23 Frugal or Homemade Christmas and Hanukkah Ideas

This is officially my favorite time of year!!!!!  I love the baking and the family time and the carols!  I love the sappy movies and even sappier commercials on TV.  I love the excitement of the children.  The holidays mean family to me… and this year will be no different.

To get us started on the right foot, I’m sharing 23 fabulous articles or pages revolving around frugal gift ideas, homemade gifts and decorations, great crafts for the whole family, and just some general tips for the holidays.  If you have an article or website that you can contribute to this list, please share it in the comments

Frugal Christmas Gift Ideas:

• 50 Christmas Gift Ideas: Make Your Own Personalized Gifts from Money Help for Christians
• The Frugal Traveler’s Holiday Gift Guide – Frugal Traveler Blog @ NYTimes.com
• Frugal Gift Ideas for Christmas – Hillbilly Housewife
• Frugal and Personal Gift Ideas – Being Frugal
• 63 Gift Ideas for Under $10 – Michelle @ Living a Better Life
• 30 Frugal Gift Ideas to Show You Appreciate Someone – Zen Habits

Homemade:

• Homemade Holiday Decorations – The Dollar Stretcher
• How To Make Your Own Christmas Ornaments from Personalized Christmas Ornaments
• Free Quick and Easy Homemade Christmas Decorations – Allfreecrafts.com
• Homemade Christmas and Hanukkah gift ideas – The Labor of Love forums
• Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas – Old Fashioned Homemaking
• Martha’s 7 Unique Homemade Holiday Decorations – Martha Stuart MSNBC

General Tips for having a Frugal Christmas:

• 9 Tips to Keep You Sane During the Holidays – ME
• 39 Frugal Tips for Saving Money at Christmas – Michelle @ BetterBudgeting
• Digital Holiday Magazine Thanksgiving & Christmas – The Old Schoolhouse
• How to Have an Old Fashioned Christmas – Pioneer Thinking

Fun Stuff for Children:

• Christmas Crafts for Kids – Amazing Moms
• Crafts for Kids Christmas Activities – DLTK’s Growing Together
• Christmas Arts & Crafts Projects – Artists Helping Children
• Hanukkah Crafts for Kids – Amazing Moms
• Christmas & Winter Crafts – Danielle’s Place
• Hanukkah Crafts – DLTK’s Growing Together
• Hanukkah Crafts for Kids – Kids Craft Weekly