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Free and Cheap Gift Ideas
Christmas doesn't need to be an overly expensive time. Sometimes just the thought is enough. To help out and try to give you a few ideas we have compiled a list of stocking fillers that don't cost the earth - some are even free!
For Children: http://www.northpole.com/ – has printable puzzles, mazes and even enables you to create and print personalised stories for your little “Elf”. You can get the child to write to Santa online and Santa will write back, you can even track Santa’s progress around the world on Christmas Eve. http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/free_printables.htm - has printable stationery, dressable dolls, room decorations, animal masks, bookmarks, language posters (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch and Russian), games, puzzles, mazes and word searches or crosswords Naughty or Nice certificates. One year we issued a " naughty list" warning certificate early in December to promote better behaviour on the run up to Christmas, it actually worked even though our son was 11 years old
For Grown-Ups:
Weekend away pack made of travel soap, sample bottles of shampoo and shower gel, toothpaste and toothbrush. Home-madecookies, cakes or jams Chore coupons – promising the bearer one night’s free babysitting, one back rub, one car wash, a week off the washing up, etc Recipe card gift set – pass on all your best home cooked meals to your loved ones in a decorative folder Family photo album – buy a cheap album and fill it with photos or momentos from that person’s childhood Buy packs of their favourite sweets, put them in special jars or packets and create personalised or joke labels. For example last year we gave toffee bonbons as snowman poop, chocolate limes as troll bogies and mint bullseyes as missing marbles.
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