“12 Thrifty Trash To Treasure Crafts”~Free-bee eBook
I’ve been working on the concept of “reduce, reuse and recycle” with the twins…they’re pretty good about sorting the recyclables, but they don’t get the concept of reusing yet. The new eBook “12 Thrifty Trash To Treasure Crafts” arrived just in time–we’re going a couple of the crafts this weekend…
Zachie wants to do the “Plastic Bottle Lid Art” project. Oh, my budding Picasso!
MacLean is going for the “Colorful Paper Pens” idea…I think he’s sick of pawing helplessly through the house trying to find writing utensils… Click here to download your copy.
Free eBook: “42 Easy Gluten-Free Recipes”
Our twins are on a strict gluten-free diet, and it used to be very hard to find anything good to feed them. Fortunately, that’s changed, so there’s a zillion options if you’re joining the ranks. I really like “42 Easy Gluten-Free Recipes,” the cookbook has a couple of muffin and pancake recipes that the boys are going to love. You can click here to download.
Grandparent’s Day Goodies
Well, I stink.
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Grandparent’s Day! Dangit! Now I have to drag out the craft supplies and get the twins to make the Nanas some cards.
Here’s some free-bee options for the ‘Rents:
On Sunday, Sept. 12, through Tuesday, Sept. 14, grandparents eat free at Old Spaghetti Factory. Go here for details of this offer. The three Utah locations, in Salt Lake City, in the Trolley Square shopping center, and in Taylorsville and Orem are all participating. Click here to find your participating location.
The Chick-fil-A restaurant in South Jordan is celebrating Grandparents Day on Thursday, Sept. 16 by providing free milkshakes to grandparents from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. No purchase necessary. For more information, go here.
Thanks, One Cheap Chick!
Back to the card thing–there’s a lovely, comprehensive list here for free-bee card downloads and activities.
Through September 8, 2010, SeeHere is running a Buy One, Get One Free plus free shipping sale on their Mini Photo Books. Here’s how to get this deal:
::Login to SeeHere or sign up for a new account.
::Create two Mini Photo Book (or order two of the same Mini Photo Books)
::Go to checkout and use coupon code minibook-3. This should take your total down to $4.99 with free shipping.
Thanks, Money Saving Mom!
Utah State Fair Discounts
No summer is complete without a fried something on a stick and a belt buckle bigger than your head.
And the carnies! I love the carnies! There’s discounts available for the Utah State Fair that might make it more affordable to bring everyone. Check here to see what works for you. The Utah State Fair runs September 9-19.
Hey! Would you like a 4 pack of tickets to the Fair? Enter here by dropping a comment. I’ll pick someone on Tuesday, 9.7. Good luck!
Free-Bee Flowers For Someone You Adore…
The 16th Annual FTD® Good Neighbor Day® is tomorrow -Wednesday, September 1, 2010. FTD is celebrating its 16th annual FTD Good Neighbor Day event on September 1, 2010. This year is extra-special as they are also celebrating their 100th Anniversary of FTD this year.
The concept of the holiday is simple: florists give away a bouquet of flowers to people in their community encouraging each recipient to keep one for them and hand the others away to make new friends and share kindness to strangers.
Not all locations are participating, GO HERE to find one near you
Thanks, Mojo Savings!
“Two Buck Tuesday” At Thanksgiving Point
Throw the kids not yet in school into the car–it’s the last “Two Buck Tuesday” at Thanksgiving Point for the summer this Tuesday (8.31). You can let the kids tear around Farm Country, the Kid’s Gardens, Dinosaur Museum–anything for $2.00 per person! Go here for directions, times and more information.
Free-Bee Weekend Fun
There might be some spaces left for the Lowe’s Build and Grow kid’s workshop Saturday to build this cute wooden school bus pencil box. Classes start at 10am, click here to register–print it off and bring the registration with you.
At Lakeshore Learning, kids can create a crown while you shop for back to school deals. Click here to find your closest location–workshops run 11am-3pm.
It’s The Knack Free Family Event Day Saturday at Michael’s–where kids can make a grandparent keepsake free. Workshops run 10a-2p, click here for your closest location.
EEEEEE! It’s out! The final book in the “Hunger Games” trilogy is out, and there’s a “Mockingjay” book party at Border’s this Saturday at 4pm. There’s giveaways and fun with other fans. Click here for a Border’s near you.
30% Off With The Gap “Give And Get” Program
I love this option–The Gap/Old Navy/Althea/Piper Lime/Banana Republic are giving you 30% off your shopping trip August 26-29. They’ll also give 5% of your purchase back to the charity of your choice. Lovely karma, eh? I’ve been saving up for the Old Navy uniform sale for my twins, and then let them pick the charity. Zachie wanted the World Wildlife Foundation and bribed MacLean with a gummy bear to agree. Ah, diplomacy in action at the Collard household. Go here to pick your non-profit, and if you’re shopping in-store, use the barcode for multiple uses. If you’re shopping online, your code is MNK2MCZHHGGY.
Sneaky inside tip: don’t overlook running through Ebates for this deal–you can still get up to 10% cash back on your purchase! If you haven’t signed up for Ebates yet, it’s a wonderful program where you simply login, click on the store you want to shop at and Ebates assigns your tracking number to your purchase and gives you cash back! There’s no spam with this program, so it’s safe for your regular email address. There’s a $5.00 bonus just for signing up! Click here to get started.
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Congratulations to Jennifer Young, our winner for “Erin’s Slumber Party” tickets and a hotel stay! For my local girlies, there’s still more tickets and hotel stays this week, just check B987.com for our locations. Good luck! (Editor’s note: so sorry about the late announcement, I stink! It’s been a week of juggling with all 20 fingers and toes…)
Weekend Free-Bee Fun
Hey, locals: head North for free-bee family activities this weekend–it’s open admission at the Ogden Nature Center, free swimming at Lorin Farr Poll and the Roy Recreation Complex. If you’ve got a jet fan in the family, be sure to hit the Hill Areospace Museum, also free admission this weekend. Click here for directions and more info…
Speaking of free-bee admission:
Don’t forget that this upcoming Tuesday (8.17) is free admission at the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum. Click here for directions and hours.
4 Disney DVD’s For $1.00!
Here’s a cheap way to pick up some Disney movies–join the Disney Movie Club and they’ll send you 4 Disney DVD’s for $1.00–and that does include shipping and handling. Read the fine print and make sure you’re willing to buy 5 more movies to fufill your membership, but there’s a lot of excellent prices on some older favorites. If your kids are hooked on Disney, this is a very reasonable option! Click here to take a look around.
The Backpack Project
Zachie and MacLean have been looking for a summer service project–we try to do one big thing a quarter that they’ve picked so that they’re invested in the outcome. The twins decided to do the “Backpack Project” to put together toiletries and school supplies for kids at the School With No Name. This amazing little place is operated by dedicated teachers at the Road Home, our local homeless shelter for families. When kids are local, every effort is made to keep them in their regular schools, but sometimes that’s not possible. The School With No Name keeps these sweet kiddos up with their grade, but there’s not much money for extras. Every kid deserves a new backpack and school supplies!
If you’ve got a Smith’s nearby, they’ve got an amazing sale right now on toiletries and school supplies. I stepped out of my comfort zone and asked for a discount to buy 10 backpacks for charity. The nice manager immediately gave me 20% off everything! I know that Walmart and Target are offering great deals right now, too. We saved our money this summer and budgeted to spend $11.00 per backpack. The total bill was actually $73.24, so we kept under budget!
We bought basics like toothpaste, toothbrushes, bandaids, shampoo, baby wipes and DEODORANT. (When you can’t take a shower anytime you like, hygiene is a challenge.) The twins packed all the backpacks, and added a note to say “hi” to their new friends, wishing them a happy school year. I’m so excited to take the boys down to the school with their gifts–but not as thrilled as they are! See why I’m crazy about my boys? 
For more information about The School With No Name, click here. To help kids in need in your city, click here.
Free-Bee Grilling Cookbook
This beauty of this free-bee ECookbook is that you might be able to get your husband to do the cooking for the next week or two–fire+guy=dinner! Click here to download…
Free-Bee Camping This Weekend
If you’re looking for a quick getaway this weekend, keep in mind that there’s free-bee camping at over 100 national campground sites. August 14-15 is open for free reservations at all manner of wonderful National Parks, but I’d strongly suggest making yours now to secure a site. You can find out who’s participating here. Throw the kids in the car, baby, it’s time to be outdoorsy!
Free-Bee Kid’s Workshops
The Lowe’s Build and Grow Workshops are really outstanding for a free-bee kid’s program–quality wooden toys and lots of fun. You’ll want to register now for this Saturday’s (8.14) workshop at 10am: building a bug box for all those backyard captures.
Gear the kids up for school on Saturday (8.28) with a wooden school bus pencil box. You can register here–just type in your zip for your closest location and print off your registration recipt to bring in with you.
Locals Weekend Free-Bee Fun
There’s a pile of great opportunities in Weber County this Saturday, starting with free-bee family admission to the Union Stations Museums in Ogden–train addicts like my Zachie love to stroll around all the old-school train paraphernalia. There’s also free admission tomorrow to The Treehouse Children’s Museum, the Roy Recreation Complex (swimming!) the Ogden Nature Center, and the Ott Planetarium. Click here for more information and locations.
Free-Bee Food This Week…
The TCBY in the Sugar House area of Salt Lake City is giving away free-bee frozen yogurt Thursday (8.5). Read more here. Can’t go Thursday? You can also get a buy one get one free offer on another day.
Thanks, One Cheap Chick!
And at Famous Dave’s, if your name is Dave, David, Davie, etc. you’ll get a free-bee ribs meal this Sunday, (8.8) at the Utah locations of Famous Dave’s Barbeque. Go here to find your location, and bring your photo id along.
Local Free-Bee Fun
Dinosaurs! Bugs! Things that squish and crawl! Is it any wonder that my Zachie and MacLean totally dig the Utah Museum of Natural History? If you haven’t stopped by this summer, you can explore creepy dinosaur skeltons, gooey bugs and the new “Dino Show.” It’s free-bee admission this Monday (8.2) click here for directions and more info.
And here’s one to mark on your calendar for later. The Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum is offering free-bee admission on Tuesday, August 17th, thanks to a grant from Ernst and Young. You can find directions and info here.
A Scenic Airplane Ride For 44% Off!
Behold the Awesome that is Groupon. Most of the discount sites offer deals on food–and so does Groupon–but they also offer amazing deals on experiences and opportunities you might not otherwise have a chance to do. Today’s here in Utah, for instance, is an amazing flight over the heartstopping Rocky Mountains for $140.00 from Utah Scenic Flights. That’s down from the usual cost of $250.00! You can fit 4 people into the plane, so that comes out to only $35.00 a person for the ride of a lifetime! If you’ve got a flight enthusiast in the family, this one’s an amazing treat to buy and hold for a birthday, anniversary, etc. Go here for that offer.
Sign up with Groupon–it’s free–and they’ll send you one offer a day for savings of 40% to 90% on something wonderful. No spam. Nothing but sheer, undiluted Awesome. What’s Groupon offering in your city? Why, you’ll have to click here and look!
2-4-1 At Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum
My girlie Lindsie at the Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum just alerted me to a great new offer–print off this coupon for 2 free-bee admissions to the Museum with every 2 paid. You can grab all your little one’s friends and drag ‘em all in for this price! The museum is joyful, fascinating and–let’s face it–air conditioned. Enjoy!
Thanks, Lindsie!
Free-Bee National Park Admission
If you’re planning ahead for some quickie vacations in August, don’t overlook Free National Park Admission Weekend, August 14-15th. There’s over 100 gorgeous parks to choose from, and The Todd says following the Rangers around gave him a lifetime love for the outdoors. There’s free-bee Junior Ranger programs that your little people can get involved with during your stay! For a list of the available parks and more free weekend dates, drop by here.
Thanks for the reminder, One Cheap Chick!
Free-Bee Weekend Fun
Hey, locals–on this lovely state holiday, there’s piles and piles of free-bee activities. Behold:
Free admission to Tracey Aviary on Saturday, 7.24–the birds are adorable, and your kids can help feed the pelicans! Find more info on their free day here.
And at Red Butte Gardens, our family’s hands-down favorite summer spot, it’s also free “Garden Gift Day” on Saturday, 7.24. Find directions and info here.
Moving up north, there’s tons of free-bees, including open pool admission. Thanks to Weber County’s goal to offer free Saturday fun, you can indulge at Roy Recreation Complex, North Ogden Pool, and Lorin Farr Pool. There’s also adventure to be had free at Ft. Bueneventura, The Ott Planetarium, Ogden Nature Center and Hill Areospace Museum. You can find more info here.
And, of course, the PARADES! Nearly every city has one, but the grandaddy is of course the Days of ‘47 Parade in SLC. The route and more info here.
Weekend Free-Bee Family Fun
Sign up for this one today–Lowe’s Build and Grow Workshops are excellent, and fill up quickly. Your little people can build this cute UFO at 9am this Saturday. If you can’t make it in, there’s the wooden “Bug Box” keeper on 8.14. Sign up here.
The next kid’s workshop at The Home Depot is Saturday, 8.7. It’s a cute wooden school bus pencil organizer. You can sign up your little ones here. The workshops run 9am to noon.
At Lakeshore Learning this Saturday, kids are making and decorating cute sun fans. The free-bee workshops run 11a to 3p. You can find your closest location here.
Free-Bee Weekend Fun
Hey locals, take a look:
From Friday, July 16 to Sunday, July 25, you can get in free to Kennecott Utah Copper’s Bingham Canyon Mine, which is the world’s largest man-made excavation. Watch really big trucks haul copper ore and tour the interactive visitors center. Go here for more information about the free-admission promotion, which applies to passenger vehicles and mini-vans.
The Days of 47 Youth Parade is this Saturday, July 17. Following the parade is a festival with lots of free activities for children! Go here for more information about the parade and here for festival information.
Thanks, One Cheap Chick!
Today’s Awesome From Groupon
Every day brings another delightful deal from Groupon–they send you one offer good for 50-90% off something you need or want–and nothing else. No spam. No selling your info. Thanks to Groupon, we’ve been able to afford a river running trip, dinners out (sushi and wasabi ’till my eyes teared up for 3 days) romantic overnight stay at a boutique hotel and 3 water park visits. Oh yes, my friends. Groupon IS the Awesome. Click here to see what’s available today!
Free-Bee Family Fun This Weekend
Hey, locals, take note:
Head to Ogden’s Children’s Treehouse Museum for free admission Saturday–it’s part of Weber County’s free Saturday programs duriung summer. You don’t have to be a resident of Northern Utah to take advantage! Also free this weekend: Hill Areospace Museum, Ogden Nature Center, the Ice Sheet, Lorin Farr Pool, the Roy Recreation Complex, and the Ott Planetarium. Go here for directions and times.
Free Friday Flicks
You don’t even have to bring your own popcorn! Salt Lake City is offering free movies every Friday this month–here’s the schedule:
| July 9th | The Blind Side |
| Fairmont Park | 900 East 2361 South |
| July 16th | Napoleon Dynamite |
| Wasatch Hollow | 1700 South 1650 East |
| July 23rd | Star Trek |
| Lindsey Gardens | 9th Ave & M Street |
The films start at 9pm, but booths and the party start at 8pm. Just bring your chair or blanket!
Free-Bee Slurpee At 7-11!
Ah, the magical date of 7.11 is approaching and that means a free-bee Slurpee from 7-11! Go here for details.
Free-Bee Admission To The Utah Museum of Natural History Today…
…if the natives are getting restless at home. I know the new facility they’re building is exquisite, but I have such fondness for the beautiful old place the house the collection now. Go here for more directions and information–enjoy the dinosaur skeletons before they’re gone!
Free-Bee Photo Collage From Rite Aid!
This is a fun project to do with your little ones–I had the twins put together pictures that meant “summer” to them and sent it in. Rite Aid will create an 8×10 free photo collage–even shipping is free when you have it sent to your closest Rite Aid! Offer expires 7.10–go here to get started, and use the code: FREECOLLAGE at checkout.
Free-Bees For Military Families For July Fourth
I worked in radio in Norfolk-Virginia Beach during the 1990’s…it’s a huge, multi-base military town and it was my honor to meet and get to know dozens of military families. Their sacrifices truly hit you when you watch children stand in the sun for hours at battleship and aircraft carrier homecomings to see their daddy or mommy for the first time in months, sometimes years. There will never, ever be enough we can do for these incredible people.
To remind you:
The Blue Star Museum Initiative offers free admission to military families for over 800 museums nationwide. For a list of museums near you, click here.
The Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum in Salt Lake City has free admission 7.4 for military families–just bring your ID with you. Go here for times and info. The Museum is open noon to 6pm on Sundays.
$12.50 Movie Tickets For $4.00, Baby!
If you’re gearing up for “Eclipse” or “Toy Story 3″ or any one of the new summer spectaculars, but don’t feel like mortgaging your kidney to take your kids to a movie, there is salvation! You can pick up $4.00 movie tickets for your local AMC Movie Theatre in several major markets. Since regular tickets are a ridiculously expensive $12.50, this rules!
Here’s how: just click on your city, and it’ll take you through to the discount. Enjoy…
Print Your Summer Photos Now, For Free!
Or, if you’re like me, print your Halloween pictures from…uh…2008. Ahem. So I don’t keep up! So sue me!
Wherever you are on your scrapbooking endeavors, CVS Photo Center is offering 50 free-bee prints AND free-bee photo storage for newcomers. You can even get free shipping by sending them to your closest CVS store to pick up. Click here to get started…
Head North For Free-Bee Family Stuff This Weekend…
…locals, take note: There’s free-bee admission this Saturday (7.3.10) at the Hill Areospace Museum and fun patriotic events at Hill Air Force Base. The Ogden Nature Center is also open and free, or you can take your sweaty offspring swimming for free at the Roy County Complex. Directions and more info here.
Free-Bee Family Fun This Weekend
At The Home Depot, your little people can build this wooden periscope, the workshop is free and runs between 9am and noon on Saturday, 7.3.10 Sign up for your closest location here.
Next Saturday (7.10.10) at Lowe’s Build and Grow Workshop, the kiddos are creating this old-school “Ball and Cup” game. You’ll want to sign up for that workshop now, since they fill up quickly. Lowe’s clinics start at 10am.
At Lakeshore Learning, little ones can make this cute Patriotic Drum set. Their free workshops run from 11a-3p and no advanced signup is necessary. Find your closest location here.
EEEEE! Join The FREE “Eclipse” Party In The Park Saturday!
Whether you’re a die-hard “Twilight” fiend or just like the movies, Saturday’s (6.26) a great day! We’ll be celebrating the lunar eclipse with a free-bee showing of both “Twilight” and “New Moon” starting at 6pm at Fairmont Park (2300 South, 900 East) in Salt Lake City. Admission is free, and we’ll have amazing swag from the movie to give away at the B98.7 tent! (Editor’s note: rumour has it that Summit Entertainment is giving us a red cloak worn by the Volturi during the shooting of “Eclipse” to give away! )
Two of the stars from “Eclipse” are making an appearance at the party…
Charlie Bewley, who plays the evil Volturi Demetri–cute British boy!
And pretty Julia Jones, who plays Leah from Jacob’s wolfpack.
Bring a blanket or comfortable seating, maybe a sweater and a picnic dinner. It’s going to be an amazing night!
Free-Bee “Big Crunch Box” From KFC!
The first 100 people in line at the KFC restaurant at 3890 S. State Street in Salt Lake City at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 24 will get a free “Big Crunch Box” meal (value $5). To get the free meal, though, you’ll need a special password, which you can get on Facebook here or on Twitter here. It’s all part of KFC’s “So Good” nationwide food giveaway, click here to find out when your state’s participating!
Thanks for the reminder, One Cheap Chick!
Free-Bee Family Fun This Weekend
At Lowe’s Build and Grow workshops on Saturday, your kiddo will build this wooden monster truck…because, really who doesn’t need a monster truck? Register here and print off the sheet to bring in with you. Workshop starts at 10am.
Make a 4th of July craft free at Michael’s Saturday, 10a-2p. Find your closest location here. Sneaky inside tip: join The Knack Faculty and get a 40% off coupon to shop while you’re there…
Lakeshore Learning is offering a free-bee craft–a fruit basket? I think? 11a-3p…find your location here.
Kids Eat Free At IKEA
Load up the kids! Children eat free at IKEA today (6.23) through July 5. Children ages 12 and under only. Not all stores are participating in this promotion, but the Draper, Utah store is. Go here to find your closest participating location.
Thanks, One Cheap Chick!
Free-Bee Summer Movies!
Hey, locals, get a look at this: I got an exciting letter from Rebecca today about her free-bee family movie series.
“Hi Erin! (and sometimes Todd!)
My husband and I just took over ownership of Spanish 8 Theaters in Spanish Fork and 5 Star Cinemas in Magna and we are offering a FREE Summer Children’s Film Program. Each week (starting this week) for 11 weeks straight we will have a different movie that is FREE FOR ALL! They will be shown on Tuesday, Wednesday’s and Thursday’s at 11 and 1:30. This week the movie is Kung Fu Panda, next week is Charlotte’s Web. Here is the whole schedule:
Kung Fu Panda 6/1-3
Charlotte’s Web 6/8-10
Flushed Away 6/15-17
Lassie 6/22-24
Monsters vs Aliens 6/29 – 7/1
Over The Hedge 7/6-8
School of Rock 7/13-15
Prince of Egypt 7/20-22
Madagascar 2 7/27-29
Lemony Snicket: 8/3-5
Bee Movie 8/10-12
Thanks for helping us spread the word! We don’t want anyone to miss out on this free-bee!!!
Rebecca Walters”
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