10 Thrifty Tips from my Kids

10 thrifty tips

My kids really should know a thing or two about saving money I go on about it enough!  Here’s their top 10 thrifty tips …..

·         Use  paper on both sides

·         Homemade food tastes better and saves money

·         Grow your own food instead of buying it then replant the seeds you get form these plants

·         Use your recycling box to craft with

·         Sometimes take showers to save money and don’t leave the taps running

·         Buy books form charity shops as its recycling and saving money and its giving to charity (win win win)

·         Hand things down and pass them on, saves money and recycling and people often return the favour!)

·         Eat up food before it goes off (like fruit)

·         Be creative, use what you already have rather than buying new  

·         Put the lids on your felt tips!

My kids are 6 and 9 and these are their ideas for keeping a thrifty home. Whys don’t you have this conversation with your kids and see if they can come up with 10 thrifty ideas. It can be a great conversation starter.

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12 Comments

  1. April 2, 2014 / 9:24 am

    Awwwww so sweet to get your kids come up with this list. And I LOVE the list. Great ideas.. clever kids!!

  2. April 2, 2014 / 10:14 am

    Great tips from your kids. So simple, yet I often forget about some of them. Thanks for the reminder x

  3. Annie
    April 2, 2014 / 10:45 am

    Oh how thrifty are they? Just goes to show what a great influence we can be to our kids – inspires me to try and be more thrifty!

  4. Kirsty
    April 2, 2014 / 10:46 am

    I love the thrifty tips from their perspective! Especially making sure they put the lids back on the felt tips – you have taught them well!

  5. April 2, 2014 / 7:41 pm

    I’m always telling Roo to use both sides of the paper and put lids on her pens

  6. April 2, 2014 / 9:13 pm

    Oh how I wish my girls would use both sides of the paper when colouring / drawing ……

  7. April 2, 2014 / 10:37 pm

    Lord, can they come over and teach my kids to put lids on please!

  8. April 3, 2014 / 1:36 am

    How onto it are your children?! Mind you, I wouldn’t really expect anything less!!

  9. April 3, 2014 / 6:09 pm

    Please can you come and teach my kids how to put lids back on felt tips. I buy about a packet a week!

  10. April 3, 2014 / 9:22 pm

    Fab tips, I wish my kids would learn the felt tip one!

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