With Easter just a day away, you may be looking for a last minute craft to put out for the little ones. Guest poster Tanya Nusser shares how she makes bunny candy cups from recycled items and craft items you likely already have. All you need to add is jelly beans!
I came up with this [...]
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Thrifty Easter Bunny Jelly Bean Holder
Cheap Hobbies: Free Online Language Resources!
Inexpensive hobbies are awesome. They help us make good use of our time and provide cheap entertainment. I personally love to travel. Love it. When I was still single I backpacked in foreign countries, staying at hostels and hitchhiking. Now that I have a family, travel is a bit more expensive so I don’t get [...]
Coffee Filters: The Kitchen’s Best Friend
Today we have a guest post by writer Tanya Nusser. Tanya will be sharing her frugal tips here on Turnip Money every Wednesday.
Coffee filters aren’t just for making coffee. I use them for so many things around my house. Plus, they are super cheap and a pack seems to last forever. I save a [...]
Avoiding the Eating-out Trap
Things have been crazy around my neck of the woods the past few weeks. On top of several projects that Andrew and I are working on for both our business and for scouts, we are also trying to get a house fixed up for my parents. They’ll be here in less than two weeks and [...]
The Magic of Leftovers
As I’ve mentioned, the past couple of weeks have been insane around here. In fact, I’m squeezing this post in between painting a couple rooms at my parent’s house and picking up candy bars for a Cub Scout candy sale I’m in charge of. When things get hectic, I am tempted to eat out or [...]
White Vinegar-A cheap alternative
I have been busy cleaning all week. My parents are moving to my hometown in a few weeks. While their new home is nice, the previous residents did not clean often, if ever. There is at least a years worth of grime on every surface. The white baseboards were particularly dingy and I was afraid [...]
Cheap Birthday Parties: Favors & Invites (Part 5)
Happy Friday! Today is the final installment in the Cheap Birthday series, I hope you have all found some tips to inspire you next time one of the kiddos decides to get a year older.
Birthday invitations and favors fall into a single category in my mind, because neither is really necessary but both help set [...]
Cheap Birthday Parties: Entertainment (Part 4)
We’ve already covered location, food and decorations. Now it is time to entertain those little munchkins. There are two schools of thought on entertaining children. The first is to fill up every moment of the party with an activity so the kids don’t have a chance to get bored or out of control. The other [...]
Cheap Birthday Parties: Food (Part 3)
This part three of a five part series on throwing a cheap child’s birthday party. Today, I want to look at the food options. Personally, this is my favorite part of the party. I like to cook and I especially enjoy creative cooking. Food is also where I am most likely to go over budget [...]
Cheap Birthday Parties: Decorations (Part 2)
Welcome to part two of the Cheap Birthdays series (or birthdays on a budget of you prefer something that sounds less miserly ). Yesterday I threw out a couple of ideas or party location. Now let’s look at some inexpensive decorating ideas, which are especially necessary if your location lacks some of the [...]
Hi! My name is Jenny. My husband and I started our life together broke. We had no assets, no cash, two kids, and barely earned $16,000 a year. This was in 2003. Over the last seven years we have paid off all our debts, saved money, purchased a home and done all of this using what I call the ‘Turnip Principal.’ My goal is to help you to realize your dreams too!
