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Submitted by startingover2010 on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 1:02pm

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christmas is going to be severely tight this year--more so than last year--and was wondering if anyone had any ideas for gifts for 3yr old girl and 11yr old girl on a tight budget?

i have christmas break planned--cookie baking, walking around to see the lights, visit with santa, christmas movies, crafts ect. just not sure about gifts.

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Submitted by JustAnotherSM on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 1:46pm

Last year I went to the dollar store to buy some dress up accessories for my nieces (ages 3 and 5). I bought them each a funny hat, furry scarf, pretty gloves, jewelry and hair pieces. I spent about $6-7 on each girl and they LOVED their gifts. My mom has also told me stories about how she bought dollar store gifts for me and my 3 sisters and we always preferred the cheap gifts to the more expensive ones.

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Submitted by PrincessFiona on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 1:53pm

One year when my kids were small I bought cheap plain tote bags and used fabric paints and stuff to personalize with their name them then filled with markers, paper, scissors and other art like stuff.

Those bags hung around for years and the kids loved them.