Frugal Easter Ideas Part 1

Does it bother you around Easter time to spend a mint on toys that will clutter up your house, then be broken and tossed aside in a few days, treats to rot your children's teeth and send them into headache and irritability zone? Here are some frugal ideas to help keep your holiday simple but meaningful.

1. Focus what you do on the true meaning of the holiday. We still talk about eggs at our house but use them as an instruction tool for the trinity and the resurrection of Christ. Symbols of spring or new life are there for us because of what Christ did to bring new life to all of us.

2. If you choose to do Easter Baskets, why not choose a basket that will be useful year round? Like a purse, school bag, or overnight bag with a toothbrush and travel size items in it.

3. Focus the edible treats on homemade ones you make together and fill their plastic eggs with small coins, stickers, and pocket toys, in additon to a few pieces of candy.

4. Or better yet make a set of resurrection eggsfor your indoor hunt and reuse the symbols year after year.

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