4th of July games.

Ideas for games for the 4th of July.

4th of July picnic ideas

Tips to help you save money on your 4th of July picnic.

Tips and recipe for making kabobs

Tips for making kabobs, BBQ Chicken Kabob recipe.

Discounted and Leftover Candy Tips

You can freeze candy up to a year in the freezer.
Don’t forget to buy discounted Halloween candy for Christmas stockings and parties. Most kids don’t care if their Christmas candy is orange and black or if it has silver and gold wrappers instead of red and green.
It is easier to cut candy into pieces if [...]

Dying Easter Eggs with Natural Dyes

Easter Egg-stravaganza
OK, so the kids noticed on the calendar that Easter is approaching and they want to make a huge production of dying eggs. In the past, the little stickers you bought at the store sufficed, but now they want the real thing. Here are some old standards with a few new ideas for you.
One [...]

Resurrection Eggs (for Easter)

1 dozen plastic Easter eggs
1 egg carton
construction paper

Decorate the top of the carton with construction paper and any other decoration that seems fitting.
Fill each egg with the item listed in parenthesis below, along with a piece of paper containing the listed verse. For example the first egg will have a piece of bread along with [...]

Easter Basket Ideas

A reader asks:
Got any inexpensive ideas for Easter gifts for the kids? Also, do you have any ideas that would focus on the real meaning of Easter and not just bunnies and eggs?
Easter is a great time of the year to celebrate, especially if you have the hope that comes from Jesus Christ and His [...]

Easter Tips

Easter Menu
Spiced Honey Ham
Boiled or steamed new red potatoes
Deviled eggs
Carrot and celery sticks (in honor of the Easter Bunny of course)
Peas and pearl onions
Cornbread
Pineapple Sour Cream Pie
Spiced Honey Ham
1/2 cup mustard
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1 tsp. cloves
1 ham
Mix first 5 ingredients and pour over ham. Cook ham according to directions on [...]

General Holiday Tips

Bake your favorite pan of brownies and cut them into squares. Take a small cookie cutter, cut out the center and fill with frosting. Use a cookie cutter for each different holiday; a heart for Valentine’s Day, a four leaf clover for St. Patrick’s Day or an egg or a rabbit for Easter. You can [...]

Saving On Presents

How Can I Spend Less on Presents Without Looking Cheap?
Katie from Rolla, Missouri writes:
Everyone else in our family makes a lot of money and buys expensive Christmas gifts for us. I’m getting ready to become a stay at home mom, which will stretch us even more. I’m wondering how to buy presents for the [...]