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Week of 10-16-07
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Topic for this week: How do you spend Quality Family Time?
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easy ways to spend quality time with your family. You can
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Article: Frugal
Halloween
How
do you celebrate Halloween when there is little cash in your
wallet? The frugal Halloween way, of course!
Even though Halloween is the second highest spending season, you
don’t have to spend an arm and a leg to give your family a
fun and memorable Halloween.
Here are a few frugal tips from frugal moms.
Trade
Costumes – Organize a costume swap party with
friends and neighbors. Most certainly, they all have costumes
that their children have either outgrown or aren’t interested
in any longer. Make a pact to yourself that you are not going
to spend money on costumes this year.
Make
Your Costume At Home – Look around your house
for old clothes, hats, accessories and craft supplies and make your own
homemade Halloween costumes.
Plan
Ahead! – Halloween candy and treats start
appearing on store shelves around the first of September. By
keeping an eye out for sales during the months of September and
October, you’ll avoid that last minute panic of not having
Halloween treats and paying full price.
Buy In
Bulk - …. But be realistic about the quantity
of treats you really need. If you only have ten or twenty
kids ringing your doorbell every year, consider splitting a large, bulk
package of goodies with a friend or neighbor.
Think
Outside The Candy Box – There is no law that
says you have to give candy to the trick-or-treaters on
Halloween. In fact, many kids love to see something different
in their bags when they get home. Plastic spider rings,
pencils, mini microwave popcorn packs, mini pretzel bags, sticks of gum
are all great, economical and healthy treats to give away.
Try
Pennies And Stickers – Kids love stickers and
stickers are a terrific popular, but frugal, treat to give away.
Tattoos can also be a huge hit! It sounds strange, but a bowl
full of pennies will make any kid’s eyes light up.
Decide what you can afford to give to each child before your doorbell
rings for the first time.
Make
The Decision Now – Decide right now that
you’re not going to spend a lot of money this year during
Halloween. Keep your resolve as you walk through the discount
stores and see the multitude of Halloween decorations beaming at
you. By keeping it simple, you will provide a memorable and
cost-effective Halloween for your family.
More
articles can be found at MommyCommunity.com
Recipe:
A Fun Halloween Breakfast
Breakfast is many times an overlooked meal when celebrating the
holidays. The simple addition of orange food coloring (or a
combination of red and yellow) into a glass of milk will give your kids
a surprise on Halloween morning.
For some spooktacular Halloween pancakes, melt ¼ cup of
chocolate chips in a microwave safe container. When melting chocolate,
melt at 30-second intervals and stir each time. Pour or spoon
melted chocolate into a heavy-duty plastic zip top bag. Press
all the chocolate into one corner of the bag and with a scissor, cut a
tiny corner off the edge of the bag. Make pancakes and with
the melted chocolate, pipe a jack-o-lantern face on the pancakes.
For
More easy to make recipes, visit HowToMakeEasyMeals.com
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