10 Ways to Stretch Your Family Entertainment Fund
No matter how strapped for cash you may be, families require fun diversions. The key is to think creatively. A fun diversion doesn't require an expensive day at an amusement park. Following are ways to stretch your family entertainment fund:
1. Find free factory tours, visit a historic site, see a play at a local community college, a high school musical, and find free concerts offered at many churches.
2. Head to the library for books and DVDs. Many libraries also offer free passes or discounted passes to local museums, zoos and aquariums.
3. Sign up for restaurant birthday clubs which offer free meals on birthdays.
4. Start fun family traditions, such as a weekly game night (find slightly used board games at thrift shops), family movie night (rent movies from dollar kiosks found in supermarkets), or pizza night (have the children help you make your own pizza).
5. Check out recipes online to learn how to make your favorite dishes from popular restaurants.
6. Try silent auctions to find discounted gift certificates or baskets of household items at well below their value.
7. Share a large entrée with your spouse or children when dining out, as well as any appetizers or desserts.
8. Go for a walk. Enjoy a walk around the neighborhood or through a park. Give the kids a list of nature items to collect along the way, such as three pinecones and two different leaves.
9. Have a car picnic. Pack a picnic and park the car at a scenic overlook, where you can watch planes take off, or where you can watch wildlife amble by. Play some music, a book on tape, or just talk to one another.
10. Swap babysitting duties with friends at no charge and escape for a night out!
1. Find free factory tours, visit a historic site, see a play at a local community college, a high school musical, and find free concerts offered at many churches.
2. Head to the library for books and DVDs. Many libraries also offer free passes or discounted passes to local museums, zoos and aquariums.
3. Sign up for restaurant birthday clubs which offer free meals on birthdays.
4. Start fun family traditions, such as a weekly game night (find slightly used board games at thrift shops), family movie night (rent movies from dollar kiosks found in supermarkets), or pizza night (have the children help you make your own pizza).
5. Check out recipes online to learn how to make your favorite dishes from popular restaurants.
6. Try silent auctions to find discounted gift certificates or baskets of household items at well below their value.
7. Share a large entrée with your spouse or children when dining out, as well as any appetizers or desserts.
8. Go for a walk. Enjoy a walk around the neighborhood or through a park. Give the kids a list of nature items to collect along the way, such as three pinecones and two different leaves.
9. Have a car picnic. Pack a picnic and park the car at a scenic overlook, where you can watch planes take off, or where you can watch wildlife amble by. Play some music, a book on tape, or just talk to one another.
10. Swap babysitting duties with friends at no charge and escape for a night out!
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