My mother in law would assign a wrapping paper each, but she wouldn’t label the presents. You had to find the square of paper in the toe of your stocking.
Just wanted to share a blessed i received. One Christmas , as self employed, I was working so many hours serving my clients that literally it was two days before Christmas and i was at the mall just starting my Christmas shopping. I came out of a store with gifts . And a person asked me if their church could help me with wrapping my gifts. I was so stressed that I was just starting my shopping, I had not even thought about wrapping. I was so moved, i actually started crying. Their church had a wrapping station set up in the mall. No charge, but you could donate. I will always remember how much that touched me. I stood there and watched the youth wrapping up my presents and just cried. If I had a thousand bucks to give them, I would have. Of course I made a generous donation. But i couldn't bless them as much as they they blessed me. ❤
Thanks for all the hacks. That snow making machine was used by my niece and nephew. Their father ,my brother, was very sick with liver disease. One of his last wishes was to see snow. They turned on the machine outside his bedroom window. He loved it. A rare sight in southern Virginia
I do that, too. Whoever comes for Christmas gets an ornament with their name and year. They don’t keep them, but put them on my tree. Then in the next years, it’s fun to hunt for all your ornaments and remember the stories about them that we remember. My son has 30 on there, and he’s still excited to look for all of them every year.
Once my children grew & left the house, I quickly downsized to a smaller Christmas tree. I must have waited a bit TOO long to find a decorative tree skirt because I couldn’t find ANYTHING🤦🏻♀️ I happened to be in the sewing/crafts aisle and VOILA’......I saw my solution 🤩 Christmas patterned FABRIC!! Just bought a yard that caught my eye (which was very inexpensive) & draped it around the base, being careful to tuck over the raw edges the best I could - SO pretty!🎄! 👍
@@sarahmj3226 I don’t have a green thumb by any stretch so live plants are best left to others who won’t forget about them. But for some reason anytime I see fanfic with huge, deep red poinsettias they give my Christmas spirit the greatest boost. Back in the 90’s when making your own Christmas sweatshirt was a thing I found some fabric with a huge spray which started over the left shoulder and curved down to the right hip. The sweatshirt turned out beautifully and I made my MIL one like it. She really loved that sweatshirt. I haven’t found anything like that ever again. They were made just for crafts like that and they were great!
We use milk crates to lift trees. Just rapid tie them down, cover with a skirt, blanket or fabric. I think we've been doing this for 30 years. Such an easy way to gain more space and make your tree taller.
I use green pipe cleaners instead of hooks, and I cut them into fours. They're secure, and they bring the ornaments up so there's more room between them, and they don't swing around.
One of my favorite hacks is to use laundry baskets to hold presents my kids have just opened. We used to get these massive gift bags, and they would break right away! Laundry baskets have been such a great time saver when it comes to clean up.
The squirt bottle for decorating cookies is good for little hands, but also for some of us whose older hands are a little stiff. Buying cookie dough is also great for making the fun part (decorating) a lot easier.
I’m crying for this sweet mom!!! Thank you Secret Santa, Nate and the EIN Team!! Blessings to you all!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thank you for demonstrating compassion and concern for the well being of others!
I have always placed our Christmas trees (we do several every year) on top of tables! I promise you, it's an absolute game-changer!! (We always buy REAL trees, and they're quite large - over 12' tall. The tables I use are usually end tables, around 18" high.) Makes it SO much easier to place gifts under - And it just LOOKS prettier! Cover the table with a beautiful faux fur/cable knit/sherpa/fuzzy blanket and let it puddle onto the floor... GORGEOUS! ❤💚
So many great ideas! I've always done wrapping paper for each family member. It is great. Instead of ornament anchors, I always just bend the hook to be tight on the tree branch. I've been doing it for years and it works really well! I can't wait to try some of these ideas!
I used 6 of the white mini trees to make a giant snowflake! Lights and decorations on it and a sparkling piece that can stay up after Christmas with my snowman decor ❤!
I love the ornament anchor idea, but I will have to add them a few at a time. I put up three trees, the largest has almost 200 angels on it! My Christmas tree skirt is actually a circular shawl my MIL crocheted for me in the 60s to wear to a formal dance. It is huge! I never wore it as a shawl, but is an awesome Christmas tree skirt. It is extra special now since we lost her in 2021.
Love these ideas. I haven't wrapped a gift for my 2 children since 2018, we use heavy duty canvas laundry bags that look like Santa's bag. Using their favorite color, I drew their names and decorated each. It's great because the size helps with limiting the amount of gifts and the only clean up, is the packaging the items came in. The only down side is as they get older (not wanting toys anymore), the bag looks flatter compared to the younger sibling because a lot of what they want are usually smaller more expensive items.
My mom would wrap all our gifts in the same paper with bows--but the bows were our birthstone colors- purple=Feb, blue=Sept...and that's how she knew which gift was for who. My sister and I ALWAYS assign paper to each child or family member. Its soo much fun to shop for wrapping paper
I so loved all of your ideas as always. I’m now so excited for the holidays. Plus, I’m an RN working in a hospital. Our unit hardly ever had holiday cheer. I’d like to make a few of those stars made from the mini trees and used command hooks to fasten them to the walls.
For the candles, wrap with tissue paper then wax paper, then heat with the hair dryer. That way your candles look and feel like wax. The method in the video works, they just dont look quite as nice as using wax paper.
Using different wrapping paper for different family members is a good idea, BUT, BUT, BUT...there's something really elegant and stunning about seeing tons of presents under the tree all in the same paper that matches the rest of your holiday decor.
You could do coordinated colors/patterns in your theme? For instance: Candy cane red and white stripes; a green buffalo plaid; a plain red; a plain green; even a plain white. Sometimes you can buy sets of paper that all coordinate with one another even. So each person could still have an individual color, but all together they still coordinate and go with your theme. :)
A few years ago I saw that Walgreens still sells The Clapper and I had a light bulb moment. I use this for both of my trees and just have to clap twice whenever I want them on or off! 🎄
Our main tree (in the living room) is 12 feet tall so no need to raise it. But I always put up a smaller 6 foot tree in the kitchen with all of my angel ornaments. I use the plastic bin that stores the angel ornaments to raise the tree. Just cover with a Christmas plaid fabric and then lay the tree skirt over that. It’s one less box to stash back in the garage during the Christmas season.
@@hollymiranda0826actually there MANY other youtubers who fold gifts without tape etc.. just search them out in any search engine. Its not like she made this up lol.
I wanted the kids to do the kraft paper for grandparents. I had the kids put their hands in paper plates with paint and do hand prints all over. Then we did the feet! It was so much fun for the kids, they still remember it and grandparents loved it!
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome tips. I was feeling a little 'humbuggie' about Christmas so far this year and your ideas have given me the inspiration to start planning.
I’ve done the different wrapping paper per each person for over 30 years. It was easy for when my kids and now my grandkids were younger because they didn’t have to know how to read the tag. My grown kids use this idea also. A few years ago I ordered white paper bags to make the snowflakes and stars. You can order bags in practically every color. So you could make flowers and stars for birthday decorations. Any occasion really. Thank you so much for all the great ideas
Give me all the lights!! Ornament anchors?!?!?!? I need them! Love the garland around your tv 😂 Love those wrapping clips! DT is great for bags and boxes. Love all of these!
Love these ideas! Need to watch it again to make sure I didn’t miss anything! Love the paper bag stars/snowflakes! I just discovered those last year! I really love them! Thanks for sharing all your very cute & practical ideas! ❤
Great video! My favorite was peeling the stickers off new items. I spend so much time soaking those in rubbing alcohol or some sort of oil and scrubbing off with paper towels. Excited to try it!
I find that oil works, too. Vegetable, olive, whatever you have. Sometimes you need to use a scrubby, but it does come off without much trouble. The hairdryer trick would help to get it started for that, too. Smart idea!
Kallie TFS all these ideas! I did the DT houses all brown. And trimmed in white puffy paint to look like a gingerbread house. Also totally agree the DT wrapping paper is not my favorite. I always like to use the Hallmark paper. I definitely would love to make that white star with the tree! ❤
It’s so funny. Those of us that are 60s have been doing a lot of these talks forever. But I’m always certain that there are new people especially the younger group that don’t know these hacks.
Years ago I worked at a pop up christmas store in the mall and I had to decorate 25 trees and one of the ways to really make your tree bright and beautiful is when you are putting on your lights start at the inside of the tree (where the pole or trunk is) and that way illuminates your tree from the inside out.
My tip for kids decorating cookies and cupcakes... I literally cover the entire table with plastic wrap. Spritz it with a little water so the wrap sticks and then you just roll it up and toss it in the trash.
Wow, you put too much effort on this video! You just don't have a ton of great ideas but you really spend time and effort to make them. Thanks. You are amazing!
Our kids and grandkids are grown, so I now only glossy white guft wrap. I have a good assortment of bows and ribbon, and its always appropriate for any occasion. I buy it from a floral supply wholesaler 👍
Thanks for all the great idea's, not only from this video but all your other videos. I'm 65+ and you continue to teach this old dog new tricks and idea's. Keep your motivational spirit going.
I saw the cutest little ( DollarTree) 1 ft. faux tree decorated for Thanksgiving. Someone had glued individual ( cut from a garland or pic ?) colorful Fall leaves on the tips of several branches. Nestled on top of each leaf was a smallplastic, orange pumpkin. They finished off the tree top with 2 ( gold cord or ribbon) sandwiched on either side of the tree top between 2 leaves.
We have a tradition of doing the wrapper paper per kid and one more for parent/everybody gifts. They each get a small gift wrapped in their stocking so they know which paper is theirs, then we take turns wearing a Santa hat and whoever is wearing said hat distributes one present to each person. Slows down the whole process and makes them appreciate each gift a little more before ripping into the next one and just makes Christmas feel bigger over all lol (I just have to make sure there's at least an even number of presents spread among the kiddos and enough "everybody" presents so they have something to hand to mom and dad, they don't like it when they run out of stuff to give us too, cuties 💕). I also save nice boxes, tissue paper, and have nice homemade reusable tags and ribbon. That way every year the most I'm spending in wrapping might be replacing just the paper if I ran out the year before so more of my Christmas budget can go to their presents instead of throw aways. It works out pretty well for us.
We have a family tradition. My husband and myself go to our sons for Christmas week. We have Christmas on Christmas eve. Christmas day we bake!!! Pap is in charge of sugar cookies!!! My daughter in law buys the premade dough too. She also covers the table with a plastic table cloth from Dollar tree. When we are done, we fold it up & throw it away. Even though they are 11, 10 & 8, theres frosting every where & Nana might be alittle messy too 😊
I’ve been wrapping my grandkids Christmas gifts in one print for each child. They love finding each of their own gifts. Much easier and gifts don’t get mixed up. Happy holidays everyone 🎄
I have 7 Thuga green giant trees in pots and will plant just before spring. They are about 4 ft tall so perfect size for outdoor decoration. I'm putting food for birds on them. Berries, suet, pine cones peanut butter and bird seed. ❤ battery operated lights
Absolutely Loved these ideas and can't wait to get working on some. Thank you, really appreciate your content and all that you do. Blessings to you and your family!
Last year we had SO MUCH family here for the holidays. I bought inexpensive tissue paper and assigned each person a different color. I made a master list for myself, but otherwise labeled nothing. I managed to find 12 colors for 12 people. It was SO helpful!!! (Especially since I HATE, LOATHE, and DESPISE wrapping gifts.)
Thank you Kallie for sharing your beautiful family Christmas shots/videos with us. Your baby girl is gorgeous and you boys both look like their dad. That was a cute baby pic of him in the video. You must be a very proud mommy.👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you for so many great ideas! I love watching your videos. Gives me an excuse to relax a bit and just enjoy them! Love the cookie decorating….memories in the making❤️💚
I used to do reindeer names for my kids. But I love the wrapping paper hack! Also, all your other hacks! Definitely, doing the ribbon . Thank you for so many new tips!!
Wow, just 2 minutes in and already learning a lot! Love the thought of using ornament hooks for garland! Why didn't I think or that? I recommend putting a nail/screw/ hook somewhere to anchor the tree to a wall and/or ceiling. Especially if you raise the tree. Cats, kids, tipsy folks, wobbly folks, and trying to put more water in reservoir can all lead to disaster. Heavy duty fishing line is nearly invisible for this. Wish I kept my old MOP and GLO.
My book club holiday party fell to me several years ago. For adult table decor I had a couple rolls of narrow metallic gold and silver ribbon and just cut them to different lengths. Some I curled with scissors some just the natural softer curls from being wound up. Silver candles and dollar tree small gold tree ornament balls. All went on a white tablecloth. Frankly, it made the food and wine, which provided the color, look great.
Thank you for the suggestion of one print of wrapping paper for each family member! I have heard it before but forget too and then I play the game of whose gift is this! The orange garland sounds wonderful but the price of oranges is high! I have always thought it was called a tree skirt and not a collar!
You are an absolute GENIUS. I'm going to share your video with as many people as I can. I'm part of the frugal community: "ButFirst,Coffee has a few Christmas hacks that are neat, sweet, and petite. Many in the frugal community say that they save the paper that comes with packaging throughout the year and use that as Christmas wrapping paper. ButFirst,Coffee tapes it to the floor and lets her toddler scribble all over it, and then she uses that for wrapping gifts. She says the grandparents love it." (I'm omitting your link here but it'll be shared.
This was like THE BEST Video. Loved most of your hacks and if not for me, for others I know. Really loved how original the ideas were, all brand new. Thanxs for all the great ideas. I think this is my favorite video from you. Happy Holidays.
Those were some GREAT HACKS!! Thank you for sharing. Also, I just had to rewatch your ADORABLE baby girl open the front door during one of your wreath hacks! Omg! She is an absolute Bubs!!❤️❤️❤️ thanks for sharing her too! lol!😍
My hack, I bought felt Santa bags at Michael’s, then let my grandkids pick their favorite, then embroidered their names on them. No tags or bows needed, just slip their wrapped gifts into their bags. On Christmas morning they all know run to their bags and then sit down in a row and take turn opening gifts. When it’s time to go home they have a bag to carry their gifts home, and return to me later.
OMG ORNAMENT ANCHORS! Thank you!!! I did not know about those and after 27 years of marriage and 4 kids, we have so many precious ornaments that I worry every single year about. Love your content. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
I just threw out my mop n glow trying to declutter. It didn’t work on my new floors. Is there anything else you would recommend for the glitter ornaments?????
I used two of the mini trees to make a swag for my mailbox. Secure the two ends together, fan them out, add some floral picks and a bow, and you have a mailbox swag.
That was FABULOUS 👌!!!!!! Thank you sooo much!!!! You're truly creative. I was mesmerised. Great to see you again here. I'll be looking out for you. MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 🧑🎄🤶🎄❤️
Even better than the holiday bag, open all the toys and stuff before. Test them all. Add the batteries, set up whatever needs to be set up, recycle/trash the store packaging and wrap them in regular gift boxes and wrap.
Two years ago was the year to clean up the decades of left over wrapping paper ends from everyone having a distinct one every year. It took much longer. Since the youngest was a teenager and I was exhausted, I put name tags on nothing. We have always taken turns, guessing what the gift is before opening. Most gifts were obvious as to whom the recipient should be (but I had veto rights) - it was a hit with much laughter. I, too, raise my tree up on something but I differ in that I use a table cloth as the tree skirt. It drapes beautifully and already works in the room.
My mother in law would assign a wrapping paper each, but she wouldn’t label the presents. You had to find the square of paper in the toe of your stocking.
That’s really cool! I love that idea.
That is so cute!
How fun
I do the same, but since I have only 2 kids and 1 of each gender, it's easy for them to figure out which is for my daughter vs. son.
I've done this too, I love it
Just wanted to share a blessed i received. One Christmas , as self employed, I was working so many hours serving my clients that literally it was two days before Christmas and i was at the mall just starting my Christmas shopping. I came out of a store with gifts . And a person asked me if their church could help me with wrapping my gifts. I was so stressed that I was just starting my shopping, I had not even thought about wrapping. I was so moved, i actually started crying. Their church had a wrapping station set up in the mall. No charge, but you could donate. I will always remember how much that touched me. I stood there and watched the youth wrapping up my presents and just cried. If I had a thousand bucks to give them, I would have. Of course I made a generous donation. But i couldn't bless them as much as they they blessed me. ❤
What a blessing! Thank you for sharing this ❣️
Wow!!! What a great video!!!! Girl! You are amazing!
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Very nice
Thanks for all the hacks. That snow making machine was used by my niece and nephew. Their father ,my brother, was very sick with liver disease. One of his last wishes was to see snow. They turned on the machine outside his bedroom window. He loved it. A rare sight in southern Virginia
That’s so sweet. I’m glad they found a way to grant his wish. :)
My grandmother would always add an ornament to each of our gifts as adults. I would love it she would add to my tree every year. Really miss her❤❤❤
I do that, too. Whoever comes for Christmas gets an ornament with their name and year. They don’t keep them, but put them on my tree. Then in the next years, it’s fun to hunt for all your ornaments and remember the stories about them that we remember. My son has 30 on there, and he’s still excited to look for all of them every year.
Once my children grew & left the house, I quickly downsized to a smaller Christmas tree. I must have waited a bit TOO long to find a decorative tree skirt because I couldn’t find ANYTHING🤦🏻♀️ I happened to be in the sewing/crafts aisle and VOILA’......I saw my solution 🤩 Christmas patterned FABRIC!! Just bought a yard that caught my eye (which was very inexpensive) & draped it around the base, being careful to tuck over the raw edges the best I could - SO pretty!🎄! 👍
I found a beautiful poinsettia table cloth and use that as a tree skirt. Makes me very happy!😁
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I don’t have a green thumb by any stretch so live plants are best left to others who won’t forget about them. But for some reason anytime I see fanfic with huge, deep red poinsettias they give my Christmas spirit the greatest boost. Back in the 90’s when making your own Christmas sweatshirt was a thing I found some fabric with a huge spray which started over the left shoulder and curved down to the right hip. The sweatshirt turned out beautifully and I made my MIL one like it. She really loved that sweatshirt. I haven’t found anything like that ever again. They were made just for crafts like that and they were great!
I’ve been putting my tree on a platform for years and my husband thought it was weird. Glad to see I’m not the only one who does that.😊
same here lol
We use milk crates to lift trees. Just rapid tie them down, cover with a skirt, blanket or fabric. I think we've been doing this for 30 years. Such an easy way to gain more space and make your tree taller.
This is so fantastic. I love everyone of these ideas. Recently retired, living on a fixed income so this brings me so much joy! Thank you!
THANK YOU,
I love how you packed so much in without wasting a ton of time... awesome editing.
I use green pipe cleaners instead of hooks, and I cut them into fours. They're secure, and they bring the ornaments up so there's more room between them, and they don't swing around.
One of my favorite hacks is to use laundry baskets to hold presents my kids have just opened. We used to get these massive gift bags, and they would break right away! Laundry baskets have been such a great time saver when it comes to clean up.
I had three kids and I gave each a bow color, green for my son, red for my middle daughter, and gold for my youngest.
Love this
Same. I still do it to this day for them plus the grand kids so I don’t have to label gifts 😂 call me lazy but it works!
My mom did the same.
Right on! That's a great idea actually.
That's actually pretty clever! I wish I had thought of doing that 😂
That Dollar Tree wreath you used for the centerpiece would look great with some of your dried orange slices on it for a pop of color!!
I use a white gel or paint pen and draw simple trees on the brown paper - it looks amazing!
The squirt bottle for decorating cookies is good for little hands, but also for some of us whose older hands are a little stiff. Buying cookie dough is also great for making the fun part (decorating) a lot easier.
I’m crying for this sweet mom!!! Thank you Secret Santa, Nate and the EIN Team!! Blessings to you all!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽Thank you for demonstrating compassion and concern for the well being of others!
I’ve been putting Star Anise in my simmer pot instead of cloves. Such a lovely scent and it lasts.
I have always placed our Christmas trees (we do several every year) on top of tables!
I promise you, it's an absolute game-changer!! (We always buy REAL trees, and they're quite large - over 12' tall. The tables I use are usually end tables, around 18" high.) Makes it SO much easier to place gifts under - And it just LOOKS prettier! Cover the table with a beautiful faux fur/cable knit/sherpa/fuzzy blanket and let it puddle onto the floor... GORGEOUS! ❤💚
So many great ideas! I've always done wrapping paper for each family member. It is great.
Instead of ornament anchors, I always just bend the hook to be tight on the tree branch. I've been doing it for years and it works really well!
I can't wait to try some of these ideas!
I used 6 of the white mini trees to make a giant snowflake! Lights and decorations on it and a sparkling piece that can stay up after Christmas with my snowman decor ❤!
I really liked that idea of the white trees too!
I think next year I'll use that instead of a door wreath!
I love the ornament anchor idea, but I will have to add them a few at a time. I put up three trees, the largest has almost 200 angels on it! My Christmas tree skirt is actually a circular shawl my MIL crocheted for me in the 60s to wear to a formal dance. It is huge! I never wore it as a shawl, but is an awesome Christmas tree skirt. It is extra special now since we lost her in 2021.
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very cool that you use it each Christmas in her honor :)
Love these ideas. I haven't wrapped a gift for my 2 children since 2018, we use heavy duty canvas laundry bags that look like Santa's bag. Using their favorite color, I drew their names and decorated each. It's great because the size helps with limiting the amount of gifts and the only clean up, is the packaging the items came in. The only down side is as they get older (not wanting toys anymore), the bag looks flatter compared to the younger sibling because a lot of what they want are usually smaller more expensive items.
You'll have to sew up the edges of the bags so they become smaller. If they notice, just tell them the washer or dryer must have shrunk them!
My mom would wrap all our gifts in the same paper with bows--but the bows were our birthstone colors- purple=Feb, blue=Sept...and that's how she knew which gift was for who. My sister and I ALWAYS assign paper to each child or family member. Its soo much fun to shop for wrapping paper
Those are cute ideas.
Thank you for sharing what if two or more people . Like the color big Smile and just wondering?😊
I love this idea
Great ideas
I so loved all of your ideas as always. I’m now so excited for the holidays. Plus, I’m an RN working in a hospital. Our unit hardly ever had holiday cheer. I’d like to make a few of those stars made from the mini trees and used command hooks to fasten them to the walls.
Another great hack is to save your comics in the newspaper if you still receive the newspaper, and you can use the comics as wrapping paper
Great idea! My mother in law did that with birthday gifts
For the candles, wrap with tissue paper then wax paper, then heat with the hair dryer. That way your candles look and feel like wax. The method in the video works, they just dont look quite as nice as using wax paper.
That is a really good tip. Thank you.
Using different wrapping paper for different family members is a good idea, BUT, BUT, BUT...there's something really elegant and stunning about seeing tons of presents under the tree all in the same paper that matches the rest of your holiday decor.
You could do coordinated colors/patterns in your theme? For instance: Candy cane red and white stripes; a green buffalo plaid; a plain red; a plain green; even a plain white. Sometimes you can buy sets of paper that all coordinate with one another even. So each person could still have an individual color, but all together they still coordinate and go with your theme. :)
@@DawnDavidsongood ideas.
Everyone is assigned a paper but it all matches the tree. It looks amazing!!!
A few years ago I saw that Walgreens still sells The Clapper and I had a light bulb moment. I use this for both of my trees and just have to clap twice whenever I want them on or off! 🎄
The brown paper stars are the best, I will definitely try my hand at making them. Thank you for all the terrific ideas, you always teach me something.
I’m waiting for the glue to dry as I sit here lol I’m excited to see how it turns out
I think you can buy white lunch sacks to make white stars
Our main tree (in the living room) is 12 feet tall so no need to raise it. But I always put up a smaller 6 foot tree in the kitchen with all of my angel ornaments. I use the plastic bin that stores the angel ornaments to raise the tree. Just cover with a Christmas plaid fabric and then lay the tree skirt over that. It’s one less box to stash back in the garage during the Christmas season.
I am really impressed by your wrapping skills. I tried to follow your instructions, but it still looks like a T-Rex wrapped my presents 🤦🏻♀️
LOL… I watched her do that literally like 10 times & knew to not even try!!! 😂
T-Rex. That's funny.
@@hollymiranda0826actually there MANY other youtubers who fold gifts without tape etc.. just search them out in any search engine. Its not like she made this up lol.
I wanted the kids to do the kraft paper for grandparents. I had the kids put their hands in paper plates with paint and do hand prints all over. Then we did the feet! It was so much fun for the kids, they still remember it and grandparents loved it!
I do the same thing with my faux Christmas tree! Balance it on a milk cart under coordinating fabric.
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome tips. I was feeling a little 'humbuggie' about Christmas so far this year and your ideas have given me the inspiration to start planning.
I’ve done the different wrapping paper per each person for over 30 years. It was easy for when my kids and now my grandkids were younger because they didn’t have to know how to read the tag. My grown kids use this idea also.
A few years ago I ordered white paper bags to make the snowflakes and stars. You can order bags in practically every color. So you could make flowers and stars for birthday decorations. Any occasion really.
Thank you so much for all the great ideas
Cloth placemats glued together stuffed with pillows, stuffing or even plastic grocery bags for outdoor pillows
Ive done that! Yes great hack!
I used bed risers to raise my tree. 😂
Great idea!
You always give us so many ideas for things that we might not think about, thanks so much.
Give me all the lights!! Ornament anchors?!?!?!? I need them! Love the garland around your tv 😂 Love those wrapping clips! DT is great for bags and boxes. Love all of these!
Love these ideas! Need to watch it again to make sure I didn’t miss anything! Love the paper bag stars/snowflakes! I just discovered those last year! I really love them! Thanks for sharing all your very cute & practical ideas! ❤
Great video! My favorite was peeling the stickers off new items. I spend so much time soaking those in rubbing alcohol or some sort of oil and scrubbing off with paper towels. Excited to try it!
I find that oil works, too. Vegetable, olive, whatever you have. Sometimes you need to use a scrubby, but it does come off without much trouble. The hairdryer trick would help to get it started for that, too. Smart idea!
Yes, coconut oil works better than vegetable oil but all oils work. Goo Gone stinks too bad but it also works
@@angelad.redcay738 I agree; Goo Gone is sickening and its odor gives me a headache.
Kallie TFS all these ideas! I did the DT houses all brown. And trimmed in white puffy paint to look like a gingerbread house. Also totally agree the DT wrapping paper is not my favorite. I always like to use the Hallmark paper. I definitely would love to make that white star with the tree! ❤
LOVE the gingerbread house idea!! Thanks!
Great idea!
Dollar Tree paper is great for stocking stuffer or very small kids because it rips so easy!!!
It’s so funny. Those of us that are 60s have been doing a lot of these talks forever. But I’m always certain that there are new people especially the younger group that don’t know these hacks.
In addition to oranges and lemons, try grapefruits they make the prettiest pink ornaments
Years ago I worked at a pop up christmas store in the mall and I had to decorate 25 trees and one of the ways to really make your tree bright and beautiful is when you are putting on your lights start at the inside of the tree (where the pole or trunk is) and that way illuminates your tree from the inside out.
This was an awesome video I took so many notes and made a list of the things I want to pick up at the dollar store! 🙏🏽 thank you 🎄HAPPY HOLIDAYS🎅
My tip for kids decorating cookies and cupcakes... I literally cover the entire table with plastic wrap. Spritz it with a little water so the wrap sticks and then you just roll it up and toss it in the trash.
Wow, you put too much effort on this video! You just don't have a ton of great ideas but you really spend time and effort to make them. Thanks. You are amazing!
Our kids and grandkids are grown, so I now only glossy white guft wrap. I have a good assortment of bows and ribbon, and its always appropriate for any occasion. I buy it from a floral supply wholesaler 👍
Kallie where were you when I was a new mom ❤😂I would have loved these ideas 40 years ago !!!! I love your Christmas videos ! Glenda
Thanks for all the great idea's, not only from this video but all your other videos. I'm 65+ and you continue to teach this old dog new tricks and idea's. Keep your motivational spirit going.
Beautiful and creative hack ideas! Thank you!
I saw the cutest little ( DollarTree) 1 ft. faux tree decorated for Thanksgiving. Someone had glued individual ( cut from a garland or pic ?) colorful Fall leaves on the tips of several branches. Nestled on top of each leaf was a smallplastic, orange pumpkin. They finished off the tree top with 2 ( gold cord or ribbon) sandwiched on either side of the tree top between 2 leaves.
Love the white star, may have to do that for my front door. Thank you!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.
We have a tradition of doing the wrapper paper per kid and one more for parent/everybody gifts. They each get a small gift wrapped in their stocking so they know which paper is theirs, then we take turns wearing a Santa hat and whoever is wearing said hat distributes one present to each person. Slows down the whole process and makes them appreciate each gift a little more before ripping into the next one and just makes Christmas feel bigger over all lol (I just have to make sure there's at least an even number of presents spread among the kiddos and enough "everybody" presents so they have something to hand to mom and dad, they don't like it when they run out of stuff to give us too, cuties 💕). I also save nice boxes, tissue paper, and have nice homemade reusable tags and ribbon. That way every year the most I'm spending in wrapping might be replacing just the paper if I ran out the year before so more of my Christmas budget can go to their presents instead of throw aways. It works out pretty well for us.
We have a family tradition. My husband and myself go to our sons for Christmas week. We have Christmas on Christmas eve. Christmas day we bake!!! Pap is in charge of sugar cookies!!! My daughter in law buys the premade dough too. She also covers the table with a plastic table cloth from Dollar tree. When we are done, we fold it up & throw it away. Even though they are 11, 10 & 8, theres frosting every where & Nana might be alittle messy too 😊
I’ve been wrapping my grandkids Christmas gifts in one print for each child. They love finding each of their own gifts. Much easier and gifts don’t get mixed up. Happy holidays everyone 🎄
Made a paper star while watching! I LOVE it. Brought out my inner kindergarten self 🤣 Amazing tips and ideas!!
I have 7 Thuga green giant trees in pots and will plant just before spring. They are about 4 ft tall so perfect size for outdoor decoration. I'm putting food for birds on them. Berries, suet, pine cones peanut butter and bird seed. ❤ battery operated lights
Absolutely Loved these ideas and can't wait to get working on some. Thank you, really appreciate your content and all that you do. Blessings to you and your family!
Last year we had SO MUCH family here for the holidays. I bought inexpensive tissue paper and assigned each person a different color. I made a master list for myself, but otherwise labeled nothing. I managed to find 12 colors for 12 people. It was SO helpful!!! (Especially since I HATE, LOATHE, and DESPISE wrapping gifts.)
Thank you! Loved every tip! My only detail I do, I have multiple trees and I put red roses and red glitter pointsetta into the tree. Just adds pop. ❤
I bet those are beautiful.💖
For a tree skirt, i use a round Christmas table cloth. Just make a cut to the center to allow you to wrap around the tree.
That Glitter ornament trick is pretty amazing! Who would have thought of that? Was that your idea wow that's just wild!
Ooow! I have some bed risers I can use, instead of the paint cans... Great idea to raise the tree! Thanks You for sharing Sister! Merry Christmas 🤟🇨🇦
Thank you Kallie for sharing your beautiful family Christmas shots/videos with us. Your baby girl is gorgeous and you boys both look like their dad. That was a cute baby pic of him in the video. You must be a very proud mommy.👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you for so many great ideas! I love watching your videos. Gives me an excuse to relax a bit and just enjoy them! Love the cookie decorating….memories in the making❤️💚
I get so sick of creators using the term "hacks" when they are no such thing. But these, these are real hacks and I learned so much. Thank you!
I used to do reindeer names for my kids. But I love the wrapping paper hack! Also, all your other hacks! Definitely, doing the ribbon . Thank you for so many new tips!!
Wow, just 2 minutes in and already learning a lot! Love the thought of using ornament hooks for garland! Why didn't I think or that? I recommend putting a nail/screw/ hook somewhere to anchor the tree to a wall and/or ceiling. Especially if you raise the tree. Cats, kids, tipsy folks, wobbly folks, and trying to put more water in reservoir can all lead to disaster. Heavy duty fishing line is nearly invisible for this. Wish I kept my old MOP and GLO.
My book club holiday party fell to me several years ago. For adult table decor I had a couple rolls of narrow metallic gold and silver ribbon and just cut them to different lengths. Some I curled with scissors some just the natural softer curls from being wound up. Silver candles and dollar tree small gold tree ornament balls. All went on a white tablecloth. Frankly, it made the food and wine, which provided the color, look great.
Thank you for the suggestion of one print of wrapping paper for each family member! I have heard it before but forget too and then I play the game of whose gift is this! The orange garland sounds wonderful but the price of oranges is high! I have always thought it was called a tree skirt and not a collar!
Tree skirt when it's fabric and floppy and Tree collar when it is stiff and upright.
Love the glitter mop n glo bulbs❤
You are an absolute GENIUS. I'm going to share your video with as many people as I can. I'm part of the frugal community: "ButFirst,Coffee has a few Christmas hacks that are neat, sweet, and petite. Many in the frugal community say that they save the paper that comes with packaging throughout the year and use that as Christmas wrapping paper. ButFirst,Coffee tapes it to the floor and lets her toddler scribble all over it, and then she uses that for wrapping gifts. She says the grandparents love it." (I'm omitting your link here but it'll be shared.
Great ideas to lift trees off the FLOOR!
I like the wreath inside a wreath table decor. Thanks!
This was like THE BEST Video. Loved most of your hacks and if not for me, for others I know. Really loved how original the ideas were, all brand new. Thanxs for all the great ideas. I think this is my favorite video from you. Happy Holidays.
EXCELLENT IDEAS...every single one!!! Thanks so much for sharing! ❤
The blowdryer to get labels off!!! THANK YOU so much!
Those were some GREAT HACKS!! Thank you for sharing. Also, I just had to rewatch your ADORABLE baby girl open the front door during one of your wreath hacks! Omg! She is an absolute Bubs!!❤️❤️❤️ thanks for sharing her too! lol!😍
My hack, I bought felt Santa bags at Michael’s, then let my grandkids pick their favorite, then embroidered their names on them. No tags or bows needed, just slip their wrapped gifts into their bags. On Christmas morning they all know run to their bags and then sit down in a row and take turn opening gifts. When it’s time to go home they have a bag to carry their gifts home, and return to me later.
I look forward to this video from you each year. I literally have been taking notes! 😂 Thank you!!
OMG ORNAMENT ANCHORS! Thank you!!! I did not know about those and after 27 years of marriage and 4 kids, we have so many precious ornaments that I worry every single year about. Love your content. Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Really enjoyed your video. Lots of great ideas. Thanks for sharing! 😊
Love all these hacks for Christmas! Thank you, I always enjoy all your videos🥰
Those paper stars are incredible!
You can have all of our snow when we get it!! Here in ND we get lots!!
Can you burn the candles that are wrapped with tissue paper?
I just threw out my mop n glow trying to declutter. It didn’t work on my new floors. Is there anything else you would recommend for the glitter ornaments?????
I've used hairspray (pump, not aerosol). Just pour it in like she did the mop solution.
Thank you so much for all your clever ideas! They will definitely help everyone with holiday decorating! ❤
When I was a kid, my Mom used a white sheet as a tree skirt. It looked so pretty!
My mom would use quilts! 🥰
Love the wrapping hacks. Hate when you think you shorted paper on present. HAPPY HOLIDAYS🎁🧑🎄🌲🎅🤶
Love the rope on mini Christmas tree base and how you made your own plaid Christmas blanket!
Nice vid! Your website is nice too. Congrats on all you've accomplished
I used two of the mini trees to make a swag for my mailbox. Secure the two ends together, fan them out, add some floral picks and a bow, and you have a mailbox swag.
That was FABULOUS 👌!!!!!!
Thank you sooo much!!!!
You're truly creative. I was mesmerised.
Great to see you again here. I'll be looking out for you.
MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅 🎄 🧑🎄🤶🎄❤️
Wow! Great video! I got so many new ideas and hacks I can’t wait to try!
Hi Practical mom, what brand of Christmas tree are you showing in this video? It's beautiful! 😊
Even better than the holiday bag, open all the toys and stuff before. Test them all. Add the batteries, set up whatever needs to be set up, recycle/trash the store packaging and wrap them in regular gift boxes and wrap.
Two years ago was the year to clean up the decades of left over wrapping paper ends from everyone having a distinct one every year. It took much longer. Since the youngest was a teenager and I was exhausted, I put name tags on nothing. We have always taken turns, guessing what the gift is before opening. Most gifts were obvious as to whom the recipient should be (but I had veto rights) - it was a hit with much laughter. I, too, raise my tree up on something but I differ in that I use a table cloth as the tree skirt. It drapes beautifully and already works in the room.