It is that time of year again…. the time of the after Christmas clearance! Many times I have to bring my kids along with me when checking out the clearance sales and that can make it a bit tricky when buying things like wrapping paper to use the next year since Santa is the one who wraps the gifts.
A few years ago my oldest asked me “why is the wrapping paper the same as the stuff we bought as the stuff Santa uses?” and I replied “I buy it when it is on sale and then I mail it to Santa, this way Santa saves money on the wrapping paper and when wrapping our gifts he knows who’s they are because of the wrapping paper I sent him”.
So each year I head out to the after Christmas clearance sales and buy wrapping paper and then a few weeks before Christmas I mail it off to Santa so he has it to wrap our gifts 🙂 There are times that I let them pick out the wrapping paper and then the next year they know what gifts under the tree are theirs because they picked it out!
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AWESOME SAVE!!!! That is what I call Quick Mommy Thinking on your FEET!
Good job!
genius idea. save even more money and show them how the money can go to help others by buying it at thrift stores. they get in tons of paper that was barely used or never opened. I was able to get 20 rolls and most was vintage rolls that were beautiful to say the least. bows, bags too, all for $3,75 in what would of cost me $20 new in stores
This is awesome! It also teaches the older little ones about finances, and that that “giving back” is a very nice thing, because you’re helping him with the costs of the paper so that he can invest more into their gifts.
Thanks for sharing this idea!