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
25% off at Ruth’s Brownie Kitchen
Christmas Cards Etc.
, Mega Bloks and other building sets and Train Table (18 mo) 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!)
figures and sets (3 yo) or Tag Junior. (4 yo) 
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Great Games Book (review here)
- 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.