Money Saving Ideas for Home and Daycare
Homemade Booster SeatRecycle your old phone books by turning them into a booster seat for toddlers.
When you get a new phone book delivered to the house, save the old one. Every time you have two phone books, you have a new booster seat. And it's simple!
All you need is the two used phone books, plus a roll of duct tape. Stack the two phone books one on top of the other. Wrap a few strips of tape around the middle of the phone books to hold them in place.
Then take smaller strips of tape to cover top and bottom ends of the phone books. Start at the top of the phone book and start wrapping duct tape to the bottom, catching the end strips to secure them.
It's that easy. Your booster seat is ready to use.
About once a year, if used heavily, the booster seat will start to look a little ragged. Give it a face lift by wrapping it with new duct tape.
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Christmas Toy CatalogsThose toy catalogs you get in the mail at Christmas time can be turned from trash into entertainment for your kids
When you start receiving those toy catalogs from the department stores, save them. When you get a nice pile of them, use them to entertain the kids. All kids like to browse through these catalogs and dream about what they are going to get for Christmas. It's a free source of entertainment that can be used several times in November and December.
If you don't receive very many toy catalogs in the mail, talk to your mail carrier. They have catalogs that were addressed to undeliverable addresses. They can probably let you have those leftover catalogs.
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