Seven Sensational Christmas Gift Ideas from the Dollar Store

For many people, this Christmas years Christmas budget is severely limited. Still you want to give gifts to people you love and care about. Here are some ideas for buying your Christmas gifts at the dollar store.

Gifts in a mug: There are tons of mugs for sale at the dollar store. You can purchase a mug for $1.00 and then add 4 more items with the total gift cost being $5.00. If you have a friend show sews, fill the mug with pins, needles, thread, and a pincushion. If someone is your life loves candies, fill it with chocolates a cute note.

Gift baskets: Similar to gift mugs, you can purchase baskets of just about any size from the dollar store from little wicker baskets to large plastic laundry bins. You can fill a pretty wire basket with makeup or hair accessories, or you can fill a cute wastebasket with cleaning products.

Educational gifts: For just $2.00, you can purchase fun workbook for a child with a set of crayons or colored pencils. For an older student you can purchase calculators, note pads, and smart pens.

Toys: Dollar stores are full of toys and trinkets that kids will love. You do have to put extra care into purchasing toys from the dollar store though.
Do not purchase items that have too many small parts for little kids, and be careful to know what is on the recall list as the dollar store may still sell them.

Jewelry: While you might think you can't purchase quality jewelry from the dollar store, you can if you look closely. Look for slide bracelet sets with letters you can purchase for $1.00 each. For $10.00 or less, you can purchase a great charm bracelet set that teens will love.

Pamper her: The dollar store sells lotions, bath salts, and manicure sets. Wrap up a few of these items and any woman will love them.

Socks? Men say they are sick of getting socks for Christmas, but buy them anyway, and add a new twist. You can find great and even professional sock sets at the dollar store. To make the gift more fun, use the socks as wrapping paper. Open one sock, and inside of it, put the other sock and a few other gift items from the car or tool department of the dollar store. You can also fill a woman's socks with beauty items.