Parents, Save a Buck

Or two. Or more. (Or none?)

Trent over at The Simple Dollar offers up Eight Tips From An Ultra-Frugal Parent

Get old towels at yard sales and cut them up.

Make simple meals with as basic ingredients as you can, then spice from there.

Focus on open-ended, imagination-based toys.

Buy end-rolls of newspaper and be creative.

Cut their hair at home.

Involve the children in every possible activity that you do.

Find activities that free up one parent.

Find another couple with children and swap babysitting.

What would you add to that?


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