Friday, October 10, 2008

Thrifty Halloween Ideas


Check out BeCentsAble for an awesome post about enjoying Halloween in a frugal way.

She has some great and thrifty ideas for costumes, decorations and more!

This year, I already have all of my treats for Halloween. I will be giving out my free candy from Walgreens. I also found 20 pack playdough bags at Kohl's last week. The bags were normally $4.99, but were on sale for $2.99. I used a 30% off coupon that I had received in the mail AND a $5 off of $5 or more purchase coupon for signing up for Kohl's emails. My total for 2 bags of playdough was only 73 cents! That's for 40 jars of playdough!

For more Halloween fun, check out the BrightIdea.com!

Now, I just need to figure out a dessert to bring to my sister's Halloween party. My daughter has a tree nut allergy, so it's been kind of hard to find boxed treats or mixes that are tree nut free.

5 Comments:

Bonnie said...

These are some great ideas. I have given you another award that you can pick up here:

Thrifty Momma Ramblings

Rhonda said...

Just a suggestion for a Halloween dessert you might try-- my kids love 'dirt'. You should be able to find the components without tree nut issues. We usually make it with oreos, cool whip, cream cheese, butter, vanilla pudding, milk, powdered sugar and gummy worms. We have eliminated the powdered sugar and butter without much difference. If you want any more info, you can contact me on my blog and I can send you the actual recipe. Thank you for sharing all of the great deals you find!

Pennies In My Pocket said...

Girl ... look at your great deals! What to go!!!! Love that!

~melody~

Adel said...

Thank you for the great ideas. Somebody posted some great tips on cheap costume ideas too:

"Cheap Halloween Costume Tips"

Mom Mom said...

Thanks for the award, Bonnie!

Rhonda, my Memaw used to make "dirt cake" when we were younger! That's a great idea and it's so yummy! Oreos are tree nut free and my daughter (and everyone) loves Oreos!!

Thanks everyone!