article thumbnail

8 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Kids During Quarantine

Couponing 101

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. You could discuss budgeting, prioritizing, and menu planning. Fixing Things. Have something in your house you’ve been meaning to fix?

Kids 90
article thumbnail

Being Environmentally Friendly Saves Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So instead of menu planning, buying what we need and eating it, we are buying what we feel like, cooking too much and throwing away the rest instead of eating the leftovers. Ny taking your own bags, reusing plastic bags you already have or even sewing some fabric bags from old t-shirts and things you can save a lot.