07.07.09

I hope you all had a fun, safe Fourth of July weekend (or Canada Day) with friends and family.  Now that we're into July, we'll be bringing you the best tips on how to keep kids busy for less.  Fun doesn't have a hefty price tag!  Be sure to visit our forums and share your own ideas and suggestions.

Have a great week,

Kim
 

In this Issue:
1. Welcome

2. Coupons, Freebies and Offers

3. Frugal Summer Fun

4. Online and In-Store Deals

All You Magazine  Get ALL YOU for only .75 an issue (2 years).  Walmart sells each issue for $2.24, Amazon sells it for $1.42 an issue.  Filled with tons of coupons, this magazine pays for itself.  To order it for only $18 for 24 months,  visit this link and click on the ALL YOU tab on the site.  Fill in your information, pay on a secure site with your credit card and the price will be adjusted to $18 when the order is finalized.  To see which coupons are available this month, visit this link.

Free Sample Kotex Overnight Pads Sign up to receive your FREE sample pack complete with a Kotex® Ultra Overnight Pads with Wings.
 

Free Sample Enfamil A.R. Sign up and receive free sample of Enfamil Baby Formula.
 

Frugal Summer Fun:  Fan Mail  What costs the price of a first-class stamp, requires creative writing, and gets school-aged kids excited to do more? Writing fan mail!  If your school age kids are already saying, "Mom, I'm bored!" this could be a fun (and frugal) way to provide rainy day entertainment.  My own nine-year-old just received a letter and photo personally autographed by Robin Williams.  Read more about it...
 

Creative Uses for Empty Squirt Bottles We use the empty trigger spray bottles to play freeze tag in the summer. You essentially have to be close enough to touch so it's more similar to the original version instead of just turning into a squirt gun fight. We would also use them to play capture the flag, cops and robbers, etc. In those instances we'd fill them with food coloring and water so we could make teams (blue team and red team, for example. If you were blue, we got ya!). It also eliminated the "you really didn't touch me" fights! -- Member Karen1985
 

Ice Cream in a Bag
This is SOOO easy... and delicious! In a small ziplock bag, put:
1/2 C. half and half (milk works too)
1 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Insert that bag into a larger, one gallon Ziplock filled with ice and salt. Shake the bag for five minutes. Kids love that part! Then, remove the smaller bag which should have turned into ice cream.

Upromise Now Has Grocery Coupons!  Join for free, and gain access to dozens of eCoupons for grocery products.  Nothing to clip, nothing to print.

Photo Codes and Discounts Now at Snapfish, get 50 prints for 50 pennies!  Read how...

Back to School Deals Get what you need for less!  Keep checking back through August to the latest information. 

CVS Bargains and Freebies  Best deals for the week of July 5th: Free pencils, tape, pantyliners, and diabetes monitoring kit

Entertainment Books - Get the 2009 Book for FREE! Entertainment books are filled with hundreds of 50% off and 2-for-1 discounts for your area on the things you do everyday like dining, groceries, shopping, services, and attractions. Plus great discounts on travel, home furnishings and much more!  Read what I found inside my book