When saving money also helps save the planet, its a win-win.
We compiled some of our favorite ways to save money below.
To Entertain Your Kids (or Your Kids-at-Heart)
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You can repurpose a wine bottle as a vase to make your home more inviting. Chris Zuppa/The Penny Hoarder
The Internet has many more suggestions for crafty kids of all ages.
Produce Boxes
Strawberries, blueberries and other produce come in plastic containers that have open slits on the sides.
You brew coffee at home, you dont walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
Glue them onto index cards and write the corresponding letter for each name on the other side.
Cardboard Boxes
YourAmazon delivery boxescan be stacked to create houses for Barbies or stuffed animals.
Heres another option: Cut the bottoms out of boxes large enough to fit around your child.
Help them decorate the boxes to look like a car, then use string or ribbon to create suspenders.
Now it’s possible for you to hold speed-walking or running car races in the living room or backyard.
To Use Around the House
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Plastic Food Containers
The plastic tubs used for food like yogurt and hummus can make great storage containers.
Theres really no need to ever pay for new plastic containers.
you could also cut them into strips and braid them to make a chew toy for your pet.
The boxes height can be cut to fit drawers if needed.
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But theres no shame in asking for help.
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To Take Care of Your Yard
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Or cut off half of it and make it into a container garden for herbs on your kitchen windowsill.
To Take Care of Yourself
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Water Bottles
Fill empty water bottles with sand or rocks for hand weights.
Plus here are more ideas for makinghomemade weights and other DIY fitness gear.
Coffee Grounds
Used coffee grounds still have plenty of miles left in them.
you’ve got the option to make aface or body scrub.
If you rinse water through the used coffee grounds they can become fertilizer for flower beds.
Cucumbers
Cucumber slices and used tea bags soothe eyes that are strained from staring at various screens all day.
Dont stop there: We have even more inexpensive suggestions for aDIY spa day.
Drowning in Expenses?
Maybe youre scrambling after your car broke down.
Or you got a medical bill you werent expecting.
Or inflation has finally pushed your budget over the edge.
You dont need to go it alone.
When money is tight,these resourcescan help you manage unexpected expenses without stress.
She is the author of Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker: Missteps and Lessons Learned.
