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Katherine Lee

Thrifty Thursdays: Decorate With Neighbors!

By , About.com GuideOctober 29, 2009

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We are very lucky to have a neighbor who is a creative mom. Visit Rebecca's house and you'll see a treasure trove of kid art supplies. With just a few fuzzy pom poms and pipe cleaners and googly eyes, she has come up with a fun and creative way to decorate the "spider webs" our kids spread all over the front gate of our building.

Not only is decorating with another family a great chance for kids to create together and have fun, it can be a money-saving way to create lots of great holiday decorations. Sure, you can go out and buy scary-looking spiders, but they can't hold a candle to the ones kids can come up with by using their own imaginations. And by sharing arts and craft supplies, families can save money and can have a chance to spend time getting to know each other -- something we as a too-busy society should do more with neighbors these days. You can even split a pizza or two for dinner after all that hard work decorating!

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