At Tree Hugging Family, I posted DIY Homemade Natural & Eco Chic Soap which is an excellent holiday gift project, one you can even do with the kiddos. It’s soap that you can easily make with lots of recycled products – but it looks totally professional. See:

[image via Bramble Berry]

All Holiday Cafe has the most adorable (and easy) holiday gift idea – Quick Christmas Gift – Tea Cup Pincushion – if you know a sewer, this is a great present you can make on the cheap.

 [image via All Holiday Cafe]

Eco-holiday gifts are usually expensive, but not if you know where to look. Inhabitots has two posts that can help you out; Why Buy? RentAtoy for Christmas and Seven Eco-Friendly Stocking Stuffers! that won’t break the bank. Adorable items like the earth friendly Wooden Mushroom Kaleidoscope:

[image via Willow Tree Toys]

Also in green holiday thrift, there’s: Save Money with Great Discount Codes for Green Gifts

Declutter It has some excellent DIY Holiday Wrap Station Ideas. Most are inexpensive plans that go together fast.

[image via Martha Stewart]

If all you have is inexpensive dental floss and stickers you can still make extra cute holiday decorations – I kid you not.

Lastly, have you visited She Knows Coupons yet? Lots of cool deals for the holidays and beyond.

Post from: Thrifty Mommy

Having so many blogs, I’m always posting stuff at one blog, while thinking, “Hey, the folks at so and so blog might like this too.” In this case I recently posted two items at Tree Hugging Family that may interest thrifty folks….

First up you can save money with, Homemade Eco Gifts You Can Make for the Holidays! Many cool goodies you can make on the cheap. Plus, these actually are great gifts, not silly stuff no one would want.

Also I’ve got the 2008 “10 Worst Toys” List – a great list for parents, because a dangerous toy is neither safe (obviously) or a good bargain.

Enjoy!

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Post from: Thrifty Mommy