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4 Simple Strategies to Save on Children’s Clothes

Couponing 101

Children grow like weeds. But you don’t have to empty your kids’ college funds to keep them decked out in the latest fashions. The good thing about kids growing quickly is that it happens to every child. With these four simple strategies, you can save a ton of money on children’s clothes.

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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains. Performing helps kids learn to conquer fear. Ashely’s husband over at Make It – Love It, made really cool looking cardboard guitars for their kids – much better looking than the shoebox guitars you usually see. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00

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The Best Place To Hide Valuables In Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

That’s why I think the garage is the best place to hide valuables in your home; who would ever dig thru everything in the garage to find a hiding space? Here are some ideas for where to hide valuables in your garage: An old paint can. Growing up, my garage had about 10 different cans half-filled with paint.

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How Little Could You Spend on Your Child in a Year?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

All those items got plenty of use as all three of my kids used them. Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. Babies grow so quickly that their babies only wore some outfits for a time or two before they outgrew them, so the clothes looked like new.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You may not remember all the stuff you had as a kid, but if you are a parent, you are certainly aware how fast stuff gathers around you when kids come into your life! Kids will naturally accumulate stuff, even when they can’t buy it. But as time wears on, the cats and dogs move on and the kids move out.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

Daniel is a WordPress plugin developer at grow development and blogs at [link]. Amanda currently homeschools their three kids. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. What kind of debt was it?

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What Makes a Saver?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In order to fit in, you might want to dress the same way your co workers dress or drive a similar quality car or send the kids to that upscale private school. As baby grows, we might turn back into fiendish savers – trying to get that retirement fund or college fund built up. Included here is peer pressure. Temperament.

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