This time next week, shelves & shelves of Christmas fun will be marked down 50-75% off. Put on your creative thinking cap and you can stock up for several holidays to come.
- Holiday M&Ms can be sorted and bagged to be used for Valentine’s Day & St. Patrick’s Day. You can also divide up things like sprinkles & icing from baking kits.
- Candy canes make adorable Valentine treats when put in the oven.
- Chocolate candy and stocking stuffers are good for Easter baskets – many items have Christmas packaging, but just take them out of the package.
Christmas decorations can be used for all sorts of things:
- New Year’s Eve- shiny tinsel to drape everywhere, silver or gold tablecloths
- January- we leave our non-Christmasy snowmen and snowflakes out for the whole month
- Valentine’s Day – heart decorations, red ribbon, red tablecloth, napkins, plates, cups
- St. Patrick’s Day – green tablecloths, napkins, plates, cups
- Easter – crosses, anything pastel, cellophane for baskets
- Fourth of July – anything red, white, blue or silver – tablecloths, plates, napkins, cups, strings of lights, garland, anything with stars on it
- Birthday parties – candy & toys for goody bags, non-Christmasy gift bags & wrapping paper. Target will have a major toy clearance in January so you can stock up on gifts too.
What ideas do you have? Share them in the comments!
Run on over to Rocks In My Dryer for some really great tips.
These are some great ideas. We had our wedding in January and had wine and hunter green as our colors–all our decorations were bought in the after Christmas sales.
Great ideas! I wish I had some thing to contribute!
I made a Valentine’s Day wreath with leftover red and white striped ribbon and candy canes. You just glue the canes together, facing each other, in the shape of a heart. Wrap the ribbon around a straw wreath base, glue on the candy-cane hearts and add a few inexpensive silk carnations in red and white (if you want) and voila…an ‘almost free’ decoration!
Love all of these ideas especially the candy cane hearts, thanks for sharing!
Really great ideas! I did pick up some non-Christmasy wrapping paper on clearance last year. With all the modern prints out now it’s easy to find paper in nontraditional colors and designs. Thanks for the Target toy clearance tip–will need birthday party gifts, etc. throughout the year.
I have already been eying the isles at Target, WalGreens, etc. for their “gift” items. They always have things that will be on sale soon. I use these items for birthdays, or giveaways next year. My family does a “White Elephant” gift game on Christmas Eve every year and I usually get my things for it after Christmas or throughout the year at other sales. Today, I found a wooden remote-control caddy that I will be going back for during the after-Christmas sales at Target.
You are soooooo creative – I never would have thought about so many of the ideas you just shared. Thanks!