Does it freak anyone else out that it’s already holiday season? I mean once Halloween is over it’s time to break out your red cups, put on the holiday music, and light those cinnamon candles. It’s also time to stress about how to pay for all the gifts, parties, clothes, and events. Fear not you guys, I have rounded up my favorite easy ways to make extra holiday cash! Stress no more!
Easy Ways To Make Extra Holiday Cash
Tip 1 Take it to Coinstar: We keep spare change in a container and every now and then take it to a Coinstar kiosk to cash it in. It’s a great way to take that extra change you pile up in your car or in a jar at home and turn it into cash you can use. It really adds up quick. Just think if you put all the change in there all year and cash it in around this time how much holiday money you will have? The green Coinstar kiosks make it easy for consumers to turn coins into cash and/or no fee eGift Cards to retailers like Amazon, Starbucks, Toys R Us/Babies R Us, Home Depot and more – or donate to a charity. So if you don’t want to get cash, you can always get a gift card to gift someone or to use somewhere you need to buy holiday gifts! WIN!
Tip 2 Clean out your closet: If there are two things I love it’s cleaning and making extra money. I am not someone who gets attached to clothes. I don’t hold on to that dress or those jeans in hopes they will fit. Although I’m still upset I didn’t keep my leather jacket from high school. Anyways. Cleaning out your closet can be a great way to make extra cash. Especially if you have on trend items that either don’t fit or you don’t love. Take them to a resale shop or sell them on resale websites or Facebook yardsale groups.
Tip 3 Unused Gift Cards: We get random gift cards from time to time I know we will never use. It’s either a store we don’t shop at or a restaurant we don’t like and they just sit in a drawer collecting dust. Well, the bright yellow Coinstar Exchange kiosks offer instant cash for those unwanted gift cards. The kiosks are located in grocery stores in major U.S. cities and accept gift cards from more than 150 retailers.
Tip 4 Make Homemade Gifts: Not so much a way to make extra cash unless you’re extra crafty and want to open an Etsy shop, but making homemade gifts is a great way to SAVE money. One thing I love to do is bake things for friends and neighbors. You can wrap them up in a nice package and the thought means more than a material item ever will.
Tip 5 Cash Out: If you have cash just sitting in PayPal or Venmo the holidays are a great time to cash out! I know I forget to cash out my Venmo sometimes and it’s always a great surprise to see I have money in it!
Unused gift cards is the perfect way to pick up some Christmas gifts! We still have some left from our wedding (in March) and I think that’s a great plan! Thanks for reminding me! 🙂
In my church we have what we call a bottle drive. This helps with our weekly food handouts. Families store lose change in 500ml bottles and once they are full, they donate them to the church. A full bottle makes about $60. I gather one can use the same method to save for the holidays.
Cashing out those coin jars is such a great idea. I think we often forget they’re there! I’m also a big fan of sites like Swagbucks where you can take a couple surveys, watch a few videos, or make purchases that help earn you points that turn into cash. It’s not much but even an extra $25/month can be impactful this time of year!
Homemade gifts are some of my favorite things to make for people. I love creating something I know they will use or like, and it’s so fun to pour myself into what I’m making them.
Big fan of crafting and homemade gifts I think those are very good because not only saves but also gives something special that has been made by you to a loved one.
I love making homemade gifts! They are so much more personal and always provide great memories . There is something special when you pull out that homemade gifts months/years later. I end up crying when I pull out a homemade gift. It actually happened to me yesterday as I was cleaning. The gift brought a huge smile to my face and tears to my eyes. Great post!
I probably could’ve make some holiday cash with all the stuff we let go of during our move. However, I just didn’t have the time. I will probably try to sell some of the stuff that made it to the new house that I end up not keeping.
These are great ideas! I collect change all year then cash it in and it’s usually quite a bit. I’m also going to try my hand at making gifts this year. .wish me luck. Lol
We’ve been saving up a big jar of change too – I need to get around to turning that into usable money, haha! We are saving for a timeshare now actually so I think we will put the money toward that 🙂
De-cluttering and selling on E-bay or local Facebook pages has provided me with quick cash. Also, I managed to find some gift cards which I could sell on. I also like cash back websites whilst I am doing my shopping 🙂
Some great tips especially as Christmas can be so expensive! Sophie x
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I concur with number one. Look for those coins in your car, couch or anywhere you spend like 1 hr of your life in a day. Informative post
Ahh! Unused gift cards is the best idea. I have so many that I never use.
I didn’t know that Coinstar takes unwanted/unused gift cards. Great to know!
Unused gift cards is the perfect way to pick up some Christmas gifts! We still have some left from our wedding (in March) and I think that’s a great plan! Thanks for reminding me! 🙂
These are great ideas! We definitely try to use up gift cards this time of year.
I didn’t know you could use Coinstar to trade in and get gift cards! Thanks for the tips!
In my church we have what we call a bottle drive. This helps with our weekly food handouts. Families store lose change in 500ml bottles and once they are full, they donate them to the church. A full bottle makes about $60. I gather one can use the same method to save for the holidays.
Don’t forget about all the places hiring for the holidays! A few hours per week can add up rather quickly!
Great suggestions! I had forgotten about Coinstar, but that is an easy one that works anytime.
These are some easy ways to make extras! Nothing beats a good homemade gift! I love the cleaning out your closet idea – something I do.
Saving is something that is not done often enough. These are great tips that are quite simple to follow
I never knew about the gift card service from coinstar! Also, I love to build up money in my paypal, and then purchase gifts online from that!
These are great tips!! It seems that everything comes up at the holiday times for emergency in addition to the cost of gifts!
Cashing out those coin jars is such a great idea. I think we often forget they’re there! I’m also a big fan of sites like Swagbucks where you can take a couple surveys, watch a few videos, or make purchases that help earn you points that turn into cash. It’s not much but even an extra $25/month can be impactful this time of year!
Homemade gifts are some of my favorite things to make for people. I love creating something I know they will use or like, and it’s so fun to pour myself into what I’m making them.
awesome ideas and I love that they’re realistic and practical! thanks for sharing them ♥
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Wow great tips! I never knew that about the gift cards…will have to get rid of the ones that have been sitting around forever!
Big fan of crafting and homemade gifts I think those are very good because not only saves but also gives something special that has been made by you to a loved one.
I didn’t know Coinstar took gift cards! That’s a great way to get rid of cards you won’t use and get some extra cash!
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I love making homemade gifts! They are so much more personal and always provide great memories . There is something special when you pull out that homemade gifts months/years later. I end up crying when I pull out a homemade gift. It actually happened to me yesterday as I was cleaning. The gift brought a huge smile to my face and tears to my eyes. Great post!
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That’s awesome that you can exchange unwanted gift cards. I have a few laying around that I need to do that with!
Oh gosh! You’re right! I forgot I had $300 sitting in my VenMo ACCOUNT! THIS IS THE BEST NEWS ALL WEEK!
These are great. I always keep a large container in my house for all my spare change and at the end of the year I hit up a coin star 🙂
I love homemade gifts, it’s such a great way to save money and also make extra money, while also giving your gifts a personal touch.
I probably could’ve make some holiday cash with all the stuff we let go of during our move. However, I just didn’t have the time. I will probably try to sell some of the stuff that made it to the new house that I end up not keeping.
I have never quite been able to get onboard with the saying extra cash. Like extra cheesecake – there’s no such thing. 😉
Great tips! Any extra cash (esp this time of year) really helps!
These are great ideas! I collect change all year then cash it in and it’s usually quite a bit. I’m also going to try my hand at making gifts this year. .wish me luck. Lol
Great tips! Shopping online through ebates helps put a little cash back in my pocket!
My closet needs a good clean out right now! I can make some money and re-organize- two birds with one stone.
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We’ve been saving up a big jar of change too – I need to get around to turning that into usable money, haha! We are saving for a timeshare now actually so I think we will put the money toward that 🙂
I didn’t know you could cash in unwanted gift cards! That’s great to know!
I love cashing in my change. It’s like you found a bunch of cash just sitting around!
Great suggestions!!!! When I was in my 20’s and was trapped for cash I would make gifts!! People always loved them too
Great tips! I haven’t heard of Venmo before but I’m curious to check this one out. I’m currently using ebates and I love their cash back program.
This is great! I’m all about making extra cash around the holidays!
De-cluttering and selling on E-bay or local Facebook pages has provided me with quick cash. Also, I managed to find some gift cards which I could sell on. I also like cash back websites whilst I am doing my shopping 🙂