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Black Entertainment History at the Academy Museum

Shereen Travels Cheap

We spent half the day at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, which is amazing if you love movies. Not only do they have a whole exhibit dedicated to The Godfather movies, but they also have one of the surviving prop sharks Bruce from Jaws. There's even a large portion of an exhibit that celebrates the movie Casablanca.

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Is it about movies, business, science, math or something else? 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. What will the theme of your game be?

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6 Tips to Save Money On Home Décor

Saving Cents With Sense

Other people have cut out all unnecessary luxuries, from dinners out on the town to movie theater shows to gym memberships. Check out some thrift stores, vintage stores, flea markets, and garage sales. One project that almost anyone can do with just a few of the right tools is painting. But there is good news.

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"Potential Accomplishments" and The Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List

Frugal Luxuries

painting the vanity.finding another place for the extra vintage suitcases stacked atop one of the armoires.as painting the vanity.finding another place for the extra vintage suitcases stacked atop one of the armoires.as well as a thorough vacuuming via the wet-dry vac.then spot clean ing.of the carpet. the carpet.

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Free and Cheap Weekend Activities – 4/10

Saving Cents With Sense

Free Face Painting, Free Craft, Stick Bull Riding, Steer Head Roping & more! 10:15 AM – Intro to Garage Band Workshop. This is popular free camp where kids learn to make movies or create interactive books complete with their own illustrations and sound effects. Edit home movies with iMovie and more!

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FREE & Cheap Family Events (Including Mother’s Day Events)

Saving Cents With Sense

10:15 AM – Intro to Garage Band. Sunday, May 10th from 1 PM to 2:30 PM – Interior Paint and Drywall Repair. This is popular free camp where kids learn to make movies or create interactive books complete with their own illustrations and sound effects. Edit home movies with iMovie and more!

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. I even made the kid’s play dough and finger paint. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We changed our own oil and rotated our own tires.

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