OOPS! Did I forget the Free Fun. Written by Cheryl Johnson
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Need some ideas? Just visit your local craft stores or do a search online. Check out FamilyFun.com for some super ideas for having creative fun with family. You’ll find arts and crafts, party and game ideas, parenting help, recipes, and even travel ideas. If you're into quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting........well if you are, you know possibilities here. It's not just for "old folks"! Get kids involved. There are kits created for these activities. Kits created specifically to get children interested and having fun doing these activities. There are so many wonderful ideas for crafting possibilities are mind blowing. One walk around your local craft store and I’ll bet you can come up with a craft idea for each week of year at least if not two or three per week! Take a pen and paper. I never trust my head to hold everything inside. Seems most of it leaks out before I get to use it if I don’t write it down. There so much to take in! Crafts for painting, sewing, candle making, transfers and art supplies that personalize items (purses, shirts, bandanas, jewelry, tote bags ..etc.), drawing, knitting, quilting, doll making, puzzles, woodworking, scrap booking……..well I could go on and on. But, best thing for you to do is get on down to that craft store and get some ideas. You don’t necessarily have to buy everything you see! Just get ideas. Keep a notepad of ideas and then remember to look for arts and crafts supplies in your thrift stores, consignment shops, and at yard sales. Oh, and don’t forget to recycle items you might normally trash. Keeping a good supply of these items will help keep expenses down. Things like, scraps of fabric, ribbon, paper, egg cartons, coffee cans (all sizes), Styrofoam (packing pieces or sheets) wrapping paper scraps, buttons, toilet paper and paper towel tubes. Don’t throw away anything that you could possibly use in a craft project. Don’t get carried away though. Never keep more than you have room to store comfortably. Seriously people, HAVE FUN WITH YOUR KIDS! They won’t be kids forever, and believe it or not….You WILL miss them when they’re all grown up and out door!

Cheryl Johnson is a mother of four, helping herself and others become and remain debt free. Publisher of Simple Debt Free Living A self-help plan for debt reduction, budgeting, frugal living, and extra income opportunities
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