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Realistic Ways to Save Money Each Month

Saving Everyday

Check your hobbies. Hobbies are fun, but they can be very expensive. Even though I cook for a living, it’s also very much a hobby. At the time, we didn’t even know you could rent things like this from Home Depot and Lowe’s, but you totally can! Make a date night out of it.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your kids have been to camp, done baseball and goofed off to their hearts content. Garden Stepping Stone Craft Kits Hobby Lobby had several versions of kits to create a stepping stone. I bought 2 little bags of colored glass bits from Hobby Lobby to decorate and used a popsicle stick to write on the wet cement.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I keep a roll of heavy paper (which I buy at Home Depot for about $11 for a roll about 2 inches thick and 2 feet wide) to use in wrapping packages, protecting floors during home projects, making garage sale signs and etc. Once I realized those two goals, the rest of the game play mechanics fell pretty quickly into place.

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