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8 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Kids During Quarantine

Couponing 101

With kids at home, now is the perfect time to teach them some of these often overlooked skills that can help make their lives so much easier. Basic sewing skills can help you extend the wearable life of a garment by being able to mend it. Older children who have strong fine motor skills may enjoy sewing. Do you have a garden?

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

They will appreciate the thoughtfulness and might also be looking to reduce the sheer amount of unnecessary stuff that comes into their homes during the holidays. Are you a gardener? Do you have beautiful perennials in your garden? Are you an amazing home cook? Garden Harvest. Are you a gardener? Oil Change.

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FREE Samples of Dolce & Gabbana, Tums, L’Oreal, and More!

Couponing 101

Here are your Friday Freebies: Free Sample of Dolce & Gabbana Perfume Free Sample of Tums Freshers Free Sample of L’Oreal Paris Advanced Hair Care Free Sample of Align Probiotics Free Full-Sized Snickers Candy Bar Free Better Homes & Gardens Magazine Subscription Free Mini Photo Brag Book from Walgreens Free 20-Point Kelloggs Family (..)

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Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you get the big things like solar panels and water tanks, they do cost initially, but if you are staying in your home for a long period they are worth it. The largest bin is what most seem to opt for, yet if you are more careful with what you bring into your home so you don’t need to throw away excess you could get a smaller bin.

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30 Mother’s Day DIY Gift Ideas

Couponing 101

From jewelry & sewing projects to body scrubs & homemade coasters, there’s something for everyone! Ceramic Photo Coasters via Cardstore Blog These personable coasters make a great gift that will last a long time in the home. Mason Jar Picture Frame Vase via Home Stories A to Z This is so lovely and easy to make.

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Don’t Recycle, Reuse

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you want to get fancy, draw, paint or sew buttons on it for eyes. Now we use them as chip bag fasteners as well as to hold the garden mesh netting on the chicken wire circles that surround my blueberry bushes – to keep the birds and squirrels from eating the ripening berries. Clothes pins. Coffee can. Go Green Money Tips'

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25 Things You Can Do With Your Baby That Don’t Cost A Lot

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Anyone eavesdropping on my home in those early days would have wondered what was going on, as I described how and why we sweep or fold laundry or go into the bathroom! A simple book using different fabrics and textures can easily be sewn up on a sewing machine to provide hours of exploration and learning.

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