Target Summer Savings
May 16, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under sale
I received a Target sale catalog in the mail today called “splash into summer for less”. You may have received one too, but before you toss it into the recycling bin be sure to look on the back. Attached, you should find a coupon packet valued at over $55. You may find some of the coupons to be useful.
Here are some of the sale items that caught my eye:
Fisher-Price sand tools $3.49
Wigglin’ Water Sprinkler $8.99
Cootie Games $4.99
Primary Journal (room for writing and drawing on each page) $2.99
No-Spill Mini Bubble Bucket $4.99
No-Spill Bubble Blitzer (blows up to 3,000 bubbles a minute without re-dipping) …read more
Shameless Plug: Little Fun; Little Learning
February 26, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under blogs, children's activity
Some of you may not know this, but I also author Little Fun; Little Learning. It’s a site geared towards preschool and kindergarten. There are craft ideas, links to helpful websites, songs, fingerplays, games, and so much more. I hope you’ll drop by and check out the fun!
Save Money with Your Local Library
July 1, 2008 by Karen Weideman
Filed under children's activity, entertainment, money saving idea
Everybody knows that as long as you remember to get the books back in time, libraries are a great place to save some money. The word has even started to get out that you can checkout videos and music for free or cheap. You might even already know that you can buy used books for cheap which is really nice for kids that read books faster than you can buy them.
Our library offers a bunch of other opportunities to save a few pennies.
Classes for kids – Our library runs a ton of weekly classes that are normally about a half …read more
Free Site for Finding Halloween Activities
October 3, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Halloween
Looking for a festival or carnival to take your kids to? Want to promote your church or school fall festival? If so, then check out GooGhoul. Simply type in your zip code and GooGhoul will show you the activities in your area. Be sure and check back later in the month after more events have been posted.
Crayola Games for Kids
July 1, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under entertainment, family
Looking for more stuff to keep the kids busy? Let me them play with this fireworks show at Crayola Creativity Central. Crayola also has many other options such as coloring pages, craft ideas, card creator, certificate maker, as well as many neat looking games.
We’re looking for more free activities to keep the kids busy this summer. If you have some ideas, please paste a link below. Perhaps I can look through them and put all the links together.
Free Stuff for Kids
June 28, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under blogs, entertainment, family
In most places, school has been out for a few weeks now. Are the kids making you crazy yet? Do you wish you had some things to keep them busy?
Char, from Weary Parent, has sent me some information on a free summer book for kids. Char and Randa have worked hard on getting some activities together to help fight off the summer boredom. They have created two printable Summer Fun Books (one for younger kids and one for older kids) full of great activities for your kids – word searches, coloring pages, pencil fun activities and more.
Click here for a free book …read more
