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How to Build a Fire Pit

Welcome the fall and the cooler weather with a cozy fire pit. Dreams of roasting marshmallows and gathering with friends and family to enjoy the show of the fall leaves isn’t far away. And while this project may be in the advanced category when done because of fire safety issues, with careful planning it isn’t that hard to do. If you want a tamer project, you can consider purchasing a ready-made fire pit and still enjoy the ambiance. Here are some general things you should know about building a fire pit. The first thing you need to do before you … Continue reading →

Rainy Day Activities

April showers may bring may flowers, but they can also bring bored kids. Here are some great ideas for entertaining your crew when they can’t play outside and you are out of ideas and supplies. Frugal crafts Raid your home for inexpensive items that can be used for fun crafts. Cotton balls can be glued to paper to make wintery landscapes, snowmen, ice cream cones and more. Egg cartons can be turned into spiders with a little craft paint, wiggly eyes (or draw them on) and some pipe cleaners. Out of pipe cleaners? Try baggie twist ties for legs. If … Continue reading →

Frugal Fun With Chalk

As soon as the cold air leaves the area, and the warm sunshine is a more common occurrence, my children are outside with chalk in hand, drawing elaborate pictures on our driveway, roads and buildings, messages on our sidewalks, and coloring rocks and bricks with chalk. There are so many frugal things to do in the summer, and this is one of them. However, just since the month of March, when we had our first warm week, we have gone through about eight buckets of chalk. That’s more than a hundred pieces of chalk. And it was starting to add … Continue reading →

Create Your Own Kid’s Building Bricks

Kids, especially preschoolers and Kindergartners, love playing with those large cardboard bricks. They were a favorite toy in my son’s preschool class and in the kid’s old Sunday School classes. I’m not surprised at the popularity of these bricks. They are a great creative toy that inspires creativity and design, and fosters teamwork and social development. We briefly thought about purchasing a set of the bricks, but two things stopped us. One was the expense, of course, and the other was the storage space that these bricks would take up. According to the principals of frugality we should reuse and … Continue reading →

Legoland In Las Vegas?

Not quite. My 7-year-old godson Cody just returned from a spring break trip to San Diego with his mother (my best friend) and when I asked him what his favorite part of the trip was he answered: “Seeing Las Vegas at Legoland!” Interesting… I hadn’t realized that Sin City was making an appearance at the California theme park. “Miniland Las Vegas,” Cody’s mom correctly pointed out. Ah yes, yet another reason to visit Legoland California. Miniland Las Vegas is a new plastic brick replica of the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, which consists of more than 2 million LEGO bricks. It … Continue reading →