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We live on a tight budget. Can anyone who has a big family give me some of your tips about penny-pinching ideas. How can you afford clothing? What is your monthly food bill? Any advice is good advice for me! Thanks so much!
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You can get school clothes for the kids to grow into after the season ends and they go on clearance sale.
Yard sales for summer clothes, play clothes, bicycles and things like that.
I grew up in a family of nine, we ate a lot of beans and beef stew, spaghetti, things we could make large amounts of that were healthy but economical. Chrismas our main gift was a group thing like a trampoline or something all could use then a little personal gift.
We shopped at costco or places we could buy all toiletries and food in bulk so it cost about half of the regular price grocery stores.
We went to day old bread stores for all the cookies and goodies for sack lunches and of course bread. We bought extra for the freezer to stalk up when they had a lot of the things we used.
We clipped coupons and once a month took all our glass cans and plastic to a recycling center and redeemed them for cash.
We did all our wash in cold water unless it was rank and used a clothesline to dry them.
I don't remeber the food budget but it wouldn't be relevent because I am middle aged now.
You can get school clothes for the kids to grow into after the season ends and they go on clearance sale.
Yard sales for summer clothes, play clothes, bicycles and things like that.
I grew up in a family of nine, we ate a lot of beans and beef stew, spaghetti, things we could make large amounts of that were healthy but economical. Chrismas our main gift was a group thing like a trampoline or something all could use then a little personal gift.
We shopped at costco or places we could buy all toiletries and food in bulk so it cost about half of the regular price grocery stores.
We went to day old bread stores for all the cookies and goodies for sack lunches and of course bread. We bought extra for the freezer to stalk up when they had a lot of the things we used.
We clipped coupons and once a month took all our glass cans and plastic to a recycling center and redeemed them for cash.
We did all our wash in cold water unless it was rank and used a clothesline to dry them.
I don't remeber the food budget but it wouldn't be relevent because I am middle aged now.
Gifts for Toddlers that don't reqire batteries?
I want to get a gift for my 4,3, and 1 year old children but i don't want to get them anything that requires batteries. Does anyone have any ideas.
Answer
Books. I love the ones with the "plastic" pages, but board books and books with paper pages are good as well.
Puzzles. You can find some at Wal Mart that have 24 large pieces, that are easy for little hands to put together. Wooden puzzles and peg puzzles are great also.
Arts and crafts supplies. I love the Aqua Doodle books and mats, they are GREAT because it is just a marker that you put water into and they basically water paint and can use it again and again. Regular crayons and coloring books work well, also. Play doh, finger paint, etc. are also good.
musical instruments. A drum, cymbals, a flute, tambourine, rain sticks, maracas, etc.
Board games. Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Lucky Ducks, Memory, etc.
How about outside gifts such as bubbles, balls, sidewalk chalk, beach toys to play with in the sand box?
Hot Wheels/Matchbox/Tonka cars. These work for boys or girls!
Dolls and doll accessories.
A play table and chairs, which can serve multiple purposes. You might also look into a grocery cart and/or a tea set, pretend food, etc. BTW, dolls and food work for boys and girls as well!
Dress up stuff. Hats, hair accessories, costumes you find on clearance, capes, jewelry, masks.
Puppets. Hand puppets and/or finger puppets.
Bath toys. Bubbles, dye for the water, tub crayons. You can purchase kitchen utensils very inexpensively and they work great in the tub, and even come in fun colors!
Legos, Mega Blocks, etc. are great.
Lincoln Logs and/or Tinker Toys are also great.
A good joint gift would be something like a wagon. It will get YEARS of use. Ours did.
A miniature trampoline (the kind for excercise or one for toddlers).
A ball pit.
Tunnels for them to crawl through, and/or a play house (the tent kind).
I hope these ideas help...
Books. I love the ones with the "plastic" pages, but board books and books with paper pages are good as well.
Puzzles. You can find some at Wal Mart that have 24 large pieces, that are easy for little hands to put together. Wooden puzzles and peg puzzles are great also.
Arts and crafts supplies. I love the Aqua Doodle books and mats, they are GREAT because it is just a marker that you put water into and they basically water paint and can use it again and again. Regular crayons and coloring books work well, also. Play doh, finger paint, etc. are also good.
musical instruments. A drum, cymbals, a flute, tambourine, rain sticks, maracas, etc.
Board games. Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, Lucky Ducks, Memory, etc.
How about outside gifts such as bubbles, balls, sidewalk chalk, beach toys to play with in the sand box?
Hot Wheels/Matchbox/Tonka cars. These work for boys or girls!
Dolls and doll accessories.
A play table and chairs, which can serve multiple purposes. You might also look into a grocery cart and/or a tea set, pretend food, etc. BTW, dolls and food work for boys and girls as well!
Dress up stuff. Hats, hair accessories, costumes you find on clearance, capes, jewelry, masks.
Puppets. Hand puppets and/or finger puppets.
Bath toys. Bubbles, dye for the water, tub crayons. You can purchase kitchen utensils very inexpensively and they work great in the tub, and even come in fun colors!
Legos, Mega Blocks, etc. are great.
Lincoln Logs and/or Tinker Toys are also great.
A good joint gift would be something like a wagon. It will get YEARS of use. Ours did.
A miniature trampoline (the kind for excercise or one for toddlers).
A ball pit.
Tunnels for them to crawl through, and/or a play house (the tent kind).
I hope these ideas help...
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