Here are some more frugal gift ideas from some of my Frugal Readers.
The Grammarphile writes: "Whenever I read magazines, I pull out pages that have interesting backgrounds or pictures or words on them and save them in a folder. I make refrigerator magnets (using the business card-sized magnets), bookmarks, and notecards for people when I need a fun, handmade gift. I'll have to try using some of the magazine pages to make a cool decoupage box! Those little wooden and cardboard boxes are so inexpensive at Michael's and other craft stores."
Not only are the boxes inexpensive at craft stores, both Michael's and JoAnn Fabrics have weekly 40% off coupons good for one item. And, boxes from around the house work great, too. I've even done magazine holders in decoupage.
My sister writes that "this year for the little cousins, I am making Family Memory Games. It is just like the card game Memory only the cards are pictures of family members. Naturally, there are two copies of each picture in the deck. I order the wallet prints from Sam's Club so I automatically get two prints and no further cropping is needed. I'm using heavy double sided printed paper to mount the photos on and I may or may not laminate the cards. I haven't figured out how much each deck will cost, but even after getting some little tins from Michaels' to put the cards in, I don't imagine it will be that much and it will surely be less than what I would have spent otherwise."
I'm sensing a theme here...craft stores (Michael's) are great for the frugal gifter. I'm bummed that my boys are too old to qualify for "little cousin" status. Watch the prices on laminating, that can run up the cost really quickly!
Keep those frugal gift ideas coming! I'll post the best ones in future posts.
