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We do not have much money for our autumn decorating, so we improvise when we can. When you are looking to decorate, check yard sales and clearance sales. You may also have things handed down to you. Feel free to visit resale shops as well. They may have some items that you can use.

Here are some ideas for frugal autumn decorations:

* Grapevine wreaths of all sizes can be found pretty cheaply. You may have some autumnal ribbon and flowers laying around your craft area, and you can find some items for your wreaths out in nature. Put these on your wreath with a glue gun. Hang a big one on each door. Then smaller ones from curtain rods.

* If you grew your own pumpkins and other things that you can use for decorations, you will have some nice things to use. If you don’t, see what you may be able to come up with at good prices. I like the small pumpkins, just big enough for a tea light candle. I clean them out and line them along my porch railing. I can put tea lights in them and light them at night.

* I reuse baskets at this time of the year. I fill them with gourds and such, and leave one on either side of the bottom step of my porch.

* This year, my mother grew pumpkins to give to all of the grandchildren. Each of them got one, and she gave one to me as well. We have put them on the steps to the porch as well.

* The dollar tree has scarecrows and other items that we can use for porch and garden decorations as well.

* If you have a bench, you can put a scarecrow and pumpkins on it.

* You can also find table decorations at the dollar tree. You can make up a pretty fancy looking dinner table this way.

* Small pumpkins, cleaned out, can be used as bowls for your Thanksgiving meal. You can also toast the seeds for a snack.

Use whatever resources you have available, and do something nice for your home.

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Shannon Buck is a single, WAH, homeschooling mom of two teenagers. You can contact her at thehsmomof2@aol.com.