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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Teaching The Gift of Giving This year the grand kids are 5 and 8 years old and I want to demonstrate the pleasures of giving. Moms always love anything their kids give them! Something to use to write messages on the wet cement. I used the sandrete I already had. Pretty things to embed in the wet cement.

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JCPenney Give Back Box – Ship Your Donation for Free

For the Mommas

JCPenney Give Back Box – Ship Your Donation for Free. JCPenney is partnering with Give Back Box to accept gently used clothing & household items – and you can send them your donation for free! Just print the Give Back Box shipping label, attach it to the outside of your box and ship via UPS or USPS for free!

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Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When many of us think about giving, the first thing that comes to mind is money. The reality, though, is that giving doesn’t always have to be about the money. When you sit for someone else, that’s money that doesn’t have to go to the sitter — and might be used to pay utility bills.

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Sustainable Gift Giving this Holiday Season

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Instead, focus on ways that you can give items that are inexpensive, personal, and eco-friendly to some degree. You can use Etsy.com for its map that shows nearby artists and craftspeople. You don’t have to buy new to give a classy, thoughtful gift. A great way to give a unique gift, as well as help save the planet.

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These 9 Bills Are Draining Your Wallet – Here’s How To Lower Them

The Budget Diet

However, this doesn’t mean you have to overspend and give away more of your hard-earned money to massive companies. Instead, you can use these clever tactics to massively reduce your. They’re a part of life, and they sure have a way of piling up fast. Monthly expenses are just a part of everyday life.

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Kids & Giving Generously

Family Balance Sheet

Santa needs our help and helping other people is what God would want us to do. (So Giving is not easy for all children to understand immediately. The same child who at one time wanted to live in a desert so she could get a shoe box filled with toys, asked me if she could use some of her own money to buy the toys for a shoe box.

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Cheaper, Less Stressful Alternatives to Christmas Gift Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Every year, I express my desire to have a quiet family gathering rather than a big gift giving ordeal. I’ve finally figured out that it’s not about them wanting to spend time and money in malls; it’s about them wanting to give something and share something with one another. Give an Experience. A Vacation.

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