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    Christmas Scrambler Free Kids Puzzle Printables

    December 13, 2015 - By 

    This adorable Christmas Scrambler word game has done extremely well over the past five years. People enjoy the word puzzles and games published here on Thrifty Mommas Tips. But until now one thing was missing… The answer key. People have been emailing me and leaving comments here asking for the answers so read the post to find them. I have updated this content this year (December 2020) to add the answers for you. Merry Christmas! How’s the shopping going? Have you kept to budget or is it straining at the seams? We Interrupt the Shopping for a Moment… I know…

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    Five Fun Christmas Printables

    December 10, 2015 - By 

    No secret that Christmas can be ridiculously expensive right? I usually try to approach the season with a budget and with some thrifty skills too. And I know a lot of my readers are very much like that too. I adore easy fun festive printables this time of the year. Let’s face it, when your kids are young setting up for Christmas is a little bit like a magic show. You need a lot of calming tools at your disposal to keep them busy, even as they get swept away by the spirit of the season, so that you can…

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    Free Christmas Fill Ins Printable

    November 30, 2015 - By 

    Happy Christmas! It’s beginning to feel more like Christmas with every passing day. That means it’s starting to feel a bit more frantic too. Sometimes it’s hard to remember to stop and smell the roses this time of year. Shopping, work, holiday planning and parties keep many of us super busy. And the budget can also easily fly right out the window. That’s why I schedule some free printables here during every single holiday season. Free Printables At this time of year I will take any help I can get. And free printables are just the thing. Now if only…

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    Chrono Bomb Game is the Perfect Present for Your Spy In Training #TMMGG2015

    November 12, 2015 - By 

    I spied the Chrono Bomb game this past summer at a toy show in New York City and it screamed Ainsley’s name to me as I walked by, so I struck up a conversation with the person representing Patch Products and told her all about this girl of mine. Back when Ainsley was about 8 and we were living in our old house, she would grab string, or yarn from the closet and string it all over her room creating an elaborate web of lasers so that she had to limbo and contort her body just to get into the…

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    Free Thanksgiving Coloring Sheet Printable

    October 7, 2015 - By 

    Happy Thanksgiving my friends! Thanksgiving was this past weekend in Canada. I know you still have a few weeks to go though in the United States. Food wise, this is one of my favourite holidays! Fall produces so many rich and scrumptious versatile foods that help turn your Thanksgiving meal into a real celebration. What’s your favourite part about this season and Thanksgiving? I’ll just bet that turkey is in there somewhere. Anyways while you are busy doing that sometimes the kids need to be kept busy. Hopefully this Thanksgiving coloring sheet will help. This year when I sent my…

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    Get The Kids OutSide with These Gravity-Defying Pump Rocket Toys – Air Archer, Bungee Blast and Night Shotz

    September 24, 2015 - By 

    You know how it’s challenging to sometimes get the kids outside to play? Well, I have a tween and a teen and these days Minecraft and Pinterest absorb most of their attention when not doing schoolwork. It’s tricky to encourage them to get outside sometimes. Even in the midst of some of the nicest weather ever this summer, well all they wanted to do was play on their iPads, or iPods or computers. So, when toys like Air Archer and Bungee Blast and this awesome Pump Rocket Jump Rocket LED Nightshotz showed up I knew exactly what we’d do with…

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    8 Cool Cucumber Lunch Ideas #BTS

    September 20, 2015 - By 

    Cucumber lunch ideas are simple and healthy. Cucumbers can be so refreshing and easy to snack on. Plus they are affordable. That’s one reason I never mind adding these to my grocery list. In water, salads or on their own cucumbers are a great snack. But what about for lunch? Cucumber lunch ideas are fun and simple, just as you might expect. Here are a few of my favourites. Are you back in the swing of things at school? Is the house quieter? Has everyone adjusted to the new routine? That’s all great, and I hope that it went smoothly…

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    Six Tips to Conquer the Layover #Travel

    September 15, 2015 - By 

    Layover. If you travel by plane at all, that word strikes fear into your heart. The literal definition of layover is waiting at the airport for the next plane. The effective definition of layover is the 10th circle of Hell, where you wait in a seemingly endless purgatory. How to Conquer a Layover A layover is the bane of every air traveler’s existence. You have at least an hour if not more of just sitting around. It can be a torturous nightmare. But it doesn’t have to be. There are ways to make a layover more fun and less, “OMG!…

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    Decision Time – Our High School #BTS Update and What We Decided

    September 9, 2015 - By 

    Remember back in August when I wrote about how torn we were in deciding which high school my daughter would attend. We had always planned for her to attend the local French immersion public high school that everyone from her elementary school goes to. Well, almost everyone. We did all the preparation and she did the weekend sleepover event there too. She registered and we were waiting on her schedule to arrive when I realized that a smaller Catholic high school that is closer to our house also offered French immersion. So late last June we raced over there and…

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    School Bus Coloring Page For Back To School #BTS

    September 7, 2015 - By 

    There’s one short day left here before we are back to school. That saddens me a bit. I like the summer months and the great weather that comes with July and August. I guess it will be good to have some order established again. But really day camps did that here and, for the most part, day camps kept the kids really engaged and interested. Anyways, whether you love or loathe back to school time, don’t forget to maintain an upbeat and calm attitude for the kids. That helps a lot. When it comes to transitions, some kids need a…