Whether you celebrate Easter, school graduations, birthdays, or any other special occassion this Spring season UltimateMama recommends you create a clever, easy gift basket that is as pleasing to the eye as it is to your budget!
Take a look at these great Ultimate Spring Gift Baskets that contain items such as:
– Fun lace dresses from H&M
– Melissa and Doug binoculars
– Melissa and Doug painting kits
– Fun jewelry from The Children’s Place
– An egg full of chocolates
UltimateMama wants you to dart to The Children’s Place right now during its Swim and Shorts Sale (in stores and online) for boys and girls of all ages (infants on up). Use your The Children’s Place Summer Pass to get an extra 15% off (valid April 8 thru May 12, 2010).
UltimateMama just went this morning and stocked up on swimsuits for her little one! At $8.50 each ($10 sale price plus 15% off with Summer Pass), that is a deal she couldn’t pass up…especially with summer around the corner!
UltimateMama was just told she was a day late for the spectacular Children's Place sale that is going on right now in stores! However, she just bought her daughter a "rugby sweater" in blue with multi-colored stripes, a "solid henley sweater" in petal pink and the "favorite jacket" in horizon blue for $3.99 each plus an additional 15% savings with her "Spring Pass" booklet of friends and family coupons! For all you mathematicians out there, that is right, the final price of each of the three items was $3.40!
Not to mention the FABULOUS deal that a few mothers of young boys received when they found "3-in-1" multi colored blue/black winter jackets for $9.99 from $59.50 originally (plus they also used their 15% off coupon). Read my lips (or font in this case), the total cost of the winter jacket was $8.50!
UltimateMama will note that it does not appear to be the same sale ONLINE where prices are higher on most items she evaluated!
UltimateMama's only regret was that she did not know about the MONSTER sale yesterday!
UltimateMama knows that it is not always easy to select the perfect gifts for children. Many times a holiday, birthday, or other celebration creeps up and we are scrambling to buy a present at the last minute. UltimateMama is completely comfortable arriving empty handed or light handed (card only) to kids celebrations as long as she has the gift covered already.
Here are some of UltimateMama's last minute gift ideas for children:
– Gift certificates to book stores (Borders, Barnes & Noble), clothing stores (The Gap, Gymboree, Old Navy, Children's Place), or department stores (Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, Macys)
– Annual or monthly memberships to local museums, the zoo, or gyms for kids
– Cash or check (as they say "cash is king" — make sure to say it is designated for their college savings)
– Contributions to 529 College Savings Plans
– Gift certificate to an arts and craft store to be used to create or paint plastercraft
– Educational toys, games, or puzzles
– Favorite childhood books. UltimateMama loves perusing Caldecott Medal and Honor Books