My mother in law would assign a wrapping paper each, but she wouldn’t label the presents. You had to find the square of paper in the toe of your stocking.
Just wanted to share a blessed i received. One Christmas , as self employed, I was working so many hours serving my clients that literally it was two days before Christmas and i was at the mall just starting my Christmas shopping. I came out of a store with gifts . And a person asked me if their church could help me with wrapping my gifts. I was so stressed that I was just starting my shopping, I had not even thought about wrapping. I was so moved, i actually started crying. Their church had a wrapping station set up in the mall. No charge, but you could donate. I will always remember how much that touched me. I stood there and watched the youth wrapping up my presents and just cried. If I had a thousand bucks to give them, I would have. Of course I made a generous donation. But i couldn't bless them as much as they they blessed me. ❤
I do that, too. Whoever comes for Christmas gets an ornament with their name and year. They don’t keep them, but put them on my tree. Then in the next years, it’s fun to hunt for all your ornaments and remember the stories about them that we remember. My son has 30 on there, and he’s still excited to look for all of them every year.
Thanks for all the hacks. That snow making machine was used by my niece and nephew. Their father ,my brother, was very sick with liver disease. One of his last wishes was to see snow. They turned on the machine outside his bedroom window. He loved it. A rare sight in southern Virginia
I use green pipe cleaners instead of hooks, and I cut them into fours. They're secure, and they bring the ornaments up so there's more room between them, and they don't swing around.
Once my children grew & left the house, I quickly downsized to a smaller Christmas tree. I must have waited a bit TOO long to find a decorative tree skirt because I couldn’t find ANYTHING🤦🏻♀️ I happened to be in the sewing/crafts aisle and VOILA’......I saw my solution 🤩 Christmas patterned FABRIC!! Just bought a yard that caught my eye (which was very inexpensive) & draped it around the base, being careful to tuck over the raw edges the best I could - SO pretty!🎄! 👍
@@sarahmj3226 I don’t have a green thumb by any stretch so live plants are best left to others who won’t forget about them. But for some reason anytime I see fanfic with huge, deep red poinsettias they give my Christmas spirit the greatest boost. Back in the 90’s when making your own Christmas sweatshirt was a thing I found some fabric with a huge spray which started over the left shoulder and curved down to the right hip. The sweatshirt turned out beautifully and I made my MIL one like it. She really loved that sweatshirt. I haven’t found anything like that ever again. They were made just for crafts like that and they were great!
We use milk crates to lift trees. Just rapid tie them down, cover with a skirt, blanket or fabric. I think we've been doing this for 30 years. Such an easy way to gain more space and make your tree taller.
I have always placed our Christmas trees (we do several every year) on top of tables! I promise you, it's an absolute game-changer!! (We always buy REAL trees, and they're quite large - over 12' tall. The tables I use are usually end tables, around 18" high.) Makes it SO much easier to place gifts under - And it just LOOKS prettier! Cover the table with a beautiful faux fur/cable knit/sherpa/fuzzy blanket and let it puddle onto the floor... GORGEOUS! ❤💚
One of my favorite hacks is to use laundry baskets to hold presents my kids have just opened. We used to get these massive gift bags, and they would break right away! Laundry baskets have been such a great time saver when it comes to clean up.
I’m crying for this sweet mom!!! Thank you Secret Santa, Nate and the EIN Team!! Blessings to you all!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thank you for demonstrating compassion and concern for the well being of others!
The squirt bottle for decorating cookies is good for little hands, but also for some of us whose older hands are a little stiff. Buying cookie dough is also great for making the fun part (decorating) a lot easier.
A few years ago I saw that Walgreens still sells The Clapper and I had a light bulb moment. I use this for both of my trees and just have to clap twice whenever I want them on or off! 🎄
@@hollymiranda0826actually there MANY other youtubers who fold gifts without tape etc.. just search them out in any search engine. Its not like she made this up lol.
Using different wrapping paper for different family members is a good idea, BUT, BUT, BUT...there's something really elegant and stunning about seeing tons of presents under the tree all in the same paper that matches the rest of your holiday decor.
You could do coordinated colors/patterns in your theme? For instance: Candy cane red and white stripes; a green buffalo plaid; a plain red; a plain green; even a plain white. Sometimes you can buy sets of paper that all coordinate with one another even. So each person could still have an individual color, but all together they still coordinate and go with your theme. :)
I wanted the kids to do the kraft paper for grandparents. I had the kids put their hands in paper plates with paint and do hand prints all over. Then we did the feet! It was so much fun for the kids, they still remember it and grandparents loved it!
I used 6 of the white mini trees to make a giant snowflake! Lights and decorations on it and a sparkling piece that can stay up after Christmas with my snowman decor ❤!
For the candles, wrap with tissue paper then wax paper, then heat with the hair dryer. That way your candles look and feel like wax. The method in the video works, they just dont look quite as nice as using wax paper.
So many great ideas! I've always done wrapping paper for each family member. It is great. Instead of ornament anchors, I always just bend the hook to be tight on the tree branch. I've been doing it for years and it works really well! I can't wait to try some of these ideas!
Two years ago was the year to clean up the decades of left over wrapping paper ends from everyone having a distinct one every year. It took much longer. Since the youngest was a teenager and I was exhausted, I put name tags on nothing. We have always taken turns, guessing what the gift is before opening. Most gifts were obvious as to whom the recipient should be (but I had veto rights) - it was a hit with much laughter. I, too, raise my tree up on something but I differ in that I use a table cloth as the tree skirt. It drapes beautifully and already works in the room.
I love the ornament anchor idea, but I will have to add them a few at a time. I put up three trees, the largest has almost 200 angels on it! My Christmas tree skirt is actually a circular shawl my MIL crocheted for me in the 60s to wear to a formal dance. It is huge! I never wore it as a shawl, but is an awesome Christmas tree skirt. It is extra special now since we lost her in 2021.
Our main tree (in the living room) is 12 feet tall so no need to raise it. But I always put up a smaller 6 foot tree in the kitchen with all of my angel ornaments. I use the plastic bin that stores the angel ornaments to raise the tree. Just cover with a Christmas plaid fabric and then lay the tree skirt over that. It’s one less box to stash back in the garage during the Christmas season.
It’s so funny. Those of us that are 60s have been doing a lot of these talks forever. But I’m always certain that there are new people especially the younger group that don’t know these hacks.
Give me all the lights!! Ornament anchors?!?!?!? I need them! Love the garland around your tv 😂 Love those wrapping clips! DT is great for bags and boxes. Love all of these!
I so loved all of your ideas as always. I’m now so excited for the holidays. Plus, I’m an RN working in a hospital. Our unit hardly ever had holiday cheer. I’d like to make a few of those stars made from the mini trees and used command hooks to fasten them to the walls.
We have a family tradition. My husband and myself go to our sons for Christmas week. We have Christmas on Christmas eve. Christmas day we bake!!! Pap is in charge of sugar cookies!!! My daughter in law buys the premade dough too. She also covers the table with a plastic table cloth from Dollar tree. When we are done, we fold it up & throw it away. Even though they are 11, 10 & 8, theres frosting every where & Nana might be alittle messy too 😊
Love these ideas. I haven't wrapped a gift for my 2 children since 2018, we use heavy duty canvas laundry bags that look like Santa's bag. Using their favorite color, I drew their names and decorated each. It's great because the size helps with limiting the amount of gifts and the only clean up, is the packaging the items came in. The only down side is as they get older (not wanting toys anymore), the bag looks flatter compared to the younger sibling because a lot of what they want are usually smaller more expensive items.
My mom would wrap all our gifts in the same paper with bows--but the bows were our birthstone colors- purple=Feb, blue=Sept...and that's how she knew which gift was for who. My sister and I ALWAYS assign paper to each child or family member. Its soo much fun to shop for wrapping paper
I’ve done the different wrapping paper per each person for over 30 years. It was easy for when my kids and now my grandkids were younger because they didn’t have to know how to read the tag. My grown kids use this idea also. A few years ago I ordered white paper bags to make the snowflakes and stars. You can order bags in practically every color. So you could make flowers and stars for birthday decorations. Any occasion really. Thank you so much for all the great ideas
Wow, you put too much effort on this video! You just don't have a ton of great ideas but you really spend time and effort to make them. Thanks. You are amazing!
I have 7 Thuga green giant trees in pots and will plant just before spring. They are about 4 ft tall so perfect size for outdoor decoration. I'm putting food for birds on them. Berries, suet, pine cones peanut butter and bird seed. ❤ battery operated lights
Our kids and grandkids are grown, so I now only glossy white guft wrap. I have a good assortment of bows and ribbon, and its always appropriate for any occasion. I buy it from a floral supply wholesaler 👍
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome tips. I was feeling a little 'humbuggie' about Christmas so far this year and your ideas have given me the inspiration to start planning.
Thanks for all the great idea's, not only from this video but all your other videos. I'm 65+ and you continue to teach this old dog new tricks and idea's. Keep your motivational spirit going.
My tip for kids decorating cookies and cupcakes... I literally cover the entire table with plastic wrap. Spritz it with a little water so the wrap sticks and then you just roll it up and toss it in the trash.
Years ago I worked at a pop up christmas store in the mall and I had to decorate 25 trees and one of the ways to really make your tree bright and beautiful is when you are putting on your lights start at the inside of the tree (where the pole or trunk is) and that way illuminates your tree from the inside out.
For taking stickers off any surface such as glass , your fridge , bedroom furniture , get a sharp knife , slice into the sticker make sure you dont scratch the item that the sticker is on , rub mayo on the sti ker and leave for about 30 min , just get a sponge and wipe off sometime kids stick them everywhere if all dose not come come off you can put more mayo or splash with veg oil . Let me know if anyone trys this , my Gran tought me this and she passed away I love to pass on her little tips .
Love these ideas! Need to watch it again to make sure I didn’t miss anything! Love the paper bag stars/snowflakes! I just discovered those last year! I really love them! Thanks for sharing all your very cute & practical ideas! ❤
I saw the cutest little ( DollarTree) 1 ft. faux tree decorated for Thanksgiving. Someone had glued individual ( cut from a garland or pic ?) colorful Fall leaves on the tips of several branches. Nestled on top of each leaf was a smallplastic, orange pumpkin. They finished off the tree top with 2 ( gold cord or ribbon) sandwiched on either side of the tree top between 2 leaves.
Thank you Kallie for sharing your beautiful family Christmas shots/videos with us. Your baby girl is gorgeous and you boys both look like their dad. That was a cute baby pic of him in the video. You must be a very proud mommy.👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
We have a tradition of doing the wrapper paper per kid and one more for parent/everybody gifts. They each get a small gift wrapped in their stocking so they know which paper is theirs, then we take turns wearing a Santa hat and whoever is wearing said hat distributes one present to each person. Slows down the whole process and makes them appreciate each gift a little more before ripping into the next one and just makes Christmas feel bigger over all lol (I just have to make sure there's at least an even number of presents spread among the kiddos and enough "everybody" presents so they have something to hand to mom and dad, they don't like it when they run out of stuff to give us too, cuties 💕). I also save nice boxes, tissue paper, and have nice homemade reusable tags and ribbon. That way every year the most I'm spending in wrapping might be replacing just the paper if I ran out the year before so more of my Christmas budget can go to their presents instead of throw aways. It works out pretty well for us.
Those were some GREAT HACKS!! Thank you for sharing. Also, I just had to rewatch your ADORABLE baby girl open the front door during one of your wreath hacks! Omg! She is an absolute Bubs!!❤️❤️❤️ thanks for sharing her too! lol!😍
Another great collection of hacks. You remind to reuse or repurpose and change up my Christmas collection of stuff. Getting excited to decorate this year .👏👏
I’ve been wrapping my grandkids Christmas gifts in one print for each child. They love finding each of their own gifts. Much easier and gifts don’t get mixed up. Happy holidays everyone 🎄
Great video! My favorite was peeling the stickers off new items. I spend so much time soaking those in rubbing alcohol or some sort of oil and scrubbing off with paper towels. Excited to try it!
I find that oil works, too. Vegetable, olive, whatever you have. Sometimes you need to use a scrubby, but it does come off without much trouble. The hairdryer trick would help to get it started for that, too. Smart idea!
Last year we had SO MUCH family here for the holidays. I bought inexpensive tissue paper and assigned each person a different color. I made a master list for myself, but otherwise labeled nothing. I managed to find 12 colors for 12 people. It was SO helpful!!! (Especially since I HATE, LOATHE, and DESPISE wrapping gifts.)
Kallie TFS all these ideas! I did the DT houses all brown. And trimmed in white puffy paint to look like a gingerbread house. Also totally agree the DT wrapping paper is not my favorite. I always like to use the Hallmark paper. I definitely would love to make that white star with the tree! ❤
Kallie!! when the thumbnail is outlined in red it looks like the red play through bar and I think I have already watched because of it 😩 its subtle but I know I have missed some for this reason... I hope this is a helpful comment, love your content!
Thank you Awesome Ideals will have to try but with a twist. Use different paper and Etc and do different Holidays. That is how I have some favorite fun time 😊😊😊
You are an absolute GENIUS. I'm going to share your video with as many people as I can. I'm part of the frugal community: "ButFirst,Coffee has a few Christmas hacks that are neat, sweet, and petite. Many in the frugal community say that they save the paper that comes with packaging throughout the year and use that as Christmas wrapping paper. ButFirst,Coffee tapes it to the floor and lets her toddler scribble all over it, and then she uses that for wrapping gifts. She says the grandparents love it." (I'm omitting your link here but it'll be shared.
I used two of the mini trees to make a swag for my mailbox. Secure the two ends together, fan them out, add some floral picks and a bow, and you have a mailbox swag.
Wow, just 2 minutes in and already learning a lot! Love the thought of using ornament hooks for garland! Why didn't I think or that? I recommend putting a nail/screw/ hook somewhere to anchor the tree to a wall and/or ceiling. Especially if you raise the tree. Cats, kids, tipsy folks, wobbly folks, and trying to put more water in reservoir can all lead to disaster. Heavy duty fishing line is nearly invisible for this. Wish I kept my old MOP and GLO.
Thank you for so many great ideas! I love watching your videos. Gives me an excuse to relax a bit and just enjoy them! Love the cookie decorating….memories in the making❤️💚
That was FABULOUS 👌!!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!! You're truly creative. I was mesmerised. Great to see you again here. I'll be looking out for you. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 🧑🎄🤶🎄❤️
My book club holiday party fell to me several years ago. For adult table decor I had a couple rolls of narrow metallic gold and silver ribbon and just cut them to different lengths. Some I curled with scissors some just the natural softer curls from being wound up. Silver candles and dollar tree small gold tree ornament balls. All went on a white tablecloth. Frankly, it made the food and wine, which provided the color, look great.
Thank you for the suggestion of one print of wrapping paper for each family member! I have heard it before but forget too and then I play the game of whose gift is this! The orange garland sounds wonderful but the price of oranges is high! I have always thought it was called a tree skirt and not a collar!
Absolutely Loved these ideas and can't wait to get working on some. Thank you, really appreciate your content and all that you do. Blessings to you and your family!
I used to do reindeer names for my kids. But I love the wrapping paper hack! Also, all your other hacks! Definitely, doing the ribbon . Thank you for so many new tips!!
Each year we pick a "color theme" from a bowl filled with various options and our decor and everything else revolves around that, last year was Mad Plaid, and this year it is Traditions, with green, red, charcoal and the metallic is silver. Each person will get assigned a paper that has some of the various colors and even "the house" gets gifts and it's own wrap, because who really wants a new remote for Xmas, only the house! LOL... I love the idea of people learning which paper is theirs by sticking a piece in the toe of their stocking... That's a fab idea!
My mother in law would assign a wrapping paper each, but she wouldn’t label the presents. You had to find the square of paper in the toe of your stocking.
That’s really cool! I love that idea.
That is so cute!
How fun
I do the same, but since I have only 2 kids and 1 of each gender, it's easy for them to figure out which is for my daughter vs. son.
I've done this too, I love it
Just wanted to share a blessed i received. One Christmas , as self employed, I was working so many hours serving my clients that literally it was two days before Christmas and i was at the mall just starting my Christmas shopping. I came out of a store with gifts . And a person asked me if their church could help me with wrapping my gifts. I was so stressed that I was just starting my shopping, I had not even thought about wrapping. I was so moved, i actually started crying. Their church had a wrapping station set up in the mall. No charge, but you could donate. I will always remember how much that touched me. I stood there and watched the youth wrapping up my presents and just cried. If I had a thousand bucks to give them, I would have. Of course I made a generous donation. But i couldn't bless them as much as they they blessed me. ❤
What a blessing! Thank you for sharing this ❣️
Wow!!! What a great video!!!! Girl! You are amazing!
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Very nice
My grandmother would always add an ornament to each of our gifts as adults. I would love it she would add to my tree every year. Really miss her❤❤❤
I do that, too. Whoever comes for Christmas gets an ornament with their name and year. They don’t keep them, but put them on my tree. Then in the next years, it’s fun to hunt for all your ornaments and remember the stories about them that we remember. My son has 30 on there, and he’s still excited to look for all of them every year.
I’ve been putting my tree on a platform for years and my husband thought it was weird. Glad to see I’m not the only one who does that.😊
same here lol
Thanks for all the hacks. That snow making machine was used by my niece and nephew. Their father ,my brother, was very sick with liver disease. One of his last wishes was to see snow. They turned on the machine outside his bedroom window. He loved it. A rare sight in southern Virginia
That’s so sweet. I’m glad they found a way to grant his wish. :)
I use green pipe cleaners instead of hooks, and I cut them into fours. They're secure, and they bring the ornaments up so there's more room between them, and they don't swing around.
Once my children grew & left the house, I quickly downsized to a smaller Christmas tree. I must have waited a bit TOO long to find a decorative tree skirt because I couldn’t find ANYTHING🤦🏻♀️ I happened to be in the sewing/crafts aisle and VOILA’......I saw my solution 🤩 Christmas patterned FABRIC!! Just bought a yard that caught my eye (which was very inexpensive) & draped it around the base, being careful to tuck over the raw edges the best I could - SO pretty!🎄! 👍
I found a beautiful poinsettia table cloth and use that as a tree skirt. Makes me very happy!😁
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I don’t have a green thumb by any stretch so live plants are best left to others who won’t forget about them. But for some reason anytime I see fanfic with huge, deep red poinsettias they give my Christmas spirit the greatest boost. Back in the 90’s when making your own Christmas sweatshirt was a thing I found some fabric with a huge spray which started over the left shoulder and curved down to the right hip. The sweatshirt turned out beautifully and I made my MIL one like it. She really loved that sweatshirt. I haven’t found anything like that ever again. They were made just for crafts like that and they were great!
We use milk crates to lift trees. Just rapid tie them down, cover with a skirt, blanket or fabric. I think we've been doing this for 30 years. Such an easy way to gain more space and make your tree taller.
I have always placed our Christmas trees (we do several every year) on top of tables!
I promise you, it's an absolute game-changer!! (We always buy REAL trees, and they're quite large - over 12' tall. The tables I use are usually end tables, around 18" high.) Makes it SO much easier to place gifts under - And it just LOOKS prettier! Cover the table with a beautiful faux fur/cable knit/sherpa/fuzzy blanket and let it puddle onto the floor... GORGEOUS! ❤💚
One of my favorite hacks is to use laundry baskets to hold presents my kids have just opened. We used to get these massive gift bags, and they would break right away! Laundry baskets have been such a great time saver when it comes to clean up.
That Dollar Tree wreath you used for the centerpiece would look great with some of your dried orange slices on it for a pop of color!!
I had three kids and I gave each a bow color, green for my son, red for my middle daughter, and gold for my youngest.
Love this
Same. I still do it to this day for them plus the grand kids so I don’t have to label gifts 😂 call me lazy but it works!
My mom did the same.
Right on! That's a great idea actually.
That's actually pretty clever! I wish I had thought of doing that 😂
I use a white gel or paint pen and draw simple trees on the brown paper - it looks amazing!
This is so fantastic. I love everyone of these ideas. Recently retired, living on a fixed income so this brings me so much joy! Thank you!
THANK YOU,
I love how you packed so much in without wasting a ton of time... awesome editing.
Another great hack is to save your comics in the newspaper if you still receive the newspaper, and you can use the comics as wrapping paper
Great idea! My mother in law did that with birthday gifts
I’m crying for this sweet mom!!! Thank you Secret Santa, Nate and the EIN Team!! Blessings to you all!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thank you for demonstrating compassion and concern for the well being of others!
I’ve been putting Star Anise in my simmer pot instead of cloves. Such a lovely scent and it lasts.
The squirt bottle for decorating cookies is good for little hands, but also for some of us whose older hands are a little stiff. Buying cookie dough is also great for making the fun part (decorating) a lot easier.
Ooow! I have some bed risers I can use, instead of the paint cans... Great idea to raise the tree! Thanks You for sharing Sister! Merry Christmas 🤟🇨🇦
A few years ago I saw that Walgreens still sells The Clapper and I had a light bulb moment. I use this for both of my trees and just have to clap twice whenever I want them on or off! 🎄
I am really impressed by your wrapping skills. I tried to follow your instructions, but it still looks like a T-Rex wrapped my presents 🤦🏻♀️
LOL… I watched her do that literally like 10 times & knew to not even try!!! 😂
T-Rex. That's funny.
@@hollymiranda0826actually there MANY other youtubers who fold gifts without tape etc.. just search them out in any search engine. Its not like she made this up lol.
I used bed risers to raise my tree. 😂
Great idea!
Using different wrapping paper for different family members is a good idea, BUT, BUT, BUT...there's something really elegant and stunning about seeing tons of presents under the tree all in the same paper that matches the rest of your holiday decor.
You could do coordinated colors/patterns in your theme? For instance: Candy cane red and white stripes; a green buffalo plaid; a plain red; a plain green; even a plain white. Sometimes you can buy sets of paper that all coordinate with one another even. So each person could still have an individual color, but all together they still coordinate and go with your theme. :)
@@DawnDavidsongood ideas.
Everyone is assigned a paper but it all matches the tree. It looks amazing!!!
I wanted the kids to do the kraft paper for grandparents. I had the kids put their hands in paper plates with paint and do hand prints all over. Then we did the feet! It was so much fun for the kids, they still remember it and grandparents loved it!
I used 6 of the white mini trees to make a giant snowflake! Lights and decorations on it and a sparkling piece that can stay up after Christmas with my snowman decor ❤!
I really liked that idea of the white trees too!
I think next year I'll use that instead of a door wreath!
For the candles, wrap with tissue paper then wax paper, then heat with the hair dryer. That way your candles look and feel like wax. The method in the video works, they just dont look quite as nice as using wax paper.
That is a really good tip. Thank you.
So many great ideas! I've always done wrapping paper for each family member. It is great.
Instead of ornament anchors, I always just bend the hook to be tight on the tree branch. I've been doing it for years and it works really well!
I can't wait to try some of these ideas!
Two years ago was the year to clean up the decades of left over wrapping paper ends from everyone having a distinct one every year. It took much longer. Since the youngest was a teenager and I was exhausted, I put name tags on nothing. We have always taken turns, guessing what the gift is before opening. Most gifts were obvious as to whom the recipient should be (but I had veto rights) - it was a hit with much laughter. I, too, raise my tree up on something but I differ in that I use a table cloth as the tree skirt. It drapes beautifully and already works in the room.
I love the ornament anchor idea, but I will have to add them a few at a time. I put up three trees, the largest has almost 200 angels on it! My Christmas tree skirt is actually a circular shawl my MIL crocheted for me in the 60s to wear to a formal dance. It is huge! I never wore it as a shawl, but is an awesome Christmas tree skirt. It is extra special now since we lost her in 2021.
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very cool that you use it each Christmas in her honor :)
Our main tree (in the living room) is 12 feet tall so no need to raise it. But I always put up a smaller 6 foot tree in the kitchen with all of my angel ornaments. I use the plastic bin that stores the angel ornaments to raise the tree. Just cover with a Christmas plaid fabric and then lay the tree skirt over that. It’s one less box to stash back in the garage during the Christmas season.
It’s so funny. Those of us that are 60s have been doing a lot of these talks forever. But I’m always certain that there are new people especially the younger group that don’t know these hacks.
Give me all the lights!! Ornament anchors?!?!?!? I need them! Love the garland around your tv 😂 Love those wrapping clips! DT is great for bags and boxes. Love all of these!
I so loved all of your ideas as always. I’m now so excited for the holidays. Plus, I’m an RN working in a hospital. Our unit hardly ever had holiday cheer. I’d like to make a few of those stars made from the mini trees and used command hooks to fasten them to the walls.
We have a family tradition. My husband and myself go to our sons for Christmas week. We have Christmas on Christmas eve. Christmas day we bake!!! Pap is in charge of sugar cookies!!! My daughter in law buys the premade dough too. She also covers the table with a plastic table cloth from Dollar tree. When we are done, we fold it up & throw it away. Even though they are 11, 10 & 8, theres frosting every where & Nana might be alittle messy too 😊
Love these ideas. I haven't wrapped a gift for my 2 children since 2018, we use heavy duty canvas laundry bags that look like Santa's bag. Using their favorite color, I drew their names and decorated each. It's great because the size helps with limiting the amount of gifts and the only clean up, is the packaging the items came in. The only down side is as they get older (not wanting toys anymore), the bag looks flatter compared to the younger sibling because a lot of what they want are usually smaller more expensive items.
You'll have to sew up the edges of the bags so they become smaller. If they notice, just tell them the washer or dryer must have shrunk them!
Cloth placemats glued together stuffed with pillows, stuffing or even plastic grocery bags for outdoor pillows
Ive done that! Yes great hack!
I have some cute Xmas fleece queen sized fitted sheets that fit over the couch as a cover perfectly. Just an idea to put out there.
Thank you very much for this suggestion; it's a fabulous idea! xo
My mom would wrap all our gifts in the same paper with bows--but the bows were our birthstone colors- purple=Feb, blue=Sept...and that's how she knew which gift was for who. My sister and I ALWAYS assign paper to each child or family member. Its soo much fun to shop for wrapping paper
Those are cute ideas.
Thank you for sharing what if two or more people . Like the color big Smile and just wondering?😊
I love this idea
Great ideas
For a tree skirt, i use a round Christmas table cloth. Just make a cut to the center to allow you to wrap around the tree.
The brown paper stars are the best, I will definitely try my hand at making them. Thank you for all the terrific ideas, you always teach me something.
I’m waiting for the glue to dry as I sit here lol I’m excited to see how it turns out
I think you can buy white lunch sacks to make white stars
Kallie where were you when I was a new mom ❤😂I would have loved these ideas 40 years ago !!!! I love your Christmas videos ! Glenda
I’ve done the different wrapping paper per each person for over 30 years. It was easy for when my kids and now my grandkids were younger because they didn’t have to know how to read the tag. My grown kids use this idea also.
A few years ago I ordered white paper bags to make the snowflakes and stars. You can order bags in practically every color. So you could make flowers and stars for birthday decorations. Any occasion really.
Thank you so much for all the great ideas
Made a paper star while watching! I LOVE it. Brought out my inner kindergarten self 🤣 Amazing tips and ideas!!
Wow, you put too much effort on this video! You just don't have a ton of great ideas but you really spend time and effort to make them. Thanks. You are amazing!
I have 7 Thuga green giant trees in pots and will plant just before spring. They are about 4 ft tall so perfect size for outdoor decoration. I'm putting food for birds on them. Berries, suet, pine cones peanut butter and bird seed. ❤ battery operated lights
Our kids and grandkids are grown, so I now only glossy white guft wrap. I have a good assortment of bows and ribbon, and its always appropriate for any occasion. I buy it from a floral supply wholesaler 👍
You always give us so many ideas for things that we might not think about, thanks so much.
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome tips. I was feeling a little 'humbuggie' about Christmas so far this year and your ideas have given me the inspiration to start planning.
In addition to oranges and lemons, try grapefruits they make the prettiest pink ornaments
Thanks for all the great idea's, not only from this video but all your other videos. I'm 65+ and you continue to teach this old dog new tricks and idea's. Keep your motivational spirit going.
My tip for kids decorating cookies and cupcakes... I literally cover the entire table with plastic wrap. Spritz it with a little water so the wrap sticks and then you just roll it up and toss it in the trash.
Years ago I worked at a pop up christmas store in the mall and I had to decorate 25 trees and one of the ways to really make your tree bright and beautiful is when you are putting on your lights start at the inside of the tree (where the pole or trunk is) and that way illuminates your tree from the inside out.
For taking stickers off any surface such as glass , your fridge , bedroom furniture , get a sharp knife , slice into the sticker make sure you dont scratch the item that the sticker is on , rub mayo on the sti ker and leave for about 30 min , just get a sponge and wipe off sometime kids stick them everywhere if all dose not come come off you can put more mayo or splash with veg oil . Let me know if anyone trys this , my Gran tought me this and she passed away I love to pass on her little tips .
Love these ideas! Need to watch it again to make sure I didn’t miss anything! Love the paper bag stars/snowflakes! I just discovered those last year! I really love them! Thanks for sharing all your very cute & practical ideas! ❤
I saw the cutest little ( DollarTree) 1 ft. faux tree decorated for Thanksgiving. Someone had glued individual ( cut from a garland or pic ?) colorful Fall leaves on the tips of several branches. Nestled on top of each leaf was a smallplastic, orange pumpkin. They finished off the tree top with 2 ( gold cord or ribbon) sandwiched on either side of the tree top between 2 leaves.
Thank you Kallie for sharing your beautiful family Christmas shots/videos with us. Your baby girl is gorgeous and you boys both look like their dad. That was a cute baby pic of him in the video. You must be a very proud mommy.👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I do the same thing with my faux Christmas tree! Balance it on a milk cart under coordinating fabric.
We have a tradition of doing the wrapper paper per kid and one more for parent/everybody gifts. They each get a small gift wrapped in their stocking so they know which paper is theirs, then we take turns wearing a Santa hat and whoever is wearing said hat distributes one present to each person. Slows down the whole process and makes them appreciate each gift a little more before ripping into the next one and just makes Christmas feel bigger over all lol (I just have to make sure there's at least an even number of presents spread among the kiddos and enough "everybody" presents so they have something to hand to mom and dad, they don't like it when they run out of stuff to give us too, cuties 💕). I also save nice boxes, tissue paper, and have nice homemade reusable tags and ribbon. That way every year the most I'm spending in wrapping might be replacing just the paper if I ran out the year before so more of my Christmas budget can go to their presents instead of throw aways. It works out pretty well for us.
Love the white star, may have to do that for my front door. Thank you!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Love the rope on mini Christmas tree base and how you made your own plaid Christmas blanket!
I get so sick of creators using the term "hacks" when they are no such thing. But these, these are real hacks and I learned so much. Thank you!
This was an awesome video I took so many notes and made a list of the things I want to pick up at the dollar store! 🙏🏽 thank you 🎄HAPPY HOLIDAYS🎅
Love the glitter mop n glo bulbs❤
Those were some GREAT HACKS!! Thank you for sharing. Also, I just had to rewatch your ADORABLE baby girl open the front door during one of your wreath hacks! Omg! She is an absolute Bubs!!❤️❤️❤️ thanks for sharing her too! lol!😍
Some really great tips here and fun to watch. Your babies are adorable and really make Christmas complete.❤❤
Another great collection of hacks. You remind to reuse or repurpose and change up my Christmas collection of stuff. Getting excited to decorate this year .👏👏
I’ve been wrapping my grandkids Christmas gifts in one print for each child. They love finding each of their own gifts. Much easier and gifts don’t get mixed up. Happy holidays everyone 🎄
I like the wreath inside a wreath table decor. Thanks!
Great video! My favorite was peeling the stickers off new items. I spend so much time soaking those in rubbing alcohol or some sort of oil and scrubbing off with paper towels. Excited to try it!
I find that oil works, too. Vegetable, olive, whatever you have. Sometimes you need to use a scrubby, but it does come off without much trouble. The hairdryer trick would help to get it started for that, too. Smart idea!
Yes, coconut oil works better than vegetable oil but all oils work. Goo Gone stinks too bad but it also works
@@angelad.redcay738 I agree; Goo Gone is sickening and its odor gives me a headache.
That Glitter ornament trick is pretty amazing! Who would have thought of that? Was that your idea wow that's just wild!
Last year we had SO MUCH family here for the holidays. I bought inexpensive tissue paper and assigned each person a different color. I made a master list for myself, but otherwise labeled nothing. I managed to find 12 colors for 12 people. It was SO helpful!!! (Especially since I HATE, LOATHE, and DESPISE wrapping gifts.)
Thank you so much for all your clever ideas! They will definitely help everyone with holiday decorating! ❤
Kallie TFS all these ideas! I did the DT houses all brown. And trimmed in white puffy paint to look like a gingerbread house. Also totally agree the DT wrapping paper is not my favorite. I always like to use the Hallmark paper. I definitely would love to make that white star with the tree! ❤
LOVE the gingerbread house idea!! Thanks!
Great idea!
Dollar Tree paper is great for stocking stuffer or very small kids because it rips so easy!!!
Kallie!! when the thumbnail is outlined in red it looks like the red play through bar and I think I have already watched because of it 😩 its subtle but I know I have missed some for this reason... I hope this is a helpful comment, love your content!
Thank you Awesome Ideals will have to try but with a twist. Use different paper and Etc and do different Holidays. That is how I have some favorite fun time 😊😊😊
The blowdryer to get labels off!!! THANK YOU so much!
Can you burn the candles that are wrapped with tissue paper?
You are an absolute GENIUS. I'm going to share your video with as many people as I can. I'm part of the frugal community: "ButFirst,Coffee has a few Christmas hacks that are neat, sweet, and petite. Many in the frugal community say that they save the paper that comes with packaging throughout the year and use that as Christmas wrapping paper. ButFirst,Coffee tapes it to the floor and lets her toddler scribble all over it, and then she uses that for wrapping gifts. She says the grandparents love it." (I'm omitting your link here but it'll be shared.
I used two of the mini trees to make a swag for my mailbox. Secure the two ends together, fan them out, add some floral picks and a bow, and you have a mailbox swag.
Great makeover. It looks cozy. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Love 💕 and Hugs. ❤❤❤
Wow, just 2 minutes in and already learning a lot! Love the thought of using ornament hooks for garland! Why didn't I think or that? I recommend putting a nail/screw/ hook somewhere to anchor the tree to a wall and/or ceiling. Especially if you raise the tree. Cats, kids, tipsy folks, wobbly folks, and trying to put more water in reservoir can all lead to disaster. Heavy duty fishing line is nearly invisible for this. Wish I kept my old MOP and GLO.
Thank you for so many great ideas! I love watching your videos. Gives me an excuse to relax a bit and just enjoy them! Love the cookie decorating….memories in the making❤️💚
That was FABULOUS 👌!!!!!!
Thank you sooo much!!!!
You're truly creative. I was mesmerised.
Great to see you again here. I'll be looking out for you.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 🧑🎄🤶🎄❤️
You can have all of our snow when we get it!! Here in ND we get lots!!
Your ideas are so awesome. Thank you for sharing❤
My book club holiday party fell to me several years ago. For adult table decor I had a couple rolls of narrow metallic gold and silver ribbon and just cut them to different lengths. Some I curled with scissors some just the natural softer curls from being wound up. Silver candles and dollar tree small gold tree ornament balls. All went on a white tablecloth. Frankly, it made the food and wine, which provided the color, look great.
Love the double stacked wreath idea!!
Beautiful and creative hack ideas! Thank you!
Thank you for the suggestion of one print of wrapping paper for each family member! I have heard it before but forget too and then I play the game of whose gift is this! The orange garland sounds wonderful but the price of oranges is high! I have always thought it was called a tree skirt and not a collar!
Tree skirt when it's fabric and floppy and Tree collar when it is stiff and upright.
Thank you for taking time to create this video!! 😃 I absolutely ❤ your ideas!! Great job!!
Cute !!! Really enjoy your videos ... seeing your beautiful babies and Olive , so natural and so real ! Bravo ❤ hugs from Quebec Canada
*** btw i can mail you a truck load of snow for your children 😂😂😂 it's coming here ❄️❄️❄️
Really enjoyed your tips. Lots if smiles💚
Absolutely Loved these ideas and can't wait to get working on some. Thank you, really appreciate your content and all that you do. Blessings to you and your family!
I used to do reindeer names for my kids. But I love the wrapping paper hack! Also, all your other hacks! Definitely, doing the ribbon . Thank you for so many new tips!!
Those paper stars are incredible!
Really enjoyed your video. Lots of great ideas. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Each year we pick a "color theme" from a bowl filled with various options and our decor and everything else revolves around that, last year was Mad Plaid, and this year it is Traditions, with green, red, charcoal and the metallic is silver. Each person will get assigned a paper that has some of the various colors and even "the house" gets gifts and it's own wrap, because who really wants a new remote for Xmas, only the house! LOL... I love the idea of people learning which paper is theirs by sticking a piece in the toe of their stocking... That's a fab idea!
Loved these tips thank you! Particularly loved the basket for round the tree and putting the icing in the condiments bottles👏
Love the bag stars! Going to make these with my grandsons.