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8 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Kids During Quarantine

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Maintaining a clean living space is important, but many children only know how to put their toys away. Between clothes, sheets, and towels, there’s never a shortage of laundry to do. Basic sewing skills can help you extend the wearable life of a garment by being able to mend it. Doing Laundry. Fixing Things.

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They barely have food to eat, and the mother, who is pregnant, prepares for the new baby by sewing feedsack nighties for him. Use that gift card combined with sales to buy some new clothes to give to a needy family. Redeem your points for an Amazon gift card and buy a toy for a child from a family in need.

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Organize Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We have accumulated a lot of stuff – lose screws, highly prized collectibles, everyday essentials, clothes that ‘might fit again someday’, tools, children’s artwork, food stuffs and more. Store computer paper next to the printer, store clothing in the room in which you dress. Label where things go.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Do you love to sew/knit/crochet? However, there’s always stuff to sell, like outgrown, but good clothing, shoes, toys, household goods, etc. Some people don’t have time or don’t like to bake but would love to buy home-baked cookies and treats. My mom makes and sells Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls.

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Amazon Top Deals 12/7/15: Green Toys Starting at $5.99, Ugly Sweaters Starting at $9.99 and More

Saving Cents With Sense

50% Off Select Green Toys. 9:40 am EST: Brother Designio Series DZ3000 Computerized Sewing & Quilting Machine. 11:05 am EST: Doll Clothes for American Girl Dolls: 3 Piece Flower Sun Dress Outfit – “Dress Along Dolly” (Includes Fancy Flower Sun Dress, Sun Hat, and Pair of Shoes). Prime Early Access Deal.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Old clothing parts. Before throwing away old clothing, I snip the buttons off and remove working zippers (unless I’m donating the item). I’ve also cut up old pieces of clothing to use as quilt pieces and used old men’s cotton tshirts for rags. If you want to get fancy, draw, paint or sew buttons on it for eyes.

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

Do you love to sew/knit/crochet? However, there’s always stuff to sell, like outgrown, but good clothing, shoes, toys, household goods, etc. Some people don’t have time or don’t like to bake but would love to buy home-baked cookies and treats. My mom makes and sells Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls.

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