Frugal Christmas: Gift Bows For Free

Make gift bows from magazines? Sounds crazy, but follow this simple tutorial and you will find yourself making some pretty cool looking bows for nothing. Making these bows is easy with only a few simple steps involving cutting your magazine pages into strips and then folding them into a bow. This would also be especially helpful when it is snowing out and you don't feel like running to the store for yet another bag of bows. It's frugal and it's free. (and a little bit green, ho, ho, ho). Click here to see this great tutorial over at Craftser.org

More Uses for Tin Foil

If you just hate to throw away that hunk of tin foil here are some ways to keep on using it.
Take your used tin foil and wash any food residue off of it. You can now reuse it in the kitchen to wrap a piece of cheese, cover a dinner plate, bake a casserole, etc. If you have a great abundance of tin foil here are some other ideas.
1. Make a picture frame for a child's craft. You can then glue some glitter around it to make it sparkle.
2. Use it as gift wrap
3. In some areas you can recycle tin foil with aluminum cans.
4. Make a solar powered stove out of an umbrella and tin foil. Click here for instructions at Planet Green.
5. Cut out old egg cartons and cover them with foil to make "silver bells" for the Christmas tree.
6. Double wrap meat for the freezer.
7. Use it to wrap up sandwiches when you run out of sandwich bags.
8. Line your burners (make sure there is NO grease on the used tin foil)
9. Put it on an old cereal box to a reflecting panel for photographing items.
10. Make a pointy hat to keep out aliens.