Couponing 101
DECEMBER 11, 2019
There’s no doubt about it: stay-at-home parents work hard. Luckily, with remote work and work-from-home jobs growing so rapidly these days, there are plenty of great side hustles for stay-at-home parents. So, without much further ado, here are some of our favorite side gigs for stay-at-home parents.
The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 29, 2024
We also grow a large garden & lots of flowers, fruit trees & a 100-year-old grapevine. Now-I’m a single parent who works part-time, cares for my elder mother, homeschools & runs a farm. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. This means funds are tight.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 10, 2013
If you are like most parents, you want to raise your children well – to develop their mental and physical aspects completely. Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
DECEMBER 5, 2012
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.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 19, 2014
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. We Love to Spend Money on Our Children.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 26, 2014
Another option is to have the parent serve everyone straight from the pan to the plate. You can often by these cheap at garage sales. There is a growing trend for “ family cloth ” which is reusable cloth to replace toilet paper. Or you can make them yourself. The savings here can really add up.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
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! But, because we leave behind the accumulated stuff in our parent’s household, we really end up with less that we had at home. You want stuff.
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