5 Clutter-Free Christmas Gift Ideas

Crystal Paine | | Everything Else, Holidays, Home, Money Saving Tips

Need a simple and inexpensive last-minute gift idea? Here are five quick and easy ideas that won’t break the bank, and will likely be enjoyed more than another knick-knack:

1. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Instead of giving pre-baked cookies this year, Jen from Balancing Beauty and Bedlam suggests giving frozen cookie dough. The recipient can stick the frozen cookie dough in their freezer and pull it out to use after all the Christmas goodies are long gone.

2. Spa Scrubbie and Bath Tea Soak
What woman wouldn’t love to be pampered with a Spa Scrubbie and Bath Tea Soak? Kelleigh Ratzlaff also has a Sugar Scrub recipe and printable gift tag.

3. Hot Cocoa Cones
Hot Cocoa Mix is always a popular homemade Christmas gift and it’s especially fun when packaged as Hot Cocoa Cones. For a different twist, try making one of these flavored hot cocoa mix recipes from Lynn’s Kitchen Adventures.

4. Apple Butter
I’m not typically that much of an apple butter fan, but that all changed when I discovered Crockpot Apple Butter. This stuff is delicious and so easy to make. Pour it into mason jars, cut a square piece of fabric to stick under the lid, tape on a printable label, and it makes a cute, unique, and yummy gift.

5. Christmas Potpourri
Assemble a few ingredients into Christmas Potpourri packages. The recipient just has to simmer in a pot of water on the stove and they have almost instant Christmas scents wafting through their home!

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About Crystal Paine

Crystal Paine is a wife, homeschooling mom of 3, wannabe runner, minimalist, and lover of good coffee and thought-provoking books. Her motto is to live simply, save aggressively, give generously. She started MoneySavingMom.com in 2007 in an effort to help women with practical ways they could wisely steward their finances and reduce their household expenditures. Her blog has since become one of the top personal finance blogs on the web, garnering hundreds of thousands of visitors each month. Crystal’s first book The Money Saving Mom®’s Budget, is being released in January 2012 by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.