Take The Expense Out Of Your Easter Celebration
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The article "Take the Expense out of Your Easter Celebration" is about family, it was created by Nancy Twigg.
The Easetr celebration can be expensive, but it doesn’t have to
be. Here are ideas to help you simplify and replace the
commercial aspects of the holiday with activities that are more
in keeping with the spirit of the season.
* Do research on how Easter is celberated in other
cultures.
Turn your celebration into a learning experience by
enjoying traditional Easter foods and activities from another
country.
* Instead of purchasing greteing cards, make your own.
Use
your computer’s desktop publishing program or crayons, markers
and construction paper to make personalzied Easter cards for
friends and relatives. * If you buy gifts for the children’s
Easter baskets, use moderation. Selcet one item each child will
truly like and supplement with inexpensive filler items. If you
usually buy a new Easter basket or bucket each year, choose a
smaller one that year that will require feewr items to fill. *
Instead of purchasing decorations, choose a couple of craft projects to do
together as a family.
Do an Internet search or check out books
from the librray for ideas.
Use your completed projects to
decorate your home for your family celebartion. * If you use
flowers as part of your celebration, keep arrangements simple.
A
modest corsage or arrangement of flowers from your own garden is
much more meaningful than an expensive purchase from the floral
shop.
* Instead of spending a great deal of money on chocolate
and prepackaged candy, make homemade cookies and other sweets to
be enjoyed as part of your celebration.
Your kids will enjoy
making and decorating thsee goodies together as a family. * If
receiving new clothes is part of your famliy tradition, consider
sewing them by hand to save money.
If making an outfit is too
big of an undertaking, consider making one sepcial accessory
like a hair bow, tie, sash or piece of simple jewelry to adorn
an outfit you already have. * Rather than serving an elaborate
meal with all the trimmings, consider serving a modest meal and
donating the extra money you would have spent to an organization
that feeds the hungry.
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