This post is about celebrating the many wonderful things in life that don't require going out and spending money.
Five Fun things to do for Free
- Go Ice Skating
- Learn to juggle (Aaron recently mastered juggling 3 balls!)
- Play Hide-and-Seek in the house with the lights off (adults too!)
- Make envelopes from old calendars
- Knit something from yarn you already have on hand. Be creative in combining yarns. I am almost done with a sweater for Megan that I made in this way.
- Khan Academy is a great resource for all sorts of online learning. Megan finds it super fun. I have used for all of my kids at various times.
- Hillsdale College has a free online course to learn about our Constitution.
- Mara has really enjoyed using Duolingo to learn other languages.
Read for Free (on your Kindle or possibly other devices)
Listen for Free
This one is rather fun to watch as well as listen to:
Free Gifts to Give
A Hug
A Song (I know many who love to listen to music - especially at the nursing home)
A GIVEAWAY!!!
I have a DVD of "To Joey With Love" to give away!
This giveaway will go through January 21st. Then we will randomly choose a winner.
And the winner is RENEE!
And the winner is RENEE!
The BEST FREE Gift!
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23
Disclaimer: When I say free it doesn't mean that it didn't cost somebody something. Also I may list various activities that are free to me because I already own the equipment needed but if you don't than it wouldn't be free to you - just skip those. Some things that might be listed might not be truly free (like inviting your neighbor to join you for supper) but really aren't going to cost much more than you would already be paying.
We like to play board and card games. Recently, I wanted to get a new game,but it was out of stock. Then, I realized that it only required decks of cards and a very simple game board. So I made the game board on card stock and laminated it. I already had all of those materials, so it only cost me a couple new decks of cards at the dollar store!
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying all of your new blog series.
Angiechadwell@yahoo.com
Angie, That is pretty cool! What is the name of the game that you made?
ReplyDeleteHaddie has been using duolingo too to learn German! We also get free books on a kindle! Or watch movies on YouTube! We also listen to music on there!!
ReplyDeleteI've been making sprouts again, fresh produce in the winter. This might seem silly but I signed our foster child up for WIC so I saved $148 dollars this month on formula! Library and kindle for books. Duolingo for Bea's German. Heated our house with wood....
ReplyDelete~Anna
That is a significant savings on formula and I don't consider that a bit silly. :-)
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