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Here Comes Santa: Countdown to Christmas

by mindy on December 16, 2010

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Thursday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

If you are doing any of your shopping online you’ll want to start here to save some serious cash!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Toy Story 2 Special Edition 70% Off
Amazon.com Toys $10 and Under
50% off at Crocs.com + Cash Back
60% Off at Little Miss Matched
Crayola Glow Explosion Spin Magic
Kohl’s Jewelry
Hot Amazon Deals
Message from Santa
 Christmas Portraits Printed Immediately- 6 sheets only $18

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
American Baby Magazine
Get the full list of free magazines here
Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Adorable clothing by My Vintage Baby (review here)
Organic baby clothes from Zutano (review here)
Luna Lullaby Baby Blankets (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets
Carousel Designs Blankets (review here)
MiYim Organic Plush Toys (review here)


Children

Candlewick Press Books (review here)
Build-a Dream Playhouses (review here)
Spacechips (review here)
Babalu Puzzle Blocks (Review here)
Playskool Walk ‘n Ride
Little Miss Matched $20 Gifts
Amazon: 17 Days of Video Games
Candyland
*Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set (age 3.5)
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
* Automoblox
* Playmobil figures and sets
* FP Loving Family Grand Dollhouse (3 yo)
* Leapster Learning System

* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets * GeoTraxTransportation System
FeltTales (review here)
$250 Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)
Sqwishlanders (review here)
My Best Fish Friend- real live pet! (review here)
Disney’s Interactive Story Books (review here)
Sesame Street Wii Games for Preschoolers (review here)
Green Toys- awesome toys made from milk jugs!  (review here)
Personalized Holiday Dvd (review here)

Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Inkubook Photo Book (review here)
The Last Airbender Combo Pack (Last day to enter to win here)
Speck Holiday Phone Covers (review here)

Family Gifts
Porcelain Village Houses (review here)
Essence of Beauty (review here)
Jillian Michaels: Fitness Ultimatum 2011 (review here)
Amazon Gift Cards
Meijer Jewelry (review here)
Bath and Body Works Packaged Gifts – save $3 on shipping wyb $50 worth with code ship3
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
LoveSac Giant beanbag chair (review here)
Kidz Bop Dance Party for the Wii (review here)
Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes (review here)
By Nieves (review here)
Jon vanDyke Neckties (review here)
Snug as a Bug Family Pajama Sets (review here)
American Express Gift card (review here)
Teleidoscope (review here)
Loaded Questions Game (review here)
3 Christmases Book (review here)
Eco-Bags (review here)

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Give an “I Owe You.”
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color
  • Gifts for under $5

See all of our holiday posts here.

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“Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas

by holly on December 9, 2010

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Thursday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

If you are doing any of your shopping online you’ll want to start here to save some serious cash!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Hot Amazon Deals
Message from Santa
 Christmas Portraits Printed Immediately- 6 sheets only $18

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
American Baby Magazine
Get the full list of free magazines here
Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Adorable clothing by My Vintage Baby (review here)
Organic baby clothes from Zutano (review here)
Luna Lullaby Baby Blankets (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets
MiYim Organic Plush Toys (review here)


Children

Little Miss Matched $20 Gifts
Amazon: 17 Days of Video Games
Candyland
*Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set (age 3.5)
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
* Automoblox
* Playmobil figures and sets
* FP Loving Family Grand Dollhouse (3 yo)
* Leapster Learning System

* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets * GeoTraxTransportation System
FeltTales (review here)
$250 Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)
Sqwishlanders (review here)
My Best Fish Friend- real live pet! (review here)
Disney’s Interactive Story Books (review here)
Sesame Street Wii Games for Preschoolers (review here)
Green Toys- awesome toys made from milk jugs!  (review here)
Personalized Holiday Dvd (review here)

Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Inkubook Photo Book (review here)
The Last Airbender Combo Pack (Last day to enter to win here)
Speck Holiday Phone Covers (review here)

Family Gifts
Bath and Body Works Packaged Gifts – save $3 on shipping wyb $50 worth with code ship3
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
LoveSac Giant beanbag chair (review here)
Kidz Bop Dance Party for the Wii (review here)
Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes (review here)
By Nieves (review here)
Jon vanDyke Neckties (review here)
Snug as a Bug Family Pajama Sets (review here)
American Express Gift card (review here)
Teleidoscope (review here)
Loaded Questions Game (review here)
3 Christmases Book (review here)
Eco-Bags (review here)

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Give an “I Owe You.”
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color
  • Gifts for under $5

See all of our holiday posts here.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

“Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas

by mindy on December 2, 2010

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Thursday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

If you are doing any of your shopping online you’ll want to start here to save some serious cash!

This week’s Deals and Steals

New York & Company $30 off $75
Message from Santa
Free Gifts from CVS

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
American Baby Magazine
Get the full list of free magazines here
Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Adorable clothing by My Vintage Baby (review here)
Organic baby clothes from Zutano (review here)
Luna Lullaby Baby Blankets (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets


Children

Little Miss Matched $20 Gifts
Amazon: 17 Days of Video Games
Candyland
*Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set (age 3.5)
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
* Automoblox
* Playmobil figures and sets
* FP Loving Family Grand Dollhouse (3 yo)
* Leapster Learning System

* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets * GeoTraxTransportation System
FeltTales (review here)
$250 Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)
Sqwishlanders (review here)
My Best Fish Friend- real live pet! (review here)

Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Inkubook Photo Book (review here)

Family Gifts
Bath and Body Works Packaged Gifts – save $3 on shipping wyb $50 worth with code ship3
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
LoveSac Giant beanbag chair (review here)
Kidz Bop Dance Party for the Wii (review here)
Tortuga Caribbean Rum Cakes (review here)
By Nieves (review here)
Jon vanDyke Neckties (review here)
Snug as a Bug Family Pajama Sets (review here)
American Express Gift card (review here)

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Give an “I Owe You.”
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color

See all of our holiday posts here.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

“Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas

by holly on November 26, 2010

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Thursday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

If you are doing any of your shopping online you’ll want to start here to save some serious cash!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Find great gifts at any price: $5, $10, $20, only at Old Navy. Hurry while supplies last!

Black Friday Deals from A Full Cup

Starbucks Holiday offers

Snapfish 7 Cent Prints

25% off at Ruth’s Brownie Kitchen

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)
Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Flipbook (shipping charges do apply)
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
American Baby Magazine
Get the full list of free magazines here
Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.
Baby (2 & Under)
Adorable clothing by My Vintage Baby (review here)
Organic baby clothes from Zutano (review here)
Luna Lullaby Baby Blankets (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets

Children

Candyland
*Gears! Gears! Gears! Building Set (age 3.5)
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)

* Playmobil figures and sets
* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets * GeoTraxTransportation System
FeltTales (review here)
$250 Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)
Sqwishlanders (review here)
My Best Fish Friend- real live pet! (review here)
Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Inkubook Photo Book (review here)

Family Gifts
Bath and Body Works Packaged Gifts - save $3 on shipping wyb $50 worth with code ship3
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
LoveSac Giant beanbag chair (review here)
Kidz Bop Dance Party for the Wii (review here)
Giveaways Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)
Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Give an “I Owe You.”
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color

See all of our holiday posts here.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

“Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas

by mindy on November 18, 2010


Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Sunday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Save up to 30% at OldNavy.com! Enter coupon code SAVEBIG at checkout. Offer ends 11/20.
Save up to 30% at Gap.com! Enter coupon code SAVEBIG at checkout. Offer ends 11/20.
 Find great gifts at any price: $5, $10, $20, only at Old Navy. Hurry while supplies last!
Black Friday Deals from A Full Cup
Starbucks Holiday offers
Snapfish 7 Cent Prints
25% off at Ruth’s Brownie Kitchen

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)
20 Free Prints from York Photo

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Flipbook (shipping charges do apply)
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
Free FaveCrafts EbookThe following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:

American Baby Magazine
Get the full list of free magazines here

Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Brainy Baby DVD (review here)
pediped shoes (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Jack and Lily shoes (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets
*Trains and Train Table
*Musical Instruments
*Little People Playsets (18 mo)
*Play Kitchens
*Dolls

Children

Candyland

* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
* Automoblox
* Playmobil figures and sets
* FP Loving Family Grand Dollhouse (3 yo)
* Leapster Learning System
* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets
* GeoTraxTransportation System
Young Scientists Club Kits (review here)
FeltTales (review here)
Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards (review here)
Fisher Price – Little People Lil’ Movers School Bus (review here)
Klutz Invasion of the Bristlebots (more info here)
Paper Fashions Fancy (more info here)
Melissa & Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen $175 originally $250
Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Blendtec Home Professional Blender
Family Gifts
Bath and Body Works Packaged Gifts- save $3 on shipping wyb $50 worth with code ship3
Christmas Carol Blu-Ray- save $10
FantasyJewelryBox.com
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
Great Games Book (review here)
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas

  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Give an “I Owe You.”
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color

See all of our holiday posts here.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

“Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas

by mindy on November 11, 2010


Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Sunday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Christmas Cards Etc.

20 Free Holiday Cards (it does cost to ship, but not much, so the cards turn out super cheap if you include this)
140 Free Customizable Labels (again, shipping is charged, but still super cheap)
20 Free Prints from York Photo

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free Photo Flipbook (shipping charges do apply)
Free Photo Calendar (shipping charges do apply)
Free FaveCrafts Ebook

The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
American Baby Magazine

Get the full list of free magazines here

Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Brainy Baby DVD (review here)
pediped shoes (review here)
Macy’s First Impressions clothing (review here)
Jack and Lily shoes (review here)
Duplo, Mega Bloks and other building sets
*Trains and Train Table
*Musical Instruments
*Little People Playsets (18 mo)
*Play Kitchens
*Dolls

Children

* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
* Automoblox
* Playmobil figures and sets
* FP Loving Family Grand Dollhouse (3 yo)
* Leapster Learning System
* LeapFrog Tag Reading System or Tag Junior. (4 yo)
* Imaginext playsets
* GeoTraxTransportation System
Young Scientists Club Kits (review here)
FeltTales (review here)
Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards (review here)
Fisher Price – Little People Lil’ Movers School Bus (review here)
Klutz Invasion of the Bristlebots (more info here)
Paper Fashions Fancy (more info here)
Melissa & Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen $175 originally $250
Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Blendtec Home Professional Blender
Family Gifts
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
Great Games Book (review here)
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas

  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks.
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color

See all of our holiday posts here.

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

"Here Comes Santa" Countdown to Christmas

by mindy on November 15, 2009


Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Sunday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Sears Deals Check out the full post here.

Toys R Us Weekly Deals

Target’s Deals (good through November 21)
Christmas Cards Etc.
100 free postcards (shipping is around $6-see this post on how to use them for Christmas and save on stamps!)
100 free address labels (about $3 shipping & super cute!)

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free eBook: Angel Crafts eBook featuring 45-pages of cheap and easy angel crafts.

The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
Restaurant Business
Website Magazine
Total Landscape Care
Global Finance
Business Week
Get the full list of free magazines here

Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.
Children
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
FeltTales (review here)
Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards (review here)
Fisher Price – Little People Lil’ Movers School Bus (review here)
Klutz Invasion of the Bristlebots (more info here)
Paper Fashions Fancy (more info here)
Melissa & Doug Classic Deluxe Kitchen $175 originally $250
Kidorable kid products (review/giveaway)

Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Blendtec Home Professional Blender
$10 off $10 or more purchase at JCPenney.com with code NICE4U (some exclusions apply and this offer is not good on toys) Valid through Dec. 24.
Family Gifts
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.

FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)
Kindle Wireless Reading Device

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas

  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks- it’s super easy! See this post for more information.
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • Restaurant.com gift certificates or Entertainment books make wonderful family gifts. Right now you can get $5 off and free shipping with the purchase of the 2010 edition Entertainment book. Coupons include lots of local things for families to do like the zoo, children’s museums etc and will save a bundle of money!
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Visit Abbi’s handmade Christmas Carnival where she will post a new idea each Thursday
  • Free downloadable recipe cards, gift tags and more
  • Infarrantly Creative is hosting a two-week series called Pennywise Presents. She is featuring a step-by-step tutorial for a handmade inexpensive project everyday
  • Make your own gift bows out of recycled materials with this tutorial
  • Free holiday gift tags for kids to color

See all of our holiday posts here.

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"Here Comes Santa" Countdown To Christmas

by mindy on November 9, 2009

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Sunday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. Because this post will get quite long, you will need to expand it by clicking “Expand this post now”. This way it won’t take up our entire home page! If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Toys R Us Big Book Deals (good through November 26th)

Get 7 Hasbro Games for Less than $4 at Toys R Us This week only! See this post for details.

Target’s Big Holiday Toy Book (good through November 25th)
There are posts here and here with coupon match ups, prices and price matching details.
Target’s Deals (good through November 14)

Mr. Potato Head Spud Buds (Christmas) – $5.99/ea
-$5/1 Spud Buds here
= $.99/ea

Mr. Potato Head – $6.99/ea
-$5/1 here
= $1.99/ea

LeapFrog Alphabet Pal – $19.99/ea
Use $10/1 here
= $9.99/ea

LeapFrog My Puppy Pal – $14.99/ea
-$5/1 here
Final price = $9.99/ea

Playskool Step Start Walk and Ride – $17.79/ea
-$5/1 here
Final Price = $12.79/ea

LeapFrog Tag System – $39.99/ea
-$10/1 here
AND
-$10/1 Target coupon here
= $19.99/ea

Fred Meyer Deals (good through November 14)

The following are BOGO Free:
All Ben 10 Action Figures
Classic Wood Games
Vtech Software
Mr & Mrs Potato Head (use 2 $2/1 coupons from here for a great deal!)

Play Doh 4 pack $2
Matchbox Skybusters Plane $2
Hot Wheels Speed Cycle $2
Scratch Magic $4
Select Rose Art Activities $4
Transformers Legends Action Figure $4
Disney Favorite Moments Figure $5
Barbie Peek-a-Boo Petites $5
Skip-Bo $5
LeafFrog Sing-Along Read-Along DVD & 12 Book Set or Learn & Groove Piano $10 each
Barbie Style Head $10
Bakugan Starter Pack $10
PlayMobil Pirate Ship $24.99
Fuzzy Poster Value Set $5.99
Select Lego Sets are on sale
Razor electric scooter $109.99 ($30 off) All other scooters also on sale
Ping Pong table $149.99 ($5o off)
All bikes on sale! $49.99-$109.99
Electronic Dart Board $19.99
Nerf FuryFire 2 Player Dart Tag $29.99 ($10 off)

Christmas Cards Etc.
100 free postcards (shipping is around $6-see this post on how to use them for Christmas and save on stamps!)
100 free address labels (about $3 shipping & super cute!)

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free eBook: Angel Crafts eBook featuring 45-pages of cheap and easy angel crafts.

The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
Restaurant Business
Website Magazine
Total Landscape Care
Global Finance
Business Week
Get the full list of free magazines here

Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.

Baby (2 & Under)
Brainy Baby DVD (review here)
pediped shoes (review here)
Jack and Lily shoes (review here)

Children
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
FeltTales (review here)
Alphabotz Superphonic Decoder Cards (review here)

Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Blendtec Home Professional Blender

Family Gifts
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks- it’s super easy! See this post for more information.
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • Restaurant.com gift certificates or Entertainment books make wonderful family gifts. Right now you can get $5 off and free shipping with the purchase of the 2010 edition Entertainment book. Coupons include lots of local things for families to do like the zoo, children’s museums etc and will save a bundle of money!
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Visit Abbi’s handmade Christmas Carnival where she will post a new idea each Thursday

Do you have a holiday post to share? Link up here! We would love for you to add our holiday button to your page as well if you would be so kind:


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"Here Comes Santa" Countdown to Christmas

by holly on November 2, 2009

Welcome to Mommies with Cents “Here Comes Santa” Countdown to Christmas. We want to help you save money and find great gifts all at the same time. Each week we will be adding to this post. It will post each Sunday with new new additions in BOLD to make it easier to see what’s new. In addition, we will highlight the weekly ad deals right below this paragraph. Because this post will get quite long, you will need to expand it by clicking “Expand this post now”. This way it won’t take up our entire home page! If you have a deal you’d like us to share, please let us know. Also, what’s better than FREE gifts? Be sure to enter our giveaways- a new one is posted each and every day! Many of the items included in this countdown are our favorite items we’ve reviewed over the past year so you’ll be able to get the inside scoop with a link to our personal review of the product- we hope this will save you some money!

This week’s Deals and Steals

Toys R Us Big Book Deals (good through November 26th)

Target’s Deals (good through November 6)
Free Wii Game when you buy 2- choose from over 80 titles
Get a Free $5 giftcard wyb Apple 2GB iPod Shuffle $55
Get a Free $10 giftcard wyb Apple 8 GB iPod Nano $145
Get a Free $25 giftcard wyb Apple 32 GB iPod touch $295
Get a Free $10 giftcard wyb Crosley 4-in-1 system $90
Get a Free $20 giftcard wyb Flip Ultra Camcorder $150
Get a Free $10 giftcard wyb Kodak C180 digital camera $90
Get a Free $100 giftcard wyb Canon EOS Rebel XS Digital Camera and lens $769
Get a Free $20 giftcard wyb AT&T Samsung A167 pay as you go phone $40
Get a Free $20 giftcard wyb Hannah Montana PSP bundle $200
Get a Free $10 giftcard wyb any two HP single-pack ink cartridges $23.50
Get a Free $25 giftcard wyb pet-friendly Bissell floor cleaner $150-$200
Get a Free $20 giftcard wyb Band Hero bundle for PS3 Xbox 360 or Wii
select Blu-ray movies $14.99/$19.99
Circo Kids Table or 2 pc Chair Set $45
Lego City Dump Truck $15.99

Fred Meyer Deals (good through November 6)
All kids bedding on sale including Transformers
Transformers Supreme Commander 79.99 ($20 off)
Transformers Leader 34.99 ($10 off)
Halo Warthog Radio Controlled Toy 14.99 ($10 off)
Razor Electric Scooters 109.99 ($30 off)
All bikes, helmets & accessories on sale
Nerf N-Strike Rapid Fire Blaster 24.99 ($10 off)
Moon Shoes 19.99 ($10 off)
Ellipse 4 pc table tennis set 149.99 ($50 off)
select board games $10 each
Step 2 Custom Kitchen 79.99 ($20 off)
Fisher-Price Roll Along Musical Pony or Stroll Along Walker $19.99 each ($10-15 off)
Fisher Price Precious Places Swan Palace 39.99 ($10 off)
Little Mommy Scoot So Cute 19.99 ($8 off)
Select handheld games 50% off
Tonka Lights and Sound Fire Engine 50% off
Supermarket 120 piece play food set 50% off
Easy Bake Oven Classic Mixes 50% off

Christmas Cards Etc.

100 free postcards (shipping is around $6-see this post on how to use them for Christmas and save on stamps!)
100 free address labels (about $3 shipping & super cute!)
50 Free Custom Photo Cards

Freebies & Stocking Stuffers
Free eBook: Angel Crafts eBook featuring 45-pages of cheap and easy angel crafts.

The following free magazine would make great stocking stuffers for all different types of people:
Restaurant Business
Website Magazine
Total Landscape Care
Global Finance
Business Week
Get the full list of free magazines here

Items marked with (*) below are items that were named “toys that get played with” in a Baby Cheapskate Poll.


Baby (2 & Under)
Brainy Baby DVD (review here)
pediped shoes (review here)
Jack and Lily shoes (review here)

Children
* Legos (age 3.5)
* Hot Wheels (age 3.5) (my son is 2 and loves these more than anything!)
FeltTales (review here)
Adults/Teens/Pre-teens
Borders.com has 30% off any item with coupon code BSL6887A.
Blendtec Home Professional Blender

Family Gifts
Nintendo Wii- truly a gift for the entire family. See why here.
FreeAgent Go Back up drive (see review here)

Giveaways
Each Wednesday we post a linky for bloggers to list their giveaways. Find over 100 giveaways to enter here (you’ll probably have to scroll down a little to the post called “Giveaways in Blog Land”)

Frugal Gift Ideas
  • Earn amazon gift cards and more with Swagbucks- it’s super easy! See this post for more information.
  • Photos make excellent gifts. See the current photo deals HERE.
  • Restaurant.com gift certificates or Entertainment books make wonderful family gifts. Right now you can get $5 off and free shipping with the purchase of the 2010 edition Entertainment book. Coupons include lots of local things for families to do like the zoo, children’s museums etc and will save a bundle of money!
  • If you do surveys that pay in gift cards, why not use those to purchase gifts or give as gifts? If they are small in value, they’d be perfect in a little gift basket. You can get pretty creative and keep out of pocket money to a minimum. Try putting a $5 or $10 Blockbuster card with some popcorn and candy (that you got free with coupons of course) into a basket from the dollar store. (see survey sites here)
  • Visit Abbi’s handmade Christmas Carnival where she will post a new idea each Thursday

Do you have a holiday post to share? Link up here! We would love for you to add our holiday button to your page as well if you would be so kind:


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Day 14: A Valentine Craft

by holly on February 8, 2009

My 1 year old son made this adorable panda puppet at our library’s story hour.  As you can see, many pieces of this panda puppet are heart shapes of various sizes.  If you have heart shaped cookie cutters you can use those to trace onto construction paper.  If you don’t have cookie cutters you can cut out hearts the “old fashioned” way by folding a piece of paper in half and cutting a half of a heart shape along the fold to make a full symmetrical heart shape.  Use this picture as your guide to cut out and assemble the pieces. If you have a toddler, just cut the pieces out beforehand and have them help you glue it together with a glue stick.  

It’s a little hard to see but the mouth is a white heart with a slightly smaller red heart attached to it.  We actually glued ours on upside down.  It should go the other way according to the sample we followed but I think it still looks cute.  
The only items you need for this project are:
  • a glue stick 
  • a paper lunch sack
  • scissors
  • black and red construction paper
  • white paper
  • heart shaped cookie cutters in various sizes (optional)
Check out our other Valentine posts HERE.

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Day 12: CHOCOLATE!

February 6, 2009

Yesterday we outlined some deals on flowers, today we bring you CHOCOLATE!  I’m not all that traditional but I’d love me some chocolate this Valentine’s Day.  I have been craving it like you wouldn’t believe!  Sweet Valentine – $10 off with your purchase of $50: Promo Code: Valentines Ghirardelli Chocolates – Love is in the [...]

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Day 10: Special on Sensual Massage Oil

February 4, 2009

Our 14 days of Valentines continues with a special savings code: Save 25% off Nature’s Inventory products! Use coupon code SAVE25C There are many wonderful oils available at Nature’s Inventory but one stands out for Valentine’s Day. Sensual Massage oil contains cardamom, ylang ylang, jasmine, neroli and sandalwood which are all natural aphrodisiacs. Those oils [...]

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Day 6: Kid’s Valentine Craft

January 31, 2009

I found this craft at Kaboose. I chose it to be part of our 14 days of Valentines series because the items needed are likely to be around the house after Christmas.  I remember making these when I was a kid.  They are easy, fun and not too messy! For directions click here What you’ll [...]

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Day 5 of 14 Days of Valentine’s: Don’t Forget the Man in Your Life

January 30, 2009

Our 14 Days of Valentines continue with items that the men in our lives would like and how we can spoil them. I know that my hubby would really enjoy this Electronic Wall Mounted Rack Tie rack by Necktie Accessories – Silver Plastic. It is 53% off at $19.95 right now. The item description says: [...]

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Holiday Countdown

December 7, 2008

Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us. We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Target Hit movies on DVD including Horton Hears a Who and The Dark Knight $15 Play-Doh 65 pc Create ‘n Canister $14.99 8 Pad digital drumset or [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

November 22, 2008

Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us. We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us SUNDAY & MONDAY ONLY All Video games buy 3 get the 4th free Free Jonas Brothers case when you buy $50 or more of [...]

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Holiday Countdown

November 17, 2008

Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us. We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us If you have a Barbie fan or two to buy for, Toys R Us has a GREAT deal for you this week! Get a [...]

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Holiday Countdown

November 17, 2008

Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us. We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us If you have a Barbie fan or two to buy for, Toys R Us has a GREAT deal for you this week! Get a [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

November 10, 2008

Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us. We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us If you have a Barbie fan or two to buy for, Toys R Us has a GREAT deal for you this week!  Get a [...]

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Holiday Countdown

November 3, 2008

Now that it’s November we should really start seeing the deals roll in.  Please let us know if you find a great deal by leaving a comment or emailing us.  We’d love to hear from you! This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us All of the following deals that were listed last week are [...]

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Holiday Countdown

October 27, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R UsToys R Us has a HUGE ad this week with a coupon on the back for a $10 gift card with any purchase of $75 or more.  There’s way too much to list so here are a few of [...]

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Better Late than Never! Holiday Countdown

October 20, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Free $25 itunes gift card with any ipod purchase of $149.99 or more. Plus, today only (Monday) get a $15 TRU gift card with the purchase of an 8 GB ipod Touch. Hulk Movie action figures BOGO 50% [...]

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Better Late than Never! Holiday Countdown

October 20, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Free $25 itunes gift card with any ipod purchase of $149.99 or more. Plus, today only (Monday) get a $15 TRU gift card with the purchase of an 8 GB ipod Touch. Hulk Movie action figures BOGO 50% [...]

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Holiday Countdown

October 12, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us All video games Buy 2 get the 3rd free Sunday and Monday only- save 40% on all Wii Accessories Al l Fisher Price Loving Family and My First Dollhouse Figures & Furniture packs BOGO Free Pink Password Journal [...]

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Holiday Countdown

October 12, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us All video games Buy 2 get the 3rd free Sunday and Monday only- save 40% on all Wii Accessories Al l Fisher Price Loving Family and My First Dollhouse Figures & Furniture packs BOGO Free Pink Password Journal [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

October 5, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Two Star Wars Ground Assault Packs when you purchase $30 or more of any Star Wars products ($12.99 value) 50% off Clone Wars Electric Lightsaber with purchase of Clone Trooper Helmet 25% off Planet Earth products Planet Heroes [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

October 5, 2008

Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Two Star Wars Ground Assault Packs when you purchase $30 or more of any Star Wars products ($12.99 value) 50% off Clone Wars Electric Lightsaber with purchase of Clone Trooper Helmet 25% off Planet Earth products Planet Heroes [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

September 29, 2008

** Sorry for the late posting on this- not a lot of good sales this week as far as Christmas gifts go. Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE** This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Build your own DS bundle and save 25% Start with any DS system then pick and [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown

September 29, 2008

** Sorry for the late posting on this- not a lot of good sales this week as far as Christmas gifts go. Check out all of our other holiday ideas HERE** This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us Build your own DS bundle and save 25% Start with any DS system then pick and [...]

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Weekly Holiday Countdown Post

September 22, 2008

This Weeks Deals & Steals $5 off purchase of $15 or more coupon at Linens N Things coupon in today’s paper. Can also be used at Bed Bath & Beyond. Toys R Us Buy 2 Get 1 Free: All video games priced $19.99 or lessAll legos (excludes Indiana Jones, Star Wars, SpongeBob & Bulk)Books (in [...]

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Holiday Gift Giving Guide

September 14, 2008

This Weeks Deals & Steals Toys R Us 30% off all Fisher Price Infant Toys at Toys R Us (I’d probably wait on this one if possible- if I remember right, Toys R Us had much better deals a little later in the season such as Buy One Get One FREE) Free $20 gift card [...]

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