Earth Day is the perfect time to learn about recycling. Here are a few ideas:

• Why not clean out your closets and toy bins and recycle all those unwanted items to your local thrift store?
• Create an easy to use recycling center. Encourage your children to rinse and recycle bottles, cans and plastic containers.
• Research all of the ways you can easily save energy and help the earth. Oprah had a wonderful show today on going green and so many of these simple ideas can really make a huge difference if we all do them. Her guests mentioned that something as simple as everyone in the United States changing one standard light bulb in your house for a CFL light bulb or using one less napkin could really lower polution. I didn’t realize something that small could have such big results.

To see all of the great tips and ideas Oprah’s guests talked about, visit the website.

Now, I know you’re curious about what I’ve done to celebrate Earth Day, so here goes:

1. I recycled bottles and cans someone was planning to throw away.
2. I flattened some big pieces of heavy cardboard and used them as landscape fabric under a layer of mulch in my garden instead of discarding them.
3. I unplugged my extra television so it doesn’t sit around drawing energy when noone is watching it.
4. I called my mom and convinced her to use some of those CFL lightbulbs.

What did you do to make a difference for the earth today?

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If you are looking for fun ideas for a family vacation that doesn’t break your piggy bank, you may find the solution in this article I wrote recently on Planning Frugal Vacations on a Budget. The main point of the article is that you can find so many great and inexpensive places to visit close to home.

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These were easy to cut out and the kids loved lacing up the pockets. Just cut an egg shape and a half egg shape for each place setting. I made the eggs as long as the diameter of a plate. Then I put the half egg on top of the egg and punched holes for lacing. I turned the kids lose with the eggs and let them lace them up to make pockets for each place setting. When they were done, I had them glue on chick and bunny cut outs and added an initial to let each dinner guest know where he or she was sitting.

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