Well, another week's flown by hasn't it! There's not long left until they're back at school so we're busy packing as much fun as possible in. I loved last week's guest post from Jen as her five free things to do this Summer were completely different to what I would have thought about doing so I've asked another great blogger to share her ideas to see if I can get some more inspiration!Over to you Angela....I’m Angela and I blog at The Life of Spicers. I have a 7 year old daughter (and also a grown up one). The Summer Holidays don’t have to cost a fortune; there are plenty of ideas … [Read more...]
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Five Free things you can do this Summer #4….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the fourth post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny and to change things up a little bit, I've asked a lovely lady you may already know to post her top five free things to do with the kids this Summer….Over to you Jen!Hi Guys and Gals, it is Jen from Mum in the Mad House and A Thrifty Mum and Cass has invited me to share with you five free things that you … [Read more...]
Five Free things you can do this Summer #3….
We all know that you don’t have to spend lots of money to have fun together but every now and again we all need a quick reminder of some of the fun things we can do for free! This is the third post in my series of Summer Holiday reminders of fun activities that won’t cost you a penny….Make your own colourful crayons - Gather up all of your broken or old wax crayons and turn them into brilliant fun colourful crayons. If you don't have any then you can buy a new pack for about 30p in most supermarkets. These crayons are fun to make together but even more fun … [Read more...]
Five free things you can do this Summer #2….
We all know that you don't have to spend money to have fun but sometimes we need a quick reminder of the fun things we can do for free so here's the second in my series of my Summer Holiday reminders of some fun things to do together that won't cost you a penny....Make Gloop - This is one of the most fun things we've done together at home. Gloop is amazing stuff and it's quite good to get a bit of science in to the holidays too.Have a go at Geocaching – if you don’t know what it is or you haven’t tried it then you really need to have a look at the website and see what it’s all … [Read more...]
Five free things you can do this Summer #1….
We all know that you don't have to spend money to have fun but sometimes we need a quick reminder of the fun things we can do for free so here's the first of my Summer Holiday reminders of what you can do that won't cost you a penny....Go on a nature hunt - print out one of the Summer checklists from the Nature Detective website and go for a walk together. There's all sorts of checklists ranging from bugs to plants or even a simple colours one for younger children and you'll have a great time finding everything on your lists. Slap on some sun tan lotion, pack a little picnic and a … [Read more...]
Five things I’ve done this week to save money….
Saving money isn't just about the big savings you make, it's about the little things you do each and every day that save you money. In fact, my Nana used to have a saying which I'm sure lots of you will have heard - "Look after the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves!"It's so true isn't it?So here's my five small things that I've done this week to save some money:1. Rather than go to the shop for something for my work packed lunch when we ran out of bread (don't ask) I made up a packet of cous cous that's been at the back of my cupboard for as long as I … [Read more...]
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