Christmas Cards can be recylced as gift tags. Cut out the pictures and write the to and from on the back.

If you freeze your candles before putting them in their holders, you'll cut down on wax drippings.

Store small ornaments in empty egg containers

Throw some dried herbs or seasonings such as cinnamon in your fireplace to scent your home.

Paper clips make great ornament hooks.

You can make your own gourmet coffee by adding a few drops of almond, mint, chocolate, cinnamon or other tasty flavoring to the coffee grounds.

When decorating, take down some of your pictures and wrap them like a gift, then hang them back up.

Add some dish soap to acrylic craft paint and use a star sponge and sponge some stars on your windows. Use a non-abrasive dish scrubbee and windex to clean it off at the end of the holiday season. The dish soap makes it an easier cleanup.

Keep Wrap From Unrolling
To keep wrapping paper from unrolling and getting crumpled, save empty toilet paper rolls. Cut it open with scissors and slide this around the tube of wrapping paper. The paper won't unroll anymore and you just slide the cardboard toilet paper cuff off when it's time to use some wrapping paper. You could also use an empty paper towel roll too!

Smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, escape ladders and flashlights make great gifts. Shows you care enough to be thinking of their safety.

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