Thrifty Decorating Ideas for the HolidaysWritten by Terri Seymour
Thrifty Decorating Ideas for Holidays © Terri Seymour of www.seymourproducts.com Decorating for holidays is a fun and exciting way to bring holiday cheer to your home. But, it can also be very expensive. Over years, I have used many of ideas below to save money and spruce up my holiday decor. Halloween Use tin cans for eerie jack-o-lantern luminaries. Before you throw those cans away, make more use of them. Poke holes in them in a scary face design and then use tealights or votive candles for lighting. These are great for indoors or out. Paint empty coffee cans to look like witches, goblins, ghosts, pumpkins. They look adorable and are great for holding, snacks, treats, etc. Use pieces of plywood to make scary headstones for your yard! Thanksgiving Make a beautiful Thanksgiving centerpiece, with a pretty birch log. Drill holes in log for autumn leaves/branches, birds. Be creative and add what you like. This is a great idea for a Christmas one as well. You could also use a pumpkin for a pretty Thanksgiving or Halloween centerpiece. Fill baskets with leaves, mini pumpkins, guords, acorns, and other natural autumn items. Paint some tin cans to look like pilgrims, pumpkins, or scarecrows.
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The question I have for you drives right to heart of matter. It could alter that tired, haggard feeling you have at end of a day or weekend. It could alter life of your children for better and life of their future partner. More than that, it could even alter your community, because once I’ve told you question and you’ve seen how powerful it is you’ll want to share it with your brother, sister, neighbours and friends. Before I ask you my question I want to set scene. You’re a loving parent striving to give your children best life you can offer. You race around household picking up their dirty underwear from under bed, collecting towels from bathroom floor and spend whatever time it takes to knock up their favourite food while one of your children spends fifty percent of their free time surfing net and talking in chat rooms and other catches up on thirty hours of TV a week. Meantime, you… Well, sometimes you might feel tired. Sometimes deflated. Sometimes unappreciated and perhaps just a tad grumpy! If you relate to any of what I describe then my question will change it all for you and I recommend you read on. For women, age-old family values still play a big part. Values passed on – mother-to-mother – combine with natural instincts to love, support and nurture. And despite doing a day job you probably still arrive home and strive to take care of your family in way your mother took care of you. But are your mother’s old values working for you and, just as importantly, are they working for your children? So, here is question… What kind of children do you want to raise? Do we want to raise well-rounded, confident, considerate children that show gratitude and appreciation for all that is given to them and just a fraction of what you do for them? Do you want strong, loving children, who understand and accept responsibility for their ‘self’ and ones they love. If you do then I have a second question for you… Will current behaviour in your household make that happen? Will chatting to strangers on internet during a large part of her free time help your daughter become a confident, considerate woman? Will Homer Simpson help your son to respect his ‘self’ and ones he loves? And will you picking up their sweaty, crumpled, underwear help them to become responsible for their own lives?
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