fine living on a shoestring budget
Follow my favorite tips and tricks to celebrate Fourth of July on a budget. These Fourth of July party ideas and July Fourth recipes are tons of fun and don’t cost a lot of money! Who’s ready for the Fourth of July? Me! Me! Host a Fourth of July Party on a Budget Fourth of…
Have you always wondered how to dye Easter eggs with shaving cream? It’s pretty easy and fun! Shaving cream dyed Easter eggs is a great way to dye eggs with toddlers and kids of all ages. I’ve always enjoyed dying Easter eggs, even past my childhood. It’s a great excuse to get crafty, and it’s…
Last Easter season, just a few days before Easter Sunday, there was a knock on our door. When we went to answer the door we found out that we’d been egged! No, not egged with real eggs. The “You’ve Been Egged” Easter Activity is similar to the “You’ve Been Boo-ed” Halloween activity where baskets of…
I love dyeing Easter eggs. It’s a tradition that I won’t mess with. Good Friday is our day to sit down as a family and dye a dozen boiled eggs. The weeks leading up to that, the kids still love to decorate eggs. Since I don’t want to decorate dozens of boiled eggs each week,…
It isn’t Christmas morning without Christmas morning breakfast casserole in our house. My mom picked up a similar recipe when I was growing up and it’s morphed into this version as I’ve taken on hosting Christmas morning. Not everything about the holidays is easy, but this recipe is. Seriously, it’s one of the easiest Christmas…
I must have rewritten the title 20 times before I finally realized that there is no nice way to title this post. It is what it is- a post about how to ask grandparents for money instead of toys this Christmas. If you know me at all, you know that the last thing I want…
Everyone loves a little homemade holiday cheer, right? Make your own cheer with these easy DIY Christmas ornaments. All of these are simple enough that even kids can make! 125 Easy DIY Christmas Ornaments 77 ways to fill clear ornaments Head to Refunk My Junk for 75 ways to fill clear ornaments. We love this…
Are you tired of coming up with insane Elf on the Shelf ideas to entertain your kids? Check out this easy Elf on the Shelf idea that includes the easiest Elf on the Shelf hack ever. No more searching the internet for Elf on the Shelf ideas. This will be the last elf idea you’ll…
Don’t let Christmas become a stressful time for you and your family. Follow these tips to simplify Christmas with this easy family advent calendar. In this post I teach you how to stop buying advent calendars that you throw away. Learn how to reuse the same advent calendar each year and incorporate all your favorite Christmas…
Getting rid of toys before Christmas is one of my biggest holiday struggles as a mom. I know I’m not alone in this struggle to encourage kids to declutter their toys. As if us moms didn’t already have enough on our plates during the holidays, right? After years of working with my kids to clean…
