Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Or you could make homemade ‘edibles’ – a favourite cake or luxury biscuits for a special treat. Also look at the recycled content of the paper you’re buying to get the best deal for the environment, helping you to make Christmas that little bit greener. There’s a lot of discussion about the etiquette of re-giving an unwanted gift.

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Green Christmas Recycle Recycled 203

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 4, 2013

You can also freeze homemade meals, including soups, casseroles and other items. When you do have to throw out batteries or electronics, find out where you can dispose of them in a way that allows for a level of recycling, and keeps chemicals from polluting the environment. Pay Attention to Packaging.

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Re-use Home and Garden Bulk Electronics 278

For the Mommas

JUNE 23, 2011

The book includes 22 Craft Projects for Kids involving: Homemade Toys Galore- Make yourself a fun frisbee. Great Recycling Crafts- Recycle your used products fand make a cute cat bottle bank or a yogurt cup bud vase. Download a free Summer Crafts for Kids ebook. Fun Paper Crafts- Make a tissue paper frame.

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Crafts Craft Kids Recycle 81

Frugal Luxuries

JULY 9, 2011

herbed sugar pie in a jar rosemary bread.baked in a jar cupcake paper liners to embellish homemade jam in jars cocoa mixes in jars pretty pastel gumdrops in simple recycled jars rose petal and sea salt bath scrub.in What are some of the ways use use your recycled and/or thrifted jars? jars Perhaps this is an obsession.I

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Gifts 40

Couponing 101

APRIL 23, 2020

Somehow, strumming on a homemade guitar seems like an appropriate way to pass the time during the COVID-19 crisis, which is why we’ve included this project. Recycled Toilet Paper Roll Flower Wall Art via Woo!

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Kids Kids and Family Paper Towels Wall Art 80

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 2, 2012

Instead of shelling out $6 bucks on kitchen counter cleaner, you might want to consider some very inexpensive homemade options. Homemade cleaners take a little time, but you save money, and you know exactly what’s in the cleaner that you are using. Baking soda and vinegar mixed together makes a good cleaner for kitchens and bathrooms.

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Saving Money Kitchen Money Reuse 202

Saving Cents With Sense

MAY 7, 2013

Do you remember all those times she made you homemade chocolate chip cookies? She’s an earth mother fond of baking kale chips and reminding you to save energy, recycle and compost the banana peels. There’s nothing better than combining a homemade gift with family memories. For the Foodie Mom. For the Green Goddess.

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Flowers and Plants Flowers and Gifts Finds Gifts 75

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 11, 2011

By making your own lunch, you can cut this figure quite considerably, especially if you recycle leftovers from the night before so that you’re cutting down on food wastage. Even if you’re “only” paying a few dollars a day for lunch, this quickly adds up and can easily set you back hundreds of dollars per year.

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Lunch Lunches Saving Money Money 218

Couponing 101

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

And since we’re all pretty frugal around here, I’m sure most of us strive to send our kids to school with homemade lunches. The re-useable lunch sacks are washable, made of recycled cotton, and eliminate a great deal of waste that would otherwise occur from the use of daily paper or plastic lunch bags.

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Lunch Lunches Giveaway Kids 91

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 23, 2011

I re-use pasta sauce jars for my homemade chicken stock , or my Roasted Roma Tomato Sauce , or my homemade sugar-free applesauce and store them in my freezer. Sometimes reaching for disposable paper products seems easier, but it doesn't take much more effort to use products that are re-usable or recycled.

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Economical Kitchen Paper Groceries 185

Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 5, 2015

” I know that I can recycle the bags, but it seemed wasteful to me and I have to think about whether I’ll do the service again. Tuesday: I browned 3 pounds of ground turkey and added my homemade taco seasoning , so we had hard shell tacos with watermelon and strawberries as a side. They used 22 plastic bags to bag 31 items.

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Budgeting Budget Tacos Friends And Family Sale 100

Couponing 101

MARCH 22, 2019

Recycled Bottle Bowling via PBS Parents. Make Homemade Bouncy Balls via Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas. DIY Homemade Wind Chimes via Hands On As We Grow. Make Homemade Bird Feeders via National Audubon. Giant Yard Twister Game via Instructables. You play it right in the grass. All you’ll need is a tennis ball.

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Outdoors Activism Kids Backyard 81

Saving Everyday

FEBRUARY 15, 2014

Homemade Carpet Deodorizer by I Am That Lady. How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent #2 by Coupon Closet. 21 Ways to Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags – Plastic Recycling by Sweet Pennies From Heaven. 21 Ways to Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags – Plastic Recycling by Sweet Pennies From Heaven. Natural Oven Cleaner by I Am That Lady.

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Saving Money Frugal Money Thrifty 71

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The first is to recycle leftover food, grass cuttings, and fallen leaves that might ordinarily end up in a landfill. Essentially homemade composting bins come in two shapes–with corners or without i.e. rectangular/square, or round. Basically there are two reasons to compost. Different Shapes.

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Compost Composting Homeowner Insurance Bricks 127

Saving Everyday

JANUARY 1, 2015

Homemade Carpet Deodorizer by I Am That Lady. How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent #2 by Coupon Closet. 21 Ways to Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags – Plastic Recycling by Sweet Pennies From Heaven. 21 Ways to Reuse Plastic Grocery Bags – Plastic Recycling by Sweet Pennies From Heaven. Natural Oven Cleaner by I Am That Lady.

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Saving Money Frugal Money Thrifty 40

Saving Cents With Sense

OCTOBER 22, 2015

To save even more money, keep the decorations from each year and recycle them for the next child! Make a Homemade Birthday Cake: Store-bought cakes with special personalization can reach sky-high prices! Finger foods and cake will do just fine in this situation.

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Birthday Budgeting Budget New York City 40

Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Today , I try to always keep a jar of homemade sauerkraut in the refrigerator for whenever I get the craving. Having m y own taste for sauerkraut. and tart flavors in general. I understood perfectly. S oon after I began my first fermentation project. inspired by wonders found on the internet HERE.

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Kitchen Food and Drink Mother's Father 40

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Consider making a homemade card for someone’s birthday, or save old greeting cards and cut up to use as gift tags. Consider wrapping presents in recycled paper and let your kids decorate the outside! 7. For Special Occasions: Get creative when wrapping gifts or sending cards.

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Giveaway Pizza Kids and Family Video Games 78

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 21, 2011

A better option to use is recyclable batteries. Recyclable batteries are much greener to produce and they can last for many years. Be sure to dispose of recyclable batteries properly. 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Recycle/Reuse. Homemade Body Care Products. Plastic bags. Please share.

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Used Printers Recycle Recycled 140

Frugal Luxuries

JULY 30, 2011

I store the dried tea in cleaned and recycled coffee canisters until I'm ready to put together the tea bags for my gift pantry! I plucked the leaves from the stems and arranged them in single layers on the racks of our ordinary food dehydrator. BELOW) Fresh mint leaves ready to be dehydrated for tea. Mint leaves fully dried.

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