Family memories with your kids is something that they will reminisce about when they are older. The memories will involve details that you may not have found important, but they did. Each time we tell a story it has something a little different in it. A new piece of information that will make it more…
Family
Low Cost, High Fun Easter Activities for a Frugal Family
Low cost frugal family Easter activities are part of a tradition. Up until this past year eggs were pretty reasonable. Now, coloring Easter eggs steps into a whole new realm for frugal families. I have found other activities this year to try in addition to coloring eggs. All of the other Easter basket items might…
Top Ten Schedule Tips to Keep Your Days Sane
Utilizing family schedule tips to keep activities from becoming excessive is important. Too much money spent on outside activities all the time is not how to run a frugal home. Good scheduling tips helps the entire family to know when to say “no” and “yes” to extra curricular activities. Making sure time in the household…
Decks of Fun: Affordable Family Card Games
We have tons of affordable family card games. Since our children were small we have played games with them. Back then we didn’t have much money, but did have a growing family. As the kids’ grew so did their love for games. Some I have kept over the years’ because they are favorites. If they…
Homeschooling
Homeschool Preschool Letter W Inexpensive Activities
Letter W activities for homeschool preschool usually started on Monday and ended on Friday when I taught my preschoolers. I did not go more than one week on each letter. First, because I attached our handwriting sheet to the poster and used it all year. This became one of my favorite activities and a keepsake….
Thanksgiving Homeschool Games
These games will be a hit with your kids as they play and learn. Affordable homeschool grammar games help kids learn with fun. As I homeschool my kids I look for various ways to teach them in a different way. Most of my games are homemade and pertain to the topic we are working on….
Letter L Homeschool Preschool Activities
Letter L homeschool preschool activities are fused around a flower study. When I was teaching my preschoolers, teaching through meaning of nature around us has proved to be beneficial. Now, as young teens they can identify several flowers, trees and more. Combining learning activities that center around a theme is helpful in educational learning beyond…
Discovering Timeline: Homeschool History Activities
Discovering timeline through homeschool history by working through each week by week is interesting to see the children make connections. Many years’ ago when I was in school it was important to teach what was going on in other places of the world. I only had to know what the book was teaching. Homeschoolers’ get…
Homemaking
Frugal Home Benefits of Utilizing Natural Sunlight
Each day as I do my morning routine, I am always happy to pick up our home with beautiful sunlight beaming in the windows. I see the cat laying on the top of the couch basking in the warmth of the sunlight, and envy her lazy day. My goal as a frugal home mom is…
No Spend Challenge: Tips on Turning Clutter into Cash
In the next part of our no spend challenge we are learning how to take our unwanted items and turn them into cash. Here are a few ways that I have turned clutter into cash. Clutter to me is defined as something I have bought but end up getting rid of for less than what…
No Spend Challenge: Identify Spending Triggers
Everyone buys something and that is why I am in a no spend challenge. Not just for a day, week, or a month, but a whole year. Purchasing an item always has a reason behind it. Identifying what makes us spend money is important. I know when I was younger I spent money on clothes…
Conquering Frugality: Fridge, Freezer and Food Storage
Conquering frugality to create a frugal home takes planning and effort. Having a food plan that involves stocking the pantry, filling the freezer and rotating the fridge saves money in the future. Fridge Organization: Use What You Have I don’t know how many times I have went to the store and bought more carrots, not…
Lifestyle
Four Simple Ways to Conserve Frugal Home Energy
Frugal home energy conservation takes place in a myriad of ways. There are more than four ways, but I will hit on the main four we have tried in our home. Only speaking of personal use, I can tell you that these four frugal home strategies have helped us to keep our bills down to…
Frugal Home Money Mistakes to Avoid
Frugal home money mistakes to avoid helps beginning savers dodge traps. There are three reasons why we started to save money. We wanted to take vacations. We wanted to pay off our debt. Finally, as close listeners of Dave Ramsey we wanted a new legacy for our children. One that did not involve debt. Furthermore,…
Conquering Frugality: Set up Your No Spend Rules
Everyone wants to conquer frugality when the new year starts. Christmas has just passed and if you are like us, the bank account is low. Yes, we set up budgets, save our Christmas money in envelopes and do all the things. January always happens to be the month to start saving. Maybe it is the…
Frugal Cleaning Hacks That Will Save You Money
Frugal cleaning hacks are now ingrained in the basis of our home cleaning. Every Sunday night my family and I clean our home. This is the best time to do a reset and get everything clean. Through the week we are too busy. Each of us have a section to clean, but when we first…