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Hello,
A couple days ago we published a photo of a dog coat but forgot to put up two key pictures. Hillary, who submitted the photo, also provide two pictures of the inside and outside of the coat. Those have now been added to the post. You can view it here.
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There was the cocoa left out of yesterday's Snowman Soup (Sugar and Fat Free) recipe. It has been corrected:
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Sorry for the oversights! Must be the holidays.
Thanks for reading,
Susan
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Decorative Lamp Made from Ashtrays
This is a Ashtray light.
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Put your lights in the bottom ashtray with plug hanging out.
Put the other ashtray on top of this glue them together.
Top with ribbons and a statue and plug in your new Christmas lamp.
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Frankie and Pixie are 8 month old brother and sister. They are virtually inseparable. Last summer they discovered 2 empty shoeboxes and decided to play choo choo train!
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Here is how I solved the endless "what can will I grab" from the food pantry. I cut strips of wood then placed in rows to hold my canned goods on the bottom shelf of my cabinet. I used a square of wood to hold them in place at the front of each row.This will work for any space I'm sure. I took this photo after Thanksgiving, obviously we'd hit the corn! :)
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I had nine boys to raise so frugal was very important in this home. One of the things we always use to hear is someone had a bigger piece of hamburger than another person, so one day I tried using my potato masher to mash the meat apart to see if it would help, YES, the potato masher is still being used in our home today even with the family gone and grown.
The old potato masher help with the minor problem with our boys and they now use the idea with their families now.
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Frugal Winter Fun with Kids - Outdoor Fun
Winter is upon us. The kids get cabin fever quickly when their outside free time is limited. You're looking for some fun things to do before you all start climbing the walls. You don't need a wallet full of cash to enjoy the cold, snowy days. There are all kinds of frugal ways to enjoy the winter season together both indoors and outdoors. Here are a few frugal boredom busters to have as your 911 plan for the winter blahs.
Outdoor Fun
1. Homemade Snowman Kit
It's just not winter fun without building a snowman. Assemble a snowman kit to have handy. Your kit can contain the following:
A hat, scarf, mittens, plastic carrot nose, charcoal briquettes, (place in plastic baggie) buttons, and can add two dowels or branches for arms.
2. Obstacle Courses or Winter Olympics
Jump over the mounds of snow or have relay races.
3. Snow Paint
Mix food coloring and water and add to spray water bottles and spray the snow to make colorful works of art outside.
4. Homemade Bird Feeder and Bird Identification
Need large pine cones, peanut butter, and birdseed. Add peanut butter to pine cones and roll in birdseed. Keep a journal of birds in your yard. Can borrow a field guide from your local library.
5. Snow Ice Cream
Mixing together a quart of milk, an egg, 1 cup sugar, teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract in a pan. Cook on stove top until mixtures thicken and cool to room temperature. Pour this mixture over fresh clean snow.
Or
Mix all the ingredients.
6. Snow Golf
Use a tin can buried in the snow for the holes or just carve out holes in the snow.
7. Winter Photography
Take pictures of nature. Icicles, birds, trees, etc.
8. Identify Tracks in the Snow
Check out a book from your local library on animal tracks.
By Sara Noel is a freelance writer and the Editor/Publisher of http://www.FrugalVillage.com and http://www.HomesteadGarden.com
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"A Treasured Tradition"
I just wanted to share a wonderful tradition that I started about five years ago and I've enjoyed it so much. I call it my "Christmas Eve walk."
I had been feeling a little depressed this particular Christmas Eve and was trying to come up with something I could do to make myself feel better when an idea came to me. We had been baking Christmas goodies all day, so I got together a plate of cookies, candies and other things, wrapped it all up in plastic wrap, put a bow on it and left the house. What I wanted to do was "feel" out the right place. I just wanted to walk until I came to a place that seemed like it needed some cheer.
After walking for about five minutes, I came around a corner to a group of houses I'd never been to before and stopped. There it was; the house that needed a little Christmas magic. It was Christmas Eve and from inside the house, I could hear a baby crying and the vacuum going.
Smiling, I carefully went up to the porch, set the plate down, rang the doorbell and ran. I stopped just out of sight behind a fence and listened as the vacuum went off and the door opened. A few moments later, I heard them pick up the plate and shut the door. I was grinning from ear to ear all the way home and I sure felt a lot better. Ever since then, I take my Christmas Eve walk and I don't stop until I've reached the "right place." It sure brightens up the holidays and gives me something to look forward to each year! It certainly is a "treasured tradition."
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Gather neighbors and friends and exchange gift certificates for jobs and tasks that others can do to help each other for no charge.
For example: haircuts, babysitting, baking, raking, etc.
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Frugal Winter Fun with Kids - Indoor Fun
1. Paper Snowflakes
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2. Paper Airplanes
http://www.bestpaperairplanes.com/
3. Make a Snow Gauge
Mark inch lines on a coffee can or plastic liter bottle with the top cut off and setting it outside to catch snow in.
4. Mister Grass Head
Materials Needed:
Using hosiery, place some grass seeds in the toe which is where you want the grass to grow. The hosiery is the head and the excess will be placed in the baby food jar to soak up water. The toe of the hose is the head and the grass will look like hair as it grows. The baby food jar is the body. Add some potting soil in the end of the hosiery on top of the seeds. Make sure the hosiery of seeds and soil is bigger than the opening of the baby food jar.
Tie a knot in the hosiery to keep the seeds and soil in. Completely soak the soil/seed ball. Place the hosiery in a baby food jar filled with water making sure the head is above the mouth of the jar. Decorate the jar to look like Mister Grass Heads clothes and add a face onto the head.
5. Smores
Indoor Smores
Bring corn syrup and butter to boil. Lower heat and add chocolate. Stir until chocolate melts. Add cereal and marshmallows and stir. Put in square pan, covered with foil. Let set and cut into bars.
6. Shadow Drawing
Take brown grocery bags and tape together until you have enough paper to be the same size as your child. Have your child lie down on the paper bags and trace your child's outline. Your child can then color her shadow drawing to look anyway she wants.
7. Homemade Toys
Decorate a paper towel tube. Paper punch a hole about an inch from the end. Now tie a mason jar ring to a piece of string about one foot long. Attach and tie the loose end of the string through the hole in the cardboard tube. Hold the tube and flip the ring up and try to catch it onto the tube.
Or
Try taking a plastic, Styrofoam, or paper cup and poking a small hole in the bottom, running a piece of yarn through and tying it securely in place and adding a large button on the loose end. Catch the button in the cup.
8. Bubbles in the Bathtub
How fun to blow bubbles indoors. Here are some homemade recipes: http://www..bubbleblowers.com/homemade.html
9. Homemade Bowling
Use empty water bottles or coffee creamer containers as the pins and find a spare ball to roll.
10. Indoor Snowball Fight
Wad up newspaper balls and have a snowball war inside.
11. Homemade Hot Cocoa
Nothing beats the winter chills away after a day of snow fun outdoors than hot cocoa. Make your own with this recipe.
Combine ingredients and mix well. Store in an airtight container. Add 4 tablespoons of mix to a mug and add boiling water. Stir.
12. Window Fun
Crayola Window Writers are a product that writes and easily washes off of windows. Can also purchase spray snow for windows.
By Sara Noel is a freelance writer and the Editor/Publisher of http://www.FrugalVillage.com and http://www.HomesteadGarden.com
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