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Frugal Ideas and Fun Crafts (ALL)

By Catherine Mcdiarmid-Watt @frugalfreebies
Imge: Easy Kid-Made Phone Number BraceletsEasy Kid-Made Phone Number Bracelets
What do you think of this idea?
Mom, dad or a grandparent's cell phone number bracelet!
Use it when traveling with your little ones in airports, at amusement parks, or on school field trips - in case the child gets lost.
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Check out Amazon for number beads to make your own!
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Image: Making a Mosquito Trap
Making a Mosquito Trap
This one I really want to try when we have our get-together next month. I get a lot of mosquitoes in my backyard - and don't like to use chemicals or sprays.
But since I don't drink pop, I will have to find some bottles first! It would be great if this works!!
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No time to make this? Check out Amazon's Mosquito Trap Night Light - cheap enough to grab one for every room of your house!
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Image: House in our Hallway
House in our Hallway
My boys loved making playhouses!
We always had blankets over tables and chairs, cardboard boxes make into play houses in the living room, blanket tents pinned to the clothesline.
Once we had a whole village made out of cardboard boxes in our backyard!
This little playhouse looks so cute!
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Check out Amazon for more cloth playhouse ideas!
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Image: Busy Book: Close Your Clothes!
Quiet Book / Busy Book
Have you ever wanted to make a quiet book for your little ones?
Julia has collected a wonderful assortment of ideas on how to make them, and subject ideas - on her Pinterest account.
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Check out Amazon for more cloth quiet book ideas!
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Image: EASY Fabric Roads
{EASY} Fabric Roads
My youngest was obsessed with making cities and roads when he was a little boy - I wish I had thought of this!
No sewing is required!
With one pair of jeans she made two long roads, two shorter roads, two curved roads, and a four way intersection piece.
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Check out Amazon for more road play mats!
Photo credit: LilMopTop
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