Christmas Holiday Tips + Printable Gift Tracker Dear Creatives

This week we are planning for the holidays. We started planning a while ago by gathering gift ideas, instead of waiting until the last minute. Because that is not an option this year. To help you I made a free printable gift tracker for you along with Christmas holiday tips!

We plan to do most of our Christmas shopping online and track the purchases. Are you? Even if not tracking your purchases is a good idea!

We are keeping things simple this year. And focusing on having a meaningful holiday season. We like to make gifts and shop for gifts. What about you?

Looking for something else? Search for all our Freebies, and find a free printable or different free Christmas printables! Use our lists of gift ideas and discounts we share! It will be super helpful for your Christmas shopping. Post-Black Friday Deals are out there.

Christmas holiday tips + Free Printable gift tracker with expense tracker. And even more Christmas printables to keep the holidays stress free! DearCreatives.com

Tips and ideas to help you get through the holidays.

Have your kids, teens, grandkids, and family members make a wish list.
View gift guides packed with Gift Ideas.
Make a gift list.
Know everyone’s sizes, likes, and a few things they need and want.
Make a spending budget.
Watch for sales online and in stores. (Just because Black Friday has passed doesn’t mean the deals are all gone! Stay tuned for our insider post with special discounts and discount codes for your holiday shopping)
Buy gifts online and locally if you can get out. Shopping small and supporting small businesses is great when you can!
Keep Track of gifts and purchases.
Keep Receipts in envelopes. In case you need to make an exchange or return.
Buy wrapping supplies and Christmas wrapping paper.
Set up a wrapping station. Or use a wrapping paper organizer like this for all your wrapping needs.
Wrap packages early. Nothing is worse than being over-tired on Christmas from wrapping packages all night long.
Ship packages early. Or put packages in one place until needed.
Swap your hiding space yearly if you have kids. No peaking!
Consider shipping gift baskets or gifting gift baskets that you can drop off, while social distancing. Or send gift items directly to the recipient.
Organize your home for the holidays.
Decorate your home for the holidays. (Festive Christmas Decorating Ideas)
Make gifts (see the DIY Christmas gift list below) for friends and family. Send them, deliver them to their doorstep…
When you are ready to wrap up Christmas see this post; Holiday Storage – Prepare To Tuck Away Christmas. It will make things so much easier!
When you get stressed take time for yourself! Make a cup of tea or take a walk. Enjoy the little things.

DIY Christmas Gifts

DIY Mason Jar Pin Cushion Make pincushions or a sewing kit for someone. Using mason jars add your sewing kit inside the jar, and make the pincushion for the top. Tie the scissors with a ribbon around the jar and you have a cute gift idea. I made these for Christmas gifts and everyone loved them.
(DIY Mug Gifts) and (DIY Potpourri Mason Jar) – Both these come with free printable gift tags.
Holiday Gift Packing – Make holiday cookies or candies… and add them to jars for gifts. Wrap a personalized ribbon for a special touch. This post has a few ideas you can make for Christmas too.
Mini Gift Baskets Ornaments I made this DIY one year for gifts for the grandkids, and they loved them! These ornaments are great homemade gifts for the kids.
Homemade Snow Globes This is an old post but, I hope to update it soon. We have made this Christmas mason jar craft several years in a row for gifts. This is a fun project for older kids to do with you.

Christmas Gift Tracking Printable

Christmas Shopping List - Christmas shopping list template for tracking gifts you buy. Grab the Christmas Gift Tracking and Expense Tracking List at DearCreatives.com — **PNG FILE**

To make Christmas less stressful we have a few posts to help you and this list of tips for the holiday season! Plus, new printables coming just for you! I hope you enjoy the new Christmas printables, they are for your personal use only.

PRINT THE PRINTABLE Tracker Here – PDF file – Christmas Gift Tracking and Christmas Expense Tracking Printable.

What is included in the printable

A place for writing down the person’s name
A place for writing down the gift
A place for writing down the amount spent
A place for when the gift is wrapped
A checkbox for when you are done or have gifted the gift
A spot to write down your budget
A spot to write down the total of your expenses
Cute holiday graphics

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Find more things to make for Christmas gifts… Christmas Craft Ideas