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Hot Walmart Deal! Cricut EasyPress $99 (Was $148.21)

Calling All Crafters! Look what is on the Hot Deals list! The Cricut EasyPress is $99 (Was $148.21) at Walmart plus Free Two Day Shipping. Design and create your very own t-shirts and bring your sense of style and ideas to life. It even works with foil, glitter and metallic projects. What will you make?

Heat press iron for professional results in 60 seconds or less
Combines the speed of a heat press with the convenience of iron
Eliminates guesswork to get fast and foolproof results that stick even after repeated washing
Reference chart included to determine time and temperature settings
Apply gentle pressure until the beep sounds
Adjustable heat up to 180C
Safety features include an insulated resting base and auto-shutoff

You can also find the same deal at Amazon and Michael’s.

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Reversible Sequin Personalized Mermaid Christmas Stocking $22.27

Dec 3 by Joyce Leave a Comment

Simply Adorable! Do you have a Mermaid fan in the house? This Reversible Sequin Personalized Mermaid Christmas Stocking for $22.27 will make a wonderful gift. Personalize their name up to 9 characters and celebrate Christmas in style. You will receive bonus hugs for this one.

Measures 9″ x 23″
Made of sequins and polyester
Spot clean
Color: Pink and White

Free Shipping with purchase of $35 or more
Free in store pick up is also available

Looking for more Holiday Deals?

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Halloween DIY: Ghost Candles (Dollar Store Craft)

Oct 16 by Geri Leave a Comment

Ghost Candles

This is such an easy way to put up some Halloween Decor on a budget guys. What’s super fun is you can create whatever you want and if you mess up it’s as simple wipe away to start new.

Supplies

Supplies you will need:

Large Candles (we found these at Dollar Tree, $0.50-$1 each)
Black Sharpie ($1.00)
Cotton balls (optional for mistakes)
Rubbing Alcohol (optional for mistakes)

This is so easy to do I don’t think it even needs to be broken down into steps. We just googled “Ghost Faces” and checked out the images to see what we wanted to draw onto the candles. I would suggest starting with a very light mark at first so you can tell what you’re doing.

These are great to sit outside or in a window seal even. These are Dollar Tree candles so I am not sure how well they actually burn if you light them BUT you could always snip the wick and throw a small tea light candle in the top.

Ghosts

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Halloween Popsicle Stick Characters

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Last Minute Mother’s Day Gift Basket Idea

Apr 26 by Jamie Leave a Comment

Mother’s Day is coming up soon! If it is creeping up on you a little too quickly – no worries, I’ve got a foolproof last minute Mother’s Day gift basket idea for you. Walmart.com has some nice gift baskets – but when you make your own you can really personalize it.

Here are some tips to make it awesome, while keeping it frugal:

Get a cheap basket, or reuse an old one. Don’t waste $5 – $8 on a pretty basket when you probably have extras lying all over the house. If you can’t find one, check the Goodwill – that place is a basket gold mine and most will ring in at only 50¢ – $1.

Pretty it up. If your basket has a couple scuffs or is less than beautiful, do some camouflaging with a ribbon wound around the handle. Let the kids pick out some flowers at the Dollar Tree and hot glue them on the basket where the handle joins the base.

If you have a brown or black basket that has a few bare spots – filling them in with a brown or black sharpie does the trick!

Fill it with FAVORITES. Get the kids to help you think of all mom’s favorite things – like lotions, a gossip mag, nail polish, a Starbucks giftcard, a romantic dvd, etc…

DEFINITELY include gift certificates so she can treat herself a haircut, pedicure, massage, dinner out, etc… More than flowers or chocolates – moms really love getting time to pamper themselves a little (and the means to do it). The best place to get these is Groupon – where you usually save up to 50% on various local salons and restaurants.

Try the Gift Bag Trick. For this basket (that was mostly full of gift certificates) there wasn’t enough “stuff” to really fill it up. Easy fix! Cut a section out of a gift bag to serve as a colorful background for the items that are inside – while pushing them all up to the front to look like it’s “stuffed” nicely. Just grab your trusty hot glue gun again to secure the gift bag cutout to the back of the handle.

**I have this hot glue gun and it’s cheap and I LOVE it because it’s cordless.

A couple more last minute Mother’s Day gift ideas:

Pioneer Woman Cookware Set

Weslo Treadmill

5 Smart Ways to Re-Use Easter Eggs

Apr 14 by Paul I. Leave a Comment

Every year we buy the plastic eggs for the kids and every year we end up throwing them away for being broken or because we step on them like our beloved Legos. Now you can turn all those plastic eggs into something educational and fun for them to play with and give them something they can play with AFTER Easter. There are endless ways to re-use Easter eggs but here are just five easy and quick ways to turn them into something the kids can learn with without even realizing it. This total project will take you less than 20 minutes if that to finish!

You will need:

Plastic Easter eggs
Sharpie Markers
Scissors (to cut the eggs apart for games later)
Words Lists (Optional and can be found by googling)

Word Family Eggs:

Put a word family ending on one side of the egg and different letters that will make words with it. You may need to separate the eggs top and bottom and put them back together. You can then turn the egg to match with the word.

Compound Word Eggs:

Write one part of each compound word on each side of the egg. You can then have them learn these words and turn it into a game by separating the eggs pieces and making them match up.

Addition Eggs: (You can also do this for subtractions, division, and multiplication)

Write your equations on one side and the result on the other side. You can take your eggs apart to allow them to be turned easier. Turn it into a game by taking all the eggs apart and they can match them with the correct answer.

$Math Eggs$

Number Match Eggs:

Write the number word on one part of the egg and then the numeral on the other. Separate them to turn it into a game/puzzle to solve. You can also draw the tally marks and dots to add more challenges to this game.

Uppercase/Lowercase Eggs:

Write the uppercase letters on one side of the egg and the lowercase letter on the other side (This may also help with their writing and recognizing how to differentiate between when writing.)

Make These Candy Easter Baskets for Under $12

Apr 11 by Paul I. Leave a Comment

Who said Easter has to be plastic buckets all the time? Every Easter pre-made baskets are filled with items that about half of them the kids don’t like. So why not make them something that you KNOW they will enjoy. Make them an Easter Basket with their favorite candy for under $12.00 total if you’re starting off with no supplies.

Supplies you will need:

6 Theater Box Candy $1.00 each
1 Nerd Ropes Candy $1.00
1 Glue gun or double sided tape $2.76 for glue gun
1 Glue Stick 10ct $0.97
1 Easter Grass $1.00

You can also substitute 2 of the candy boxes with a piece of small cardboard.

Step 1: Pick four Theater Candy Boxes that are similar in size. Two of them will be sides and two will be ends. Notice above the white papers along edges and sides, this is where you will need to apply glue/tape to stick the boxes together. After taping/gluing just stick together as you see on the right side of the photo above.

Step 2: To make the bottom you will need two of the theater candy boxes. Lay them flat next to each other as shown. the sides that are touching are where you will need to glue/tape. On the right side of the photo above you can see where you will need to add tape/glue to stick the Step 1 portion onto the bottom.

Step 3: Add glue/tape to the very ends of the Nerd Rope Candy and attach it on the inside of the theater candy boxes. You can then bend and mold the Nerd Rope Candy to make it look more like a handle. Then just add your Easter Grass and other items. These do hold up with quite a few items in them especially if you use double sided tape and let it sit for awhile before using it.

What makes these Candy Easter Baskets even better is most of the supplies can be found at your local grocery store or big box store like Walmart. You can use these as baskets for the bigger kids too and even use them for other holidays besides Easter. Use them to surprise your spouse with a date night and put movie tickets etc inside.