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Build Memories and Spend Less on Your Grandchildren this Summer

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hold a garage sale together. Lay out a circle with paper place mats – each with a number on it. When the music stops, someone draws one of the numbers (which have been put on slips of paper and into a bucket) and whoever is standing on that numbered mat wins the cake. Let folks walk the circle to the music.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Next I made a brown paper hand drawn mat to use as a game board. 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. Play test the game.

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