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How to Entertain the Kids at Home on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Learn to crochet (knit, sew, build a birdhouse, build a model, play chess). Then you and your child can work together to get a good picture, write up a description, research an asking price and get the item listed. Challenge your kids to find material and make up characters – then let them put on a puppet show for you!

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How to Exercise your Brain

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Creative activities like painting, sewing, cooking, craft and woodwork help to keep your brain active and give you a sense of personal satisfaction at the same time. Much research has been conducted in recent years about how exercising the brain can protect against dementia. All these things provide exercise for your brain.

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Nicole’s Nickels Greatest Holiday Gifts of 2012: Gifts for Adults

Nicoles Nickels

Each May Book is 5×8 inches with 80 pages and the binding is hand sewn on a sewing machine. Product Price: $32.00. 7 YEARS YOUNGER: The Revolutionary 7-Week Anti-Aging Plan (7YY/Hearst Magazines, January 2, 2012), a new book by the editors of Good Housekeeping magazine. Product Price: $12.00-$20.00. Product Name: Infinite Necklace.

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

Frugal Luxuries

moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting moving the sewing machine to the spare room (I hope to set up a separate area in there, once it's been thoroughly de-cluttered and reorganized).painting the carpet. the carpet.

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