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10 Summer Backyard Ideas for Kids

Couponing 101

I’ve seen these in Pottery Barn Kids catalogs and have always wanted to buy them but they are way overpriced for me. You can check out garage sales as well if you don’t have any old pots and pans. This is a great way to use up those old tires, especially if you already have a tire swing! Hula Hoop Hideout. Via DIY Fun Ideas.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Some get stuff from stores, the less financially favored head for thrift stores, garage sales, Mom’s house or the trash pickup routes. When I was newly married (right out of college), I used to sit with my neighbor friend and pour over the paper catalogs that came to dream about all of the neat stuff I wanted to own some day.

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Collecting – Tips for Fun and Profit

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For example, a person who runs estate sales may buy up the remains after the sale at bargain basement prices and resell them in a shop – selling to home decorators businesses for their displays and other B 2 B endeavors, online at an auction sale, consigned to an specialty auction shop or at a flea market or ongoing ‘garagesale.