Zero in on $1 gifts

“You can create fun, festive gifts for a few bucks by shopping at dollar stores online! For example, I made my niece a snowman candle for only $5. I went to DollarTree.com and bought a white pillar candle, black and orange paint pens and colorful ribbon. Then I grabbed some buttons from around the house and two small twigs from outside. I attached the twigs to the back of the candle with hot glue (to make arms), tied a ribbon above the arms for a scarf, used the paint pens to draw the face and hot-glued the buttons onto the body—so cheap and so easy!”

—Donna Buchanan, mom of four, Jupiter, FL