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Make Every Summer Day Special
July 28th, 2010 at Wed, 28th, 2010 at 1:25 pm by Amy HannoldCelebrate each day, always – and find some new holidays or “observances” you can enjoy. August begins with “National Clown Week”, August 1-7 – and I’m sure you can think of many ways to enjoy clowning around with your kids. Invite the neighbors and make it a party or play date! Serve circus food and create a relay race of clown items – see which team can get clownly-dressed the fastest!
August 1-7, according to http://www.brownielocks.com/august.html, is also “Simplify Your Life Week”. School supply sales and yard sales are great opportunities to find organizing tools – for less. Choose one area of your life, whether it is daily paper work, kids’ toys or your car to organize – and set out to find the tools at a great price.
Here are a few other of Augusts’ special weeks. Find someone to encourage, and a memory to make – have fun!
Single Working Women’s Week, August 1-7 (Is there a single mom at church or living near you? How can you help her this week?)
National Resurrect Romance Week, August 8-14 – (Surprise your sweetheart!)
Weird Contest Week, August 15-21 – Create fun, silly times with your kids and friends!
Be Kind to Human Kind Week, August 25-31 – Enlist and encourage your kids to practice random acts of kindness this week. Adopt a neighbor for the day (yard work, invitations to tea, handmade notes, etc.) or other ways to show love to one another.
Other Frugal Fun Times in August:
Friendship Day, August 1. Be a Friend, Make a Friend. Talk with your kids about friendship skills. Find friendship-themed book at the library or create a puppet show!
National Night Out, August 3. Neighbors getting to know neighbors, as well as safety-related and family-focused organizations gather to promote drug free, crime-reduced communities. Many communities and neighborhoods have planned events: http://nationalnightout.org/nno/
Smores Day, August 10. Can you say campfire and chocolate! Experiment with new smores ingredients – and don’t forget the washy-wipes n’ cameras!
National Garage Sale Day, August 14 – Get out there and find great deals – use http://www.garagesalestracker.com/ for Garage Sale Apps, sale listings and lists of consignment/flea markets near you.
Amy Hannold Amy is the Coordinator for the North Whidbey Coupon Club and "Coupons For Our Community". She is the Frugal Living Editor for 247Moms.com, an encouraging online community for moms. For the past three years, she has enjoyed speaking to groups throughout the Puget Sound area on "Family, Time and Money" topics.
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