write your child’s name and the year on the back.
Source: http://uniroyal.com/assets/pdf/ebook_4.pdf

Homemade Gift Baskets Gift baskets are a great thrifty idea - and easy to assemble yourself.  You don't even have to use baskets as your receptacle.  Here are some more suggestions:
*A decorated flowerpot could hold gardening items
*A mixing bowl for baking items
*A laundry basket could hold a quilt, or a set of sheets for a young family or student
*A box decorated with a movie poster for popcorn and DVD
*A watering bowl full of treats for a pet
*A bucket could hold car wash items

-- Member Lady Godiva

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