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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains. According to the site Children’s Music Workshop , there are many benefits to music education including the below: Early training develops language and reasoning areas of the brain. Make Musical Instruments From Household Items.

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Go Green This Halloween

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We do put up decorations (ones I buy at garage sales or thrift stores and reuse each year). Put on some spooky music with some haunting voices barely audible. Once the kids left home, we ended up with zero trick or treaters at our house on a state highway. No kids = no money on candy = no candy wrappers in the landfill.

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10 Summer Backyard Ideas for Kids

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Music Wall. You can check out garage sales as well if you don’t have any old pots and pans. If you’re doing a remodel on your house or for some reason have an old sink laying around, you can turn it into a sand and water table ! Via Pre K and K Sharing?. I love this idea and can’t wait to try it! Outdoor Chalkboard.

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Build Memories and Spend Less on Your Grandchildren this Summer

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Will it be a crafts camp with several different projects, a cooking camp – with the grand-kids planning, shopping, chopping and cooking a meal (with your supervision and suggestions of course), a music camp – with each of you playing your instrument or all of you learning new songs together? Hold a garage sale together.

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5 Budget Friendly Ways to Bring More Life to Your Apartment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You can visit garage sales, local flea markets and scratch and dent stores to locate used furniture that needs to be refurbished. Do you love music? Make folded slipcovers from old sheet music for your books and display them on a coffee table or bookshelf. Look for pieces that have a solid construction overall.

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How Little Could You Spend on Your Child in a Year?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. They may also enroll in other baby classes like music and swim lessons. All those items got plenty of use as all three of my kids used them. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children. The expenses add up fast.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I love to shop garage sales. If your child is wanting to take music lessons, think about renting the instrument instead of buying. Learn to love hand me downs from relatives. Don’t be afraid to let the grandparents chip in. In our neighborhood folks buy really nice name brand clothing for their kids. Federal Plus loans.

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