stevierocks

give a calendar and tape money to each month or in a jar of slime ..

every year i plan to start early.. and every year... it does not happen. lol not sure why and this year i had plenty of opportunity as i was home after a surgery and major burn for several months. but when i tried to start i ended up wrapping for a birthday instead.

count me in in SS and card exchange .sending info tonight.

did he like it? i think i got the same one.. and it didnt get here yet so i will give it for birthday instead. but i dont want to disappoint if it is not good . i would rather return it and get a decent one.

omg i LOVE everything you sent me. it was all perfect , that my son thought the package was from one of my very close friends! it was as if you knew me so well.. and i know i gave you little to work from.. i hope you like yours. and btw it is all wrapped inside.. so you can open it and place them under a tree or someplace till christmas. even if you dont want to open them

i copy and paste the picture that i emailed to myself.

we do this with wrapping paper instead of saran wrap. and its still hard, and not see through.

the michaels link didnt work .. but i love this idea. now i just have to figure out how to make slime. and i can put it in mason jars. or old candle jars. LOVE the idea. thank you!!!

i also fold the money into an object they want to use it on... like one wanted his truck sprayed with undercoating .. so i made this...

i always go with the traditional stuff and add more. a fruit a granola bar and candy.(they eat as they open, a pair of socks, a deodorant, gum, a new ornament each. a gadget ,then.... we have a LOT(over 125 under there) of presents under the tree to put out. so when placing them i grab some small wrapped presents (making sure they are not the BIG $ item and slide in 3 in each. and often an item that seems fitting to everyone and we have six of them.... like head phones, car charger, brain teasers, car air fresheners, ect

what is that? sounds like an interesting way to give a gift card. what do you do ? how do you wrap the slime? thinking of stealing idea

thank you bo peep for organizing this and running it again this year!

trying to get it all organized. i have ar least 3 BIG presents to buy. and still waiting for 3 other BIG ones to arrive . plus i am sure ill get several little ones along the way.. what i do have is about 1/2 wrapped. i am SO far behind . never have i been this far behind my own schedule. i didnt even decorate inside my house yet.. (glad i had the outside done early. i might skip inside decorations other then a tree this year.i am taking off next week from the gym....other then Thursday. things happened and at least that fell into place to give me the time to catch up. i envy all of you who are done. i wrapped 18 presents this am . and will wrap some more soon. then throwing a birthday for my future dil , and going to dinner .. so after today i might feel a little more caught up.)

thank you.. i didn't last long.opened them already,and THANK YOU to my secret santa ! i absolutely love them.

that was due to post offices being closed in honor off the passing president. got my secret santa today! perfect timing it arrived on my birthday! but i am going to try to wait till christmas .

had to come answer this ! i am SO thankful for family , my friends and health.and LIFE... even more so then normal ,since i had a huge scare. the day after thanksgiving my dad was rushed to the hospital. going to see him was so scary as he was not himself,SO DELUSIONAL . We were SO scared. but i ended up calling the nurses station in the middle of the night and they informed me it could be the fact hes in the hospital making him confused with the medication too. he is now back home , but sick, he is getting better . SO thankful!!!

ytmomof4 , what happened to your son? i have not caught up with posts so i might find a post about it now while looking.. no matter what ,i'm praying for him!

when does this start? i see the deal listed and was checking out with my red card, but it wasn't giving me the deal

pc richards had a better deal same item

how did you get them down to less?/ what am missing? Subtotal (3 items) $299.97 Discounts-$43.50 REDcard 5% DiscountBuy 3 save $30 Delivery Free Estimated tax$16.29 Delivery & tax for 06062 Total$272.76

so who got the gift card? i wish i didnt mistakenly miss a month .. or i would have kept coming back. then since i missed a month by 1 day , i was foolish and stopped checking in. and almost missed the secret santa this year too!

for girls you can do flowers and stick the gift cards into the arrangement ..melt wak over them and make them into a candle. slice open a soda can .. an slide the card in

we start with a pickle present .. (this was actually started from an idea from someone on THIS site ) there is a hidden pickle on the tree .. they all go to find it .. whoever finds it first , opens the pickle gift.(this will always be a gift anyone can use , or something with one for everyone in the box) then that person goes to the tree and picks a gift for someone else. , that person opens their gift , then goes to the tree to get a gift for anyone but themselves ot the person who picked them.. and it continues like that for HOURS.. everyone enjoys it and gets to see what everyone else got.

wow i never even heard of wish.. but about to go check it out now..and i do a LOT of online shopping so i am shocked i never came across it.

i have this same difficulty every year since the boys grew up and dont want toys. lol. usually something for their cars is a nice add on. i have done calendars with a certificate or gift card in each month.