How to Throw a Birthday Party on a Budget

Celebrating a birthday party should not put a hole in your wallet. With the help of friends, family, and some cool games or electronic devices, any party can become a day or night to remember. Here are some great tips and ideas for having birthday parties without spending a lot of money.

Instructions

Things You’ll Need:
Garage
Backyard games
Catering services
Friends and family willing to bring side dishes
Favorite movie snacks
Rental DVDs or VHS
Karaoke machine

Boom box

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Step 1

Have a backyard barbeque. Ask friends/family to bring a side dish and you can cook the meat. Have the party at home along with some fun backyard games to play such as volleyball, croquet, badmitton, Frisbee, or other fun yard games. Blast your boombox or stereo for some fun dancing, too.

Step 2

Cater food for the birthday party or buy a long sub sandwich and cut into mini sandwiches to feed everybody. Have sandwiches and chips for an affordable meal. Try restaurants such as Subway, or purchase long sub-sandwiches at Wal-mart's deli and add any of your favorite cheeses or vegetables.

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How to Create a Widget Featuring your Blog, Content, Or Website

Creating a widget that features contents from your blog, articles or website is a great way to market on the web. It allows others to subscribe to your contents and place it on other websites. Also, you can post the content on any other websites that you own, gathering different visitors from many areas on the internet. You can create a widget for free at Widgetbox.com and have it placed on your favorite website or blog within minutes.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Blog or a website
• Account at Widgetbox
• Friends who will post your widget on their website
• Other websites to post your widget on

Creating a Widget Featuring Your Blog, Content or Website

Step1
Open your internet web browser, and go to Widgetbox (see resources below).

Step2

Register for an account by clicking "Register" and fill out the simple form. They will then send you an activation email for you to sign in to your account.

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How to Make Handmade Birthday Gifts for under $10

There's no need to spend a lot of money on birthday gifts. Creating a personalized gift can be more meaningful than picking up an item at the store. With just a few supplies or a computer, you can create handmade personalized gifts for under $10 that can be made into a treasured keepsake forever.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Construction Paper
Stickers
Markers
Stampers
Photos
Computer
Windows Movie Maker
Printer
Printer paper
Frame

Step1

Buy some construction paper, stickers, stampers, and markers or crayons. Create a handmade birthday card using some of your favorite greetings or create your own. Decorate your card with stickers, stamps, glitter, and markers.

Step2

Take some favorite photos from the birthday person. Decide on a theme such as family, friends, or birthday, etc. Use some construction paper or decorated paper that you can buy at the scrapbook store. Find some stickers to match the theme. Add a small story or description to go with the page and add to it. Create a scrapbook page that you might put into a book, and then frame it. This would make a great keepsake that can be displayed anywhere in the home or even as an office desk decoration.

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How to Stay Cheerful during a Hurting Economy

Life may seem difficult when all of the things in the world seem to be spiraling downward. High fuel costs, rising food prices, the verge of unemployment, and other downfalls of life can give us a dim outlook about our current situation. By remembering that we have family and friends who care about us, and taking time to spend moments with those in our lives, it can be easy to get through the tough times in our life. Below are some simple steps that can help you try to stay cheerful even when the moments don't seem to improve as fast as we would like them to.

Things You’ll Need:

Hope
Love
Family
Friends
Thankfulness

Step1
Take as much extra time as you can to spend it with your family and those you care about. Turn off the television and shut off the computers. Too much media in the news and digital distractions can cause stress. Get out the board games, a deck of cards, take walks, or ride bicycles together as a family.


Step2
Plan mini vacations and small get aways that won't cost alot. Pack up a picnic basket and head to the nearest park. Organize a small game of baseball, volleyball, horseshoes, or any other fun outdoor activity.

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Give a Homemade Poetry Card as a Father's Day Gift this Year

Father's Day is coming....
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There are many places where you can purchase holiday and special occasion cards. Some of them run fairly cheap, while some of them are really expensive. Every now and then, you will find a card that speaks right to you, but then, there are times when you wish you could find just that exact card that says what you want it to.

For Father's Day, there is nothing more special than creating a handmade card from his cards. A handmade father's day gift is something that will touch his heart, and be more meaningful when it is coming from those that he loves. If you and your children can't find just the right card, how about making one instead?

Some materials that you will need for this project are some pictures of your children, and you if you want. Or you could have a group photo of all of you taken too. Then you need some construction paper with the color of your choice, some markers, and some white paper. The white paper can be lined or unlined. This is where you are going to write your mini poem to that special guy on Father's Day. For decorating the card, you can get some markers, crayons, glitter, and some stickers too. This will be a card from all of you, so it can look however you would like it to.

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Craigslist.org Vs. Ebay.com: Which One is Better to Sell Your Old Prized Possessions On?

It's true that one person's trash is another person's treasure. Individuals are always looking for a place to sell or throw away old possessions and clothing. Sometimes we take them to local charities, and of course, others may end up in the garbage somewhere in the dumpster. Then we wonder, why throw all of those once prized possessions away, when we can make a profit off of these items? Our minds start brainstorming with ideas of garage sales, Internet sales, or taking them to consignment shops. But theses days, people want a fast way to get rid of all of their old stuff and consumers want a quick sale.

It's all about time and money in the 21^st century. One of the best ways to rid us of all of our old junk is to sell it on the Internet. First we must find an affordable listing that will allow us to make a profit to sell our items. We don't want profits to just pay for the listing-as we put a lot of hard work and effort into making this prized possession something to sell. It was our own possession for years, and now it will be something new to someone else. When trying to find a place to sell on the Internet, we want to find something that is either free to list, or maybe won't cost us an arm and a leg to sell. Two wonderful places to begin your selling ventures are Ebay.com and Craigslist.org.

Of course, each website has it's positives and negatives. It will be up to the seller of how they feel each website would benefit themselves and their profits, but it will also matter how much time and money that it will consume as well. If you are selling any article of clothing, antiques, an old car, or actually any kind of household item, you could begin your journey with Ebay. Ebay will allow your item to be seen by millions of people every day. You can decide to list your item anywhere between three to seven days. You can choose from pre-designed templates or create your own. Transactions are pretty much taken care off, and once an item has been sold, all you must do is make sure you collect your money and ship the item to its new rightful owner.

Also, if you have many items that you would like to sell, you could save money by opening a store. Pay one price of about fifteen dollars a month to have your own Ebay store, or you could list your own items individually as "auction style." Depending on the extra listing accessories you choose from, your listing could cost as much as fifty five cents to over two dollars each. How you decide to present your listing is completely up to you. Also, you pay for your listing fees upfront, and then once your item sells, you must pay a final value as well. So when you list your items, you must at least consider what you will be paying out to Ebay as well. More than likely, your payments are going to cover the advertising that your ad will do on Ebay, which is why sometimes it could be a good idea to pay a bit for your auctions. So if you are looking for a website where you don't have to do a lot of extra work on the side, and you won't have to do much marketing, then Ebay could be a starter place for you to begin your selling ventures on.

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How to Make a Frozen Fruit Smoothie

Summer months are coming, and it's time to cool down with some yummy frozen treats! Try this great frozen smoothie recipe to cool off with ! :)





Fruit smoothies are a wonderful summer time treat. In fact, nothing beats coming in from the summer heat to a fruit smoothie. With a sweet and refreshing taste, its the perfect drink to kick back and relax. Read more to learn how to make this fun and easy treat at home this summer.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 1 cup of mixed frozen fruit or a fruit of your choice
• 1 cup of ice
• 1 1/2 cups of orange juice or one of your choice.
• 1/4 cup of milk
• Whipped cream (optional)
• Blender or smoothie maker

1. Frozen fruit gives smoothies a great taste Put 1 cup of mixed frozen fruit into a blender or smoothie maker. For a great mixture, consider strawberries, peaches, mango, kiwi, and grapes. The blend will create a sweet, fruity flavor.

2. Mix with orange juice for added flavor Add 1 cup of ice to the blender. For a thicker smoothie, try adding more ice.

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