It's ... another plug for Buy Nothing?? *Surprise!* :)
Dreading another year of gift-giving to your kids, because their playroom is already over-flowing? Now is a great time to clean through it. While many "adopt a family" or other holiday giving programs request brand new toys, your neighbors may be more open to gently used toys.
Wrapping your presents, and finding you've accumulated too much wrap from prior sales? It's the perfect time to offload some to get down to a good amount.
Have just a few cards leftover from various packs, and don't want to send repeats? Give the remainder. 3 cards from one pack, 2 from another... quickly adds up to a couple dozen cards, and the designs won't be repeats to someone else.
Do you want to refresh your holiday decor? Post your prior decor for a person who's just setting up their first apartment on a budget.
Have a ton on boxes from online shopping? Give them away! With COVID, more families than ever will be celebrating apart, and reusing boxes saves them on shipping.
Here are just a few items that I've seen on my local Buy Nothing in just the last 2 weeks, that would make for quite the holiday celebration:
- Several rolls of curling ribbon.
- Multiple artificial Christmas trees that just need some lights replaced.
- Some beautiful fabric and trim. One member had purchased for an art project and never got around to it. The recipient is making keepsake boxes for her daughters.
- Assorted tree ornaments.
- Assorted partial boxes of greeting cards.
- Taper candles.
- Children's books.
- Jigsaw puzzles.
- Holiday themed hand towels.
- A glass cake stand.
- Baby shark music wooden puzzle.
- Bag of assorted Barbies.
- Plastic outdoor playhouse.
Not on Facebook, so you can't do Buy Nothing groups? You can find other ways to connect to those in your neighborhood through sites like NextDoor or Freecycle.
Spring cleaning: not just for the spring anymore, and you may just make somebody's holiday brighter!
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