Free Preschool Activities

by Tracy Zdelar

Don’t let the economy bum you out when it comes to having fun.  Saving money should always be in fashion anyways. Get creative and think outside the box to spice up life. If you haven’t had to get creative before, now is a good time to start. Look for “free community” opportunities for fun times!

Earlier this year we made a purchase from a furniture store in the Akron area and became a “past customer”. This furniture store sent out flyers recently to their “past customers” inviting us to a free Fall Festival at their store.  Details of the night included finger-food dinner from “their” cafe-  (yes, this furniture store has a cafe), a free gift (choice of a pumpkin or a floor rug), a little bit of Halloween fun for the kiddos (trick or treating for candy) and if you were making a non-refundable purchase that night you could play musical chairs and get a chance to win up to $5000 off your purchase that night!

Other frugal ways to have fun:

~ While the weather is still nice, give the kids some paper lunch sacks and go for a walk.  Have the kids pick up whatever looks interesting (and safe) and put it in the bags. Or, give them a list of things to hunt…a scavenger hunt! Acorns, gold leaves, pine cones, strange rocks…etc..

~  Teach them how to rake leaves. If they are young enough, they might actually “believe” it is fun!

~ Have a s’mores cookout on the grill or over the fire pit in the backyard. Get a bag of marshmallows, a box of Hershey bars  and graham crakers. Just toast the marshmallows and stick between to crackers with a chocolate bar.  You can also do this in the oven broiler. (Stand by  and wait so it doesn’t burn!) Just put your crackers on foil, top with marshmallows- when those are toasty take out of oven and place your chocolate on top and eat! Okay, let it cool first.

~ Pick out different leaves, bring in the house, lay wax paper or plain white paper and use a crayon to color over to bring out the shape of the leaves.

~ Make a craft with your souvenirs you gathered from your nature walk.

Spending time with your family or friends is the key, isn’t it? That alone doesn’t have to cost money. So get busy thinking. You’ll be surprised to find the simple things you can do for “free” that may just net you “priceless” memories in the future!

Tracy Zdelar lives in Canton, Ohio and is a graduate of Liberty University with a bachelors in Interdisciplinary Studies.  She’s enjoyed (more and less) working in a variety of fields from being a small newspaper “high school” news writer,  fast food,  management, teaching,  and case management in the health care system (just to name a few).  She now, like many moms, desires to work from home. This has been a journey in and of itself.  Tracy has earned extra income from home by being in direct sales, offering childcare, selling on Ebay,  and affiliate marketing - sometimes simultaneously .

As a wife and mother of two boys, Tracy now focuses on  affiliate marketing, blogging, and promoting other WAHMs (work-at-home moms) as well as sharing her money saving ways, reviews and resources on her website  http://www.HallofFameMoms.com

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Fall is full of wonder for preschoolers. If you live in an area where trees lose their leaves in preparation for winter, here is an outdoor activity that will help them enjoy and explore the falling leaves.

What you need:

1 large blanket
Yard or park full of leaves
Energetic preschoolers

What you do:

Lay the blanket on the ground and fill it up with leaves that have already fallen.

Everyone grabs a corner of the blanket.

Lift the blanket together.

Count to three. On “three” everyone throws up the blanket so the leaves fly up and come back down.

Try to catch the falling leaves!