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I have found some great ways to share holiday decorating for under $5.00. If you have a budget this is for you.

Jingle Bell Wreath
You'll need about 100 mini jingle bells to make this wreath.
Cut the hook off of a wire clothes hanger and use pliers to shape
remaining wire into a circular base for the wreath. Tape ends together
with duct tape. Wind one end of a 6-foot-long piece of craft wire around
the base a few times to secure it. Thread a bell onto the wire, and wind wire
around base once to secure bell. Repeat until base is covered in bells.
Wind the excess length of wire around base to conceal it.
Add embellishments such as evergreen and ornaments, and a piece of ribbon for hanging.

Christmas Gift Tags
Photocopy family photos or wrapping paper.
Cut the photocopy into the shape you want for the tag.
Cut two pieces of laminate paper and press the tag between them; trim excess
laminate from edges. Punch a hole in the tag, and thread baker's string through the hole.

Easy Ornament
You can make dozens of these snowflakes to give as ornaments or to attach to gifts.
Keep one for yourself, and let it "snow" on top of your own family’s tree.

How to Make the Beaded Snowflake
1. Starting from the center of a wire snowflake form
(available at craft stores and sites such as fusionbeads.com), slip a long,
short, and long bead onto each leg.
2. Next, twist a piece of craft wire around each leg, at the top of the long bead.
Thread either end of the wire with a long and a short bead. With a glue gun, affix with a dab of hot glue.
3. Thread another short bead and long bead on each leg; repeat step 2.
4. Finish each leg with a long bead topped with a short one. Affix ends with hot glue.
5. To make a hanging ornament, twist a small loop on one of the points with
craft wire and thread loop with a ribbon.
6. Then hand-stitch or use a glue gun to attach the snowflake to a basic craft store stocking.

Chocolate-Covered Pretzels
Melt white and dark chocolate chips separately in a double boiler or microwave.
Dip top third of pretzel sticks in chocolate and lay them on waxed paper.
Roll them in sprinkles or coconut. Or, pour some of the contrasting chocolate
into a sandwich bag and pierce a hole in it. Squeeze the bag to create ribbons
or polka dots on the chocolate. Let the chocolate set before placing pretzels in a glass dish.

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