Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Having fun and finding entertainment and recreation opportunities doesn’t have to be expensive, which is great news when you are living with a tight budget. Budget for entertainment - hoping that there will be money left over for fun doesn’t work when you are on a budget. We love Ticket to Ride and Cranium to name a few.

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Budgeting Budget Entertainment Outdoors 189

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 22, 2019

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, parks. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Summer Reading Program at the Library – Check your local library for their summer reading programs. Visit an orchard.

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2019 Home and Garden Friends And Family Sale Kids and Family 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 21, 2013

Rent a learn-to-dance video at the library and take a laptop to a local park at night. Grab a book from your library. Poetry slams are free entertainment. Do you have any fun, inexpensive date night ideas? If you want, invest in a book on the stars and learn to identify some of the constellations. Dance the night away.

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Cheap Co-Op Budgeting Budget 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 23, 2014

Cameras had to have actual film and pictures had to be developed after the whole roll of film was ‘exposed’ Research was done at a library using the Dewey decimal system, not a search engine. Cheap (not just inexpensive, I mean cheap – easy to break) toys came from post-war Japan. Entertainment.

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Growing Home and Garden Radios Kids and Family 180

Saving Cents With Sense

JUNE 24, 2013

You might be wondering what your options are when it comes to entertaining your family during the evening hours of the summer. While you enjoy the music serve inexpensive drinks and snacks such as fruit juice and popcorn. Have inexpensive snacks and drinks, fun music, and you can even invite players to come in costume for fun.

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Activism Family Inexpensive Kids and Family 104

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Did you know that seven of the eleven presidential libraries are in the Midwest, with three of them in these states? Visit the Truman library and the Historic Truman home that he and Bess lived in; and the farm home where Harry lived as a young man for only $12 per adult and $3 per child. Presidential Provenance. Eisenhower.

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Frugal Missouri Family St. Louis 185

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 20, 2015

Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. On those days when the weather hits 90+ and the pool feels more like bath water or a summer storm seems to last for days, these indoor activities will be air-conditioned, entertaining, competitive, and often inexpensive. Fun @ Home.

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Activism Budgeting Budget Amusement Park 100

The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. Part of the appeal of the area in which we live is that there are plenty of inexpensive opportunities for outdoor recreation. We don’t have to spend a lot for entertainment. Yup, I’m a voracious reader.

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Green And Frugal Kids and Family Hotel Frugal 178