DIY
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How to clean your ceramic stove top with just 1 household ingredient! (Eco-friendly, chemical free and super easy)
For years I have spent way too much money on ceramic stove top cleaner. Each bottle would cost me $5-7 each and to be honest really didn’t work that well!!! On top of that I hated the chemical smell….I have always felt that if it stinks like chemicals it probably isn’t good for my lungs. I have discovered the absolute BEST solution for cleaning those nasty brown-black rings that develop after cooking on a ceramic stove top. Even better it is made from just one ingredient…that by the way can be found in nearly every household in America!!! Baking soda!!! As you can see I had some pretty narly brownish-black…
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How to clean your microwave without chemicals (or elbow grease)
I hate when I open my microwave and find gobs of splatter everywhere. I swear no matter how hard we try to prevent the food from splattering everywhere – it still happens. I have discovered an amazing and easy way to clean the microwave in less than 30 seconds without any effort at all. As easy as 1-2-3 Fill a microwave safe glass with water 1/2 full. Add 3 tbsp white distilled vinegar. Turn microwave on for 2 minutes. Take a damp cloth and wipe down microwave. Everything should wipe off with easy. No effort, no chemicals.
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Rainy Day Activities for Kids
Rainy days can be a bummer, especially when you have children. You can’t send your kids outside to play on these days, even when they’re driving you nuts! Since going outside is out of the question, you need to find a way to keep your kids entertained inside. These different activities are perfect for staying inside on those rainy days. Rainy Day Activities Colorful Cling Wrap Faux Stained Glass ~Two Kids & A Coupon Newspaper Shirts – An Easy, Fun and Silly Craft Project ~Jinxy Kids Plastic Spoon Craft: Bugs on a Branch ~Crafts By Amanda Dr. Seuss Coloring Pages {Free Printables} ~Country Chic Cottage Kool-Aid Playdough ~Mom vs. The…
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Homemade Hairspray Recipe
Hairspray is an essential hair product to most women and even some men! Think about it, generally we use hairspray in our everyday lives! Hairspray has many different essential uses, some examples would be obviously to hold in your style, but also you can use hairspray to remove frizz from your hair, tame fly-aways, and even reduce static! It’s also good to help remove stains from your clothes! However, a lot of people are concerned with the health of people who use an aerosol hairspray! Aerosol cans are bad for the environment! Not to mention, if you want a good hairspray they get VERY pricey these days! So how would…
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Measurements Conversion Guide (Converting cups to oz, Tbsp, tsp and ml)
Baking and cooking is something I have always enjoyed. However, there have been several times when trying a new recipe, the measurements are listed in a form I do not have. So I have compiled this conversion chart to make figuring out the perfect measurements easier! Print this Measurement Conversion Guide and keep it handy for your next baking/cooking project! IMPORTANT: Make sure to join The Budget Bandit Best Deals and Freebies Exclusive Facebook Group so you never miss a HOT deal!
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5 Easy Tips (and resources) for Making Traveling with Kids Fun!
Planning a road trip? Here are a few fun ideas for keeping the kids happy and entertained! It’s summer time…which means park dates, water slides and long road trips! If you have kids the idea of taking a long road trip can be daunting. Here are a few tips and ideas on how to turn that miserable trip into a fun, educational and lifelong memory extravaganza!!! Make travel bags for each kid. There are two ways to do this the first way is take paper sacks and number them for each day you will be on the road. If your road trip is not “days” long but rather just one…
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Measurements Conversion Guide (Converting cups to oz, Tbsp, tsp and ml)
Baking and cooking is something I have always enjoyed. However, there have been several times when trying a new recipe, the measurements are listed in a form I do not have. So I have compiled this conversion chart to make figuring out the perfect measurements easier! Print this Measurement Conversion Guideand keep it handy for your next baking/cooking project! ***You can also go HERE and turn this chart into an easy to use magnet to hang on your refrigerator (like me). York Photo has 4×6 magnets for just $1.00 each and pay $1.99 shipping. That’s just $2.99 shipped plus get 40 FREE 4×6 photo prints! Make sure to use promo…
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DIY Homemade Hair Spray
Hairspray is an essential hair product to most women and even some men! Think about it, generally we use hairspray in our everyday lives! Hairspray has many different essential uses, some examples would be obviously to hold in your style, but also you can use hairspray to remove frizz from your hair, tame fly-aways, and even reduce static! It’s also good to help remove stains from your clothes! However, a lot of people are concerned with the health of people who use an aerosol hairspray! Aerosol cans are bad for the environment! Not to mention, if you want a good hairspray they get VERY pricey these days! So how would…
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Is your Rapunzle TANGLED?!?! How to detangle/restore a dolls hair!
Is your Rapunzle TANGLED! Don’t mind the pun…as I am being very serious! My daughter absolutely loves her Rapunzle doll but within ours of opening the box her doll was a hairy mess! The more we brushed it the bigger the mess it became! Now I am sure I am not the only this happened to…so with that I decided to try out a little theory on how to detangle a dolls hair…and it worked!!! See how it only took me a matter of 20 minutes to go from disastrous to beautiful! Materials you will need… Fabric Softener ( I used a Downy trial packet I had on hand) Wire…
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Bring that Leather back to life…DIY Leather Cleaner!!!
So we have these red leather theater chairs in our “family room” and well as luck would have it right after we got these cool chairs we got 2 very adorable kittens. Needless to say those kittens have put some little shallow scratches on the leather…and my kids have done their duty of making them a bit dirty themselves. I really haven’t ever seen coupons for leather cleaner or conditioner and that stuff and be kind of spendy…so I looked up different recipes and ingredients for “Do IT Yourself” recipes….viola…I have clean…scratch free leather chairs again!!! Leather Cleaner 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cups white vinegar 10 drops of essential…