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Holiday Crafts: How To Make Coupon Booklets for Your Valentine

frugalexperiments — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:32 +0000

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and taking the time to make gifts for loved ones really shows you care. I have adapted an awesome tutorial I found for making a paint sample notebook into a personalized booklet of coupons for parents to give to their children. This can be as “green” as you’d like to make it. I used paint chip samples that I found at my local Walmart, along with materials I had around the house.

How To Make Valentine’s Day Coupon Booklets

Materials Needed:

Paint Chip Sample Cards or any other rigid card stock type of paper, including cereal boxes would work
Index cards or printer paper
Stapler
Scissors
Ruler
Glue dots
Miscellaneous items for embellishments, such as scrapbook paper, construction paper, fabric scraps, buttons, brads, stamps (I used a piece from a used aluminum pan for the silver hearts in the picture) — basically anything you’d like to use that can be glued to paper.

Directions:

1. Take your paint chip card and fold one end up, about 3/4″ or so (this will become the bottom of the matchbook style notebook).

2. Cut your index cards roughly into thirds (this made them about 1/4″ smaller than the width of my paint chip cards – yours may vary depending on your sample size). These will become your coupons.

3. Write out your coupons. Some ideas I came up with are the following: 1 Chore Free Day, Read a book together, Play a board game, 1 extra hour of computer time, 1 extra hour of video game time, 1 Mommy date, and 1 Daddy date. Each of mine also have the saying: “This coupon good for:”.

4. Place your coupons inside the short flap of the paint chip, and staple the coupons inside the flap. Fold the long end over and tuck it into the short end. If the long end is too long, just cut off part of the chip, until the end tucks in nicely into the flap, just like a matchbook.

5. Embellish the front any way you would like. I cut various size hearts out of paint chips and an old aluminum disposable pan and stuck them on the cover with glue dots.

I thought this would be a fun gift for a parent to make for a child, but it could easily be adapted for nearly anyone. Get the kids involved and have them make a coupon booklet for someone they love.

What crafts will you be making this Valentine’s Day?

Theresa Jones is the mom of a good-sized family, consisting of herself, her husband, four grown children, 2 high school-aged children, 1 granddaughter, one son-in-law, one daughter-in-law 1 dog 2 cats and one grandchild-to-be (Aug 2012).

She spends a good part of her day working on her blog, Frugal Experiments. It is where she writes about experimenting in frugality, book reviews, product reviews and giveaways. When she’s not writing, you will find her either, reading, cooking, gardening, crocheting, or studying. She is currently enrolled full-time in college, taking a certificate course in Entrepreneurship, with the intent of turning her love of blogging into a business.

SWAGG: Tuesday #gno Twitter Party on Smart Shopping Using Mobile Devices

Jen Tilley — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:15:20 +0000

The holiday season is upon us and with that comes gift lists complete with all of the items that you would love to give your family and friends. Whether it’s writing down your gift ideas on scrap pieces of paper or creating detailed spreadsheets, people have their own way of going about making sure that their gifts are purchased.

Here’s a thought: Have you ever turned to your mobile device to help you complete your holiday shopping? Why waste paper when you can use your phone to help you while you’re actually in the stores shopping. Knowing that people need assistance and organization when it comes to holiday shopping, SWAGG rolled out a mobile app that lets you shop smarter using your mobile phone – including buying, sending or swapping SWAGG gifts. In other words, holiday shopping just got easier, smarter and less stressful.

Party Topic

Join SWAGG and our panel of experts as we discuss using mobile devices and apps to shop smarter. The party will be held on Tuesday, December 21 from 9-11 ET (8CT, 7MT, 6PT). Click here to see details about the giveaway and enter for a chance to win. By the way, feel free to join our discussion on the new Mom It Forward forum to talk about using mobile devices and apps to shop smarter!

Party Details

What: Girls’ Night Out (#gno) Twitter party (Click here to learn about #gno!)
When: Tuesday, December 21 from 9-11 p.m. EST (8CT, 7 MT, & 6 PT)
Where: Party with us on our very own Custom Tweetgrid! (Use hashtags #gno and #SWAGG)
Topic: Smart shopping using mobile devices and apps
Who: Brand Panelist: @swaggmobile, Community Panelists: @LittleTechGirl @Tech4Moms @rockinmama @CarleyKnobloch @scrappinmichele @superdumb, Moderators: @jylmomIF @Dadventurous @troypattee and @MomItForward
Party Favors: Click here to enter for a chance to win an 11″ MacBook Air
RSVP: Use Mr. Linky below (enter the twitter URL and your twitter ID (e.g., http://twitter.com/jylmomIF).

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Note: Mom It Forward accepts paid sponsorships for most #gno Twitter parties. During the parties, brand sponsors provide tips, techniques, expert advice, and information on party topics. Mom It Forward is grateful for the giveaway prizes, coupons, and discounts that sponsors also provide to the Mom It Forward community in conjunction with #gno Twitter parties.

Giveaway—Crayola Color Explosion Gift Pack (Retail Value $200)

Jyl Johnson Pattee — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:19:17 +0000

Giveaway and Coupon Details

One lucky winner will watch their child(ren)’s imagination ignite with Crayola’s Color Explosion gift pack ($200 retail value). (See gift pack products and giveaway entry requirements below.)

Whether you win the grand prize or not, everyone’s a winner in this week’s giveaway! Enjoy a discount toward Crayola products by downloading a Crayola coupon here (good through August 31).

Giveaway Product Details

Color Explosion Glow Board
CE Glow Dome
CE 3-D Wide Edition
CE Poster Sized Scenes—White (Pirates of the Caribbean)
CE-white (Twisted Tropicals)
CE-Extreme Surprises (white)
CE-Extreme Surprises (black)
CE-Black (Wild Safari)
CE-Black (Neon)
CE-Black (Tropical Seas)
CE-Black (Star Wars scenes)
CE-Black (Disney/Pixar Cars)
CE-Hannah Montana
CE- 3-D Scene (with an extra pair of glasses and 4 extra markers)
Crayola Illumination Station
Model Magic Fusion
12 ct. Twistables Slick Stix
Crayola “Trayola” Twistables
24 ct. Color Sticks
12 ct. Colored Pencils
Heads ‘n Tails Colored Pencils
24 and 64 ct. Classic Crayons
Poster Crayons
Window Crayons
Window Mega Markers
Classic 10 ct. Markers (Broad Line)
Heads ‘n Tails Washable Markers
Pip-Squeaks Mix ‘Ems Markers
Color Switchers
Picture frames & Pictures Coloring Book
2 Sticker Sheets
Sidewalk Crayons
3-D Giant Sidewalk Chalk

Entry Requirements

To enter for a chance to win, you are required to do four things (make sure you leave a separate comment for each of your entries).

Note: Entries that do not follow all of these requirements will not be considered.

Brighten someone’s day during this back-to-school season by performing one of the random acts of kindness listed here and commenting here to tell us what you did.
Become a fan of the Crayola Facebook Page.
Follow @crayola on Twitter.
Post these messages on Facebook and/or on Twitter and leave comments here, linking to your messages:

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Extra Entries

You can earn up to two extra entries for this week’s giveaway. Leave an additional comment for each.

Share one of your favorite back-to-school memories on the Mom It Forward Facebook Page.
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The Fine Print

No purchase necessary to enter. Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. Crayola and Mom It Forward employees are ineligible to participate. All entries received after Sunday, August 23 at midnight PDT will not be considered. Entries that do not follow all of the entry requirements will not be considered.