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The average American family spends quite a bit on basic holiday purchases such as gifts, decorations, trees and cards a year.
While some families may be able to spend that much or more without batting an eye, for families who are pinching pennies, finding extra money in the budget for holiday expenses can be next to impossible.
There’s no need to spend that much if you don’t want to!
Instead of running out to the stores this year to grab all of the season’s latest and greatest toys and electronics in order to keep up with the Jones’s, shop smart this holiday season and save big.
Here are three ways to do just that.
Have you ever purchased tons of great toys for your children, only to have them play with one or two and ignore the rest?
This used to happen in our family year after year. Why not save money by buying fewer toys, but toys that your children will actually play with?
This year, take some time to think about the sorts of toys your children truly love and play with all of the time. Do they love dress up clothes, puzzles or books? Toys that allow them to use their imagination or toys with buttons?
Find a few toys you know they will love, and skip all of the season’s hot items or clearance items that are just going to sit on the shelf.
Even if you find a killer low price on a hot toy, it’s not a good deal if your children aren’t going to play with it.
Do your children already have a room full of toys?
If so, they don’t really need several more. Instead of buying things because you’re “supposed to,” why not buy things your kids actually need or take the things you were going to buy anyways and call them Christmas presents?
For example, is your toddler ready to move from the crib to a big girl bed? Instead of buying the bedding just because, buy it as a Christmas present.
Do your kids need new shirts and pajamas? Find some they will love and give them for Christmas. Sports equipment, fees for extracurricular activities, musical instruments and new shoes all make great gifts.
Toothbrushes, hair brushes, hair bows, chapstick and fun socks all make great stocking stuffers.
50 Stocking Stuffers for Under $3
There are SO many ways to save money this holiday season, you’d be foolish not to try some of them, even if you can’t do them all.
The truth is, you only have to spend as much on Christmas as you want to. It’s your money and you control how you spend it.
There’s no reason to overspend to keep up with the Jones’s or because you feel you have to. Shop smart this holiday season and make this year your best one yet!
How do you keep your holiday spending under control? Share your best tips below!
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Wait! Don’t toss your empty formula cans! Turn them into something brilliant. Learn what to do with empty formula cans!
Do you have empty formula cans laying around? Before you toss those empty baby formula cans, consider turning them into one of the great ideas below! I’m a huge fan of reusing items that are in perfectly good shape.
At my house, I am always saving empty containers, from coffee cans, laundry pod containers, cleaning containers, and more! There are a variety of ways we use empty containers in my home.
31 Uses for Coffee Cans, Baby Formula Cans, or Other Containers
We use most for storage purposes, but some times we save them as a fun way for my kids to get crafty and turn them into anything they can think of!
If you are looking for ways to use empty formula cans after you use them, instead of tossing them, try these creative ways to use your empty cans.
We know that baby formula can be pricey, so why not get your money’s worth and save money on storage by turning your formula cans into something brilliant and amazing!
Mommyish has a list of 10 Uses for Empty Formula Cans including storing puzzle pieces, using as a desk organizer, bathroom essentials holder, teacher appreciation gifts, plants, toy car garage, and more.
One Crazy House has 15 Brilliant Things to Do With Old Formula Canisters including creating a DIY piggy bank (perfect for all of my frugal fans here), storage containers decorated with twine, to use as a headband organizer, for storing Legos, creating a mail center, making a drum set, using as food storage containers, plus more!
Stay at Home Mum shares 15 Nifty Uses for Upcycling Baby Formula Tins, including a craft using the tins for kids stationary storage, a plastic bag dispenser, kitchen utensil storage, Christmas table decoration and more!
Oklahoma City Mom has a list of 9 Awesome Ways to Repurpose Formula Cans that include making holiday decorations, baby shower gifts, cookie tins, dog treat containers, planters and more!
Are you tired of seeing cords laying around your home? A List Maker’s Life shares how she uses formula cans to keep cord cutter under control. I know this is something that I could use in my home!
Permanently Primary shares how she spray paints formula cans and makes craft organizers! I have so many different craft supplies and know this organizational method would be a huge help for me to keep my supplies organized.
It’s a Mother Thing shares how she uses an empty formula can to create a Summer Fun Activities Idea Jar.
Knit Knot Nat spray paints formula cans to create beautiful succulent pots!
The Purple Martin shares a tutorial for how she creates a vase using brown paper and sticks to display in her home!
Savings Lifestyle gives us a tutorial for how to make a toy storage container with an empty formula can.
Adventures with Scout shows us how you can turn these containers into houses for toy characters like Strawberry Shortcake!
A Thrifty Bunny made an adorable bunny for Easter using an empty can.
Halloween is coming up! Turn your formula cans into Halloween luminaries! Merriment Design tells you how to create these adorable crafts.
Learn how to make a Snowman Gift Treat Box this winter season from Organized 31!
Thrifty Fun shares how to make a snow man using two empty formula cans.
Do you reuse your empty formula cans? Share your tips and ideas below!
