Potpourri is a really simple way to make your home smell nicer and they’re a simple and thrifty alternative to buying chemical filled air freshners! Once you’ve discovered how to make dried orange slices you’ll be wanting to make this dried orange and cinnamon potpourri all the time. It’s super simple and you can easily add things to it to change the smell slightly.
Upcycling Activities For Kids
Welcome along to this weeks Tuesday Tutorials, the linky where we love to read your tutorials! Tuesday Tutorials is shared across four blogs to help give you maximum exposure and each week the four hosts round up some of our favourites from the last week to share. This week I’m sharing some fun upcycling activities for kids with cool things to make that you can find around your home!
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Easter Wreath Craft Ideas for Kids
We love decorating our home for each of the seasons and any big celebrations and to me wreath crafts are a perfect way to do that! These fun Easter wreath craft ideas for kids will make your home look ready for a visit from the Easter Bunny and hopefully keep your kids occupied with something other than thinking about Easter chocolates!
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How To Save Money When You Become A SAHM
Two years ago I was made redundant and while people spoke to me about how easy I’d find it to find another job, I knew that wasn’t the case, mainly because while they were talking I was trying not to throw up. Morning sickness. Yep, I pretty much got pregnant with my second child the same week I got given my notice. Understandably I was *slightly* concerned about how we would afford for me to stay at home so both me and my husband really looked into how to save money on all our outgoings so that we wouldn’t get ourselves into any trouble financially. Two years later I view being made redundant as one of the best things to happen to me, we still live a fairly similar lifestyle but I no longer have to deal with my (delightful) ex-boss. And although I’ve labeled this as how to save money when you become a SAHM, obviously this applies for all the working parents too, we’ve all got bills to pay! Here’s how we did it.
Join local Facebook groups
I’m in several groups for local mums and they’re great for selling stuff your kids have grown out of, buying kids stuff on the cheap and getting ideas for thrifty local days out.
Switch energy suppliers
It used to take about five weeks to switch energy suppliers but the average wait is now about 17 days meaning you could start saving money really quickly! Families can often save around £200 by switching, enough to cover a few weeks of food shopping if you’re trying to save money! Some fixed deals are £100 cheaper than they were last year and by using the sites recommended by OFGEM on their Be An Energy Shopper site you’ll be able to compare prices easily.
Paper Plate Sea Turtle Craft
Recently I’ve been trying to think of more crafts for toddlers that I can do with my one year old daughter. If you saw my Paper Plate Sun then you’ll have seen that she loves to paint everything within reach! To try and keep the mess factor down a tiny bit I thought I’d try her out with a simple paper plate craft that only needed sticking to be done and together we made this fun paper plate sea turtle. Although I made this with a one year old, it would be easily adaptable for older kids by encouraging them to do the cutting out themselves.