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Inexpensive Activities to Do with Your Kids

Karen Weideman — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:18:11 +0000

It’s important to spend time with our children. They’ll only be little for a short while and it’s our job to provide learning opportunities and teaching moments. The problem is, many people associate quality time with expensive outings to the beach, eating out, and theater shows. Finances are tough for many people. There are many activities you can do that cost little to no money.

1. Go to the park.
2. Watch a dvd and eat popcorn.
3. Make pancakes.
4. Make playdough.
5. Play with playdough.
6. Build something with blocks.
7. Play school. Let your child be the teacher.
8. Paint or draw together.
9. Ride bikes.
10. Go for a walk around the neighborhood.
11. Garden together.
12. Visit a neighbor.
13. Do something special for an elderly person such as clean their house, do their errands, cook, or visit.
14. Write a card or letter to someone.
15. Sing songs.
16. Play video games together.
17. Pray for the needy.
18. Make Oobleck.
19. Go through all of the toys and organize them.
20. Visit a farm to pick fruits and vegetables.
21. Have a picnic lunch.
22. Play board games.
23. Create a photo book or scrapbook.
24. Go camping.
25. Tell jokes.

Also, check out these free winter fun ideas. What low cost fun activities can you suggest?

image (c) Karen Weideman

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35 Plentiful Ideas for Thanksgiving

Karen Weideman — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:41:11 +0000

Thanksgiving is only a week away. I know, I can hardly believe it. To save you some time, I’ve been searching around for great resources for you. There’s a wide variety to choose from. Enjoy!

For the kids:

Decorating and Entertaining:

Recipes and Food Ideas:

Other:

Which ideas do you think you’ll try?

image (c) Linette Gerlach

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Wordless Wednesday – Electronic Playdate

kellys — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:34:13 +0000

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Free children’s entertainment

kellys — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:12:01 +0000

My daughter is supposed to sing with her Sunday School class on Sunday in front of the church. I am interested to see if she actually gets up there and sings. I have a great and free website for music for anyone to sing. They have great songs that have motions you can learn to dance to. My daughter loves all of them and has a great time singing and dancing. I am all for free fun.

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Are you smarter than a preschooler?

kellys — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:30:09 +0000

I recently got an email asking me if I was smarter than a preschooler. It was confirmed that I wasn’t. Let’s see how you do.

Which way is the school bus traveling?

Look carefully at the picture if you are having a hard time.

Preschoolers all over the US were asked which direction the school bus was traveling and 90% said that the bus was traveling to the left.

When asked how they got that answer, they said…

The bus had to be traveling to the left because the door was not seen.

Now how dumb or smart do you feel? Don’t forget to vote to let us know if you got the direction correct.

FYI, I did not get it right. Let’s hope Karen did.

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Easter Activities

Karen Weideman — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:27:11 +0000

Usually when a holiday comes around, I do at least one post on fun activities to do with your kids. Yes, I did post A Natural Way to Dye Eggs, but I didn’t give you a whole list of ideas. I’m sorry. I’m not quite sure what happened this time.

Thankfully, my friend Revka at “Little Fun; Little Learning” has done a post of Easter ideas. If you’re looking for something to do with the kids, you might want to head over there. Plus, I completed my first guest blogger post at her site, so you might want to take a look at that too. It’s my first venture away from Thrifty Mommy.

I also saw a cute idea this week at Goodyblog. It is making cupcakes to look like a bird’s nest. I thought the picture was really cute.

I hope you and your family have a safe and blessed holiday!

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Links for April 1st

Karen Weideman — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:09:46 +0000

52 Proven Stress Reducers

The Forbes Fictional 15

Coloring and Artistic Activities for Kids

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