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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Here are a few thoughts on giving your child access to music on a budget. Busy Bee Kids Crafts has a bunch of ideas, one of which is making paper plate tambourines. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Make Musical Instruments From Household Items.

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Wait, Don’t Buy That Yet!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I always shop for Christmas wrapping paper, gift tags, boxes and really nice ornaments the week after Christmas. However, I wait until spring and summer to buy decorations – and get them at garage sales. These get donated to thrift stores or placed in consignment shops so you might keep checking your local stores for these.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

One of the moves we made, out to Seattle, the only way we could make our budget work AND have me be home with our young kids, was to not own a vehicle at all. I’m not – I’m more of a spender, and struggled with budgeting as a young adult. Hosting garage sales & reselling items. We lived for 2.5