Holidays

Crafts, ideas, recipes and printables to help you celebrate holidays and festive events.

DIY Personalized Gift – Perfect for Mother’s Day

Make this frugal homemade jewelry organizer from a thrifted bowl for less than a dollar and in less than 10 minutes.

Easy Frugal Easter Treats

Do you need a last-minute frugal Easter gift? Do you need a quick and easy DIY Easter gift? I’ve got the perfect easy frugal Easter treat for you. You can make these adorable little gifts in minutes and for pennies each. I used craft supplies that I already had and recycled jars so the only…

Cannoli Pie

I’ve lived in Philadelphia, the home of the world’s best cannoli (and a lot of the world’s best food). As a result, I confess that I’m bit of a cannoli snob. Since the military has stationed us in too many places that make a cannoli snob cry, I’ve adapted this recipe for Cannoli Pie. It’s…

Harmless April Fools’ Day Prank with Brownies

I enjoy April Fools’ Day and a good harmless joke. This year I’ll be playing a 3-part harmless April Fools’ Day prank with brownies on my family. Shhh, don’t tell. This one is a fun April Fool’s Day prank to play on your kids since it ends up with brownies. I saw this Pinterest pin…

How to Organize for Easter

There’s just a few more weeks until Easter (and Passover). Have you started making your holiday plans? If you haven’t don’t worry, I’ve got a bunch of tips for you on how to organize for Easter. The years so by so quickly and you want to keep all those sweet memories so check out these adorable…

St. Patrick’s Day Bucket O’ Gold Candy

Once in a while I find an interesting item to repurpose and this week I came across 2 fish bowls on Freecycle. I grabbed them up, knowing that I wanted one of them to repurpose into a decoration for St. Patrick’s Day. I’ve been wanting to create a center piece that would make my children excited with the…

St. Patrick’s Day Leprechaun Hat Treat Cups

I grew up in Hawai’i where St. Patrick’s Day isn’t such a big deal. But once I had children, I discovered how fun St. Patrick’s Day crafts and treats can be. This year I used an after Christmas sale find to make these Leprechaun Hat Treat Cups for St. Patrick’s Day. I found these party…

Easy Mardi Gras Mask

We’ve lived in the South where Mardi Gras is a big deal. If you haven’t lived in the South, you may not realize that Mardi Gras is celebrated in cities all across the South, not just in New Orleans. I’m certainly no expert on Mardi Gras traditions, but I do know that there is so…