Fun Around Town this Weekend: Kansas City

Here are a few things to consider doing this weekend around KC:


GO BERRY PICKING!! There are several places around the metro
    Visit here for a complete list of you-pick patches!


ADVENTURES WITH CLIFFORD: Crown Center
    Admission is FREE    visit website here
   

DAY OUT WITH THOMAS:
    Midland Railway, Baldwin Kansas
    June 11 - 13
    Website here 

DAIRY DAY AT DEANNA ROSE
    Sat, June 12 from 11am - 3pm
    $2 per person
    Overland Park, KS
    website here 

THE TOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN, Zona Rosa
    Celebrating everything Toy Story 3!!  
    June 13 10am - 12pm
    website here

Some of the Best Things in Life are Free

Grandma & Grandpa came over to watch the kids over the weekend. They all went on a walk and came back with this adorable little bouquet for me! While some would call many of these flowers weeds, I'd have to say this is my favorite bouquet of flowers I've received in a long time. It's the little things like this that mean so much and remind us how great it is to be a mom. Next time you are on a walk, pick some flowers with your kiddo. It'll be an adventure and you'll have something adorable like this to show for it...for free!

Gymboree Fill A Bag Sale 30% Off !

Hurry on in to Gymboree to enjoy 30% off EVERYTHING, including sale items!! You can also use your rewards card to earn points, and for every $50 spent, you'll receive $25 in GymBucks to spend later!  (If you don't already have a Gymboree Rewards Card, it may benefit you to sign up for one. It's free and tracks your spending each quarter. I got a rewards certificate for $10 based on my spending last quarter. That should pair up nicely with this sale!!)

If you'd rather shop online, shipping is a flat rate of $5 regardless of how much you spend! Start shopping online here.

Great Freebie to Keep your Kids Safe!

Protection One is offering these great fake tattoos that read "If I am lost, please call: XXX-XXX-XXXX" Pretty cool. I'm thinking these would be great to use when the kids go on field trips this summer or if you go to one of the big amusement parks... just an idea. It never hurts to be prepared!!!

Have You Heard of Kids Bowl Free???

Have you heard of KidsBowlFree.com??? We participated last year and it was GREAT! My son is just 3, so I was unsure how it would go, but it was a wonderful experience for him, a nice cheap activity for us to do together, and a great thing to do on rainy days or days it was just too hot to be outside!!!


Basically, you can enjoy two FREE games of bowling EVERY day this summer. You'll only have to pay for shoes, which run about $3 per child. Very inexpensive fun!

You can check out all of the participating bowling centers here. If there is one near you, then sign up! You'll register directly with that bowling center, meaning your daily coupons are valid at that location only!

You'll have the option for signing up for a Family Pass, which allows adult family members to join in the fun, too! Packages start at just $24.95 and include 2 FREE GAMES PER PERSON PER DAY! The pass covers up to 4 family members.

So, sign up, then receive your daily coupons each week, right in your email in-box. Just print them, clip them, and take them to your bowling center. And don't forget your camera! We had so much fun last year through this program and have lots of pics to prove it! We'll definitely be participating again this summer!

Free Accessorie at Build-A-Bear with Q!

Build-A-Bear has released a coupon good for a FREE accessory, worth up to $5, with NO other purchase necessary! I love this type of coupon! If your child has a build-a-bear animal, or even one that might fit their clothes, head on in before February 5th to score your freebie!

$5.99 Leapfrog TAG Books at Target this Week

Did you happen to see the $4 coupon in the PARADE magazine in today's Sunday paper good toward ANY Leapster game or TAG book?? Match that coupon (or the one found here) with the $9.99 sale going on at Target this week, and you'll score yourself a $5.99 TAG book. Not bad!

Starting 2010 Off Right ... Babies R Us Bargains

So did you see Collin's post on Hip2Save about the awesome deal Babies & Toys R Us have going on today and tomorrow on Earth's Best diapers?? To sum it up, these packs (regularly $11.99) are on sale for $5 January 1-3. There is a $2 TRU/BRU coupon here, good through 1/2/10. Also, there is a $1.50 manufacturer's coupon available here. So, for today and tomorrow only, you can get these packs for just $1.50 each!!!!
I had trouble printing the MQ, so I only had one, but managed to get all the items above ($89.31 value!!) for just $21.72 OOP!!! Man, I love coupons!! What a great way to start off the New Year: by saving 76% off baby essentials! If you are blessed with a little one still in diapers, then I'd suggest running to Babies R Us or Toys R Us, pronto!!

Free Call from Santa!!

I'm really excited about this one--Dillons (remember them?? My FAVE grocery store EVER--no longer in the KC area. How rude!!) is offering up a free phone call from Santa, Sammy the Snowman, or race car driver Tony Stewart! All you have to do is sign up here (or just sign in if you already have an account)...you do have to have a Dillons card to do this, or sign up for one, though. You can select your character, date and time for the call.

I set mine up for tomorrow for Jack and I'm excited to see his face when he gets a call from the big jolly man, himself!!

Feeling Crafty???

Okay, I have a cute craft in the works for a 12-days of Christmas countdown thingy (kinda like an advent calendar, but I'm only gonna do 12 days on this one. Anyway, I guess I better get on it...I'm a chronic procrastinator, so who knows how long it will take me to get done. I'll post pics when I get it done ( if it turns out ;D ). But here's a cute idea to tide you over. Not sure I'll make one of these this year...too many irons in the fire. But, I'll keep it in my back pocket for next year!!


Instructions here.

All credit goes to Executive Homemaker!!

Another Fun Fall Craft

Hungry for another fun, cheap fall craft?? How 'bout a pinecone bird feeder?? For this project, I snagged 3 pinecones for free, compliments of the KC Zoo (found them lying on the ground near the parking lot and the light-bulb came on: project!!). We used curling ribbon (already had it on hand), peanut butter, (I have plenty of that in the stockpile!) and bird seed that I grabbed at Big Lots for about $3.

First, we tied the ribbon around the top of the pinecone so we could hang them on the tree when we were all done. Then we smeared PB all over each pinecone. Then, we rolled them around in a container full of bird seed, making sure to cover it completely and pat it on tight.


Then we tied them to the tree for the birds to enjoy! Jack had a blast doing this project and he has been excited to watch out the window to see if any birds have been enjoying his snack!!

Getting Crafty

Well, I meant to post this around Halloween, and totally forgot. While the craft really no longer pertains to the current holiday, maybe you can put a new spin on it to make your own special craft. I just wanted to post this to show you you can have tons of fun with the kids, let them use their imagination, and you don't need some fancy art set to do it.


For this project, I drew a simple "ghost" shape on the yellow paper, then cut it out. I discarded the inner part, just leaving the outline. I taped it to a sheet of black paper, making a template. We used white poster paint (check it out people...got it on clearance for SIX CENTS at CVS!!! I LOVE CVS!!!) and a cut up sponge (got the sponge for FREE at Target a while back. I hate them as actual cleaning tools--they totally suck for that purpose. But, they make great painting sponges!!).

I let my 3 year old "stamp" the white paint onto the paper, filling up the template to fill in the entire ghost. Once the template was removed and the paint dried, he used water colors to paint the ghost's face. Those are his little marks all over it...he then decided they didn't make a great face and he needed Mommy's help!) He had lots of fun making 3 of these--one for Mommy & Daddy, and one for each of his grandparents.


I just wanted to share so you could possibly enjoy this fun, free craft with your little ones, too!!!

Hasbro Toy Rebate -- Save $60!!

Hmmm...I don't know about you, but I've been doing some price-matching around town to get the best deals on toys and such. I just got Cootie and Hi-Ho! Cherry-O for $3.99 at Walmart (PM to KMarts price last week), so this Hasbro rebate will come in handy! I can get $2 back for EACH of these games, making them only $1.99 each!! Sweet!!

You can make the deals even better by shopping at Toys 'R Us this week, because they have a Hasbro toy promo right now Buy $25, get a $10 TRU Gift Card! KCPennyPinchinMama has some deal scenarios for you here. Check 'em out!

More Toy Deals!!!

Okay, I was told by a friend that this Uno Moo! game is super cute. I've not yet seen it in the stores, and from researching it online, I've found that it's out of stock at both Toys 'R Us and Target online. BUT--KCPennyPinchin'Mama posted a Rocky the Robot truck deal at Mattel.com (something that's definitely on my Christmas list), so I checked it out and found that you can get the Uno game through Mattel for cheap with a coupon code, too!! So here's a recap of both deals available right now:

First, you gotta sign up/sign in at Shop at Home. If you aren't familiar with the site, check out my post here. Search for Mattel, and click "shop now," so that you'll earn 3% cash back on your purchase. This will take you directly to the Mattel site. Now on to the deals:

Rocky the Robot truck is priced at $59.99. Normall I would say this is no great deal since it is priced at Walmart right now for $49.99. BUT, the magic comes with the coupon code. Not to mention this toy ships FREE!!

Uno Moo! is another toy that ships FREE!!! This is priced at $20.99. (When searching online I found that Target has it priced the same, but is out of stock; Walmart has it for $19.88, and Toys 'R Us has it priced at just $14.99, but also out of stock). Anyway, the deal comes with the coupon code.

Use code MATTEL30 when you check out to get 30% off your total purchase!! So, shop around the site and see what else you need off your list that could possibly ship free too!! 30% off ain't bad!!! I was able to add Rocky and Uno Moo! to my cart for a grand total of $56.69 SHIPPED! And the best part is that I didn't even have to leave my house!! Who needs Santa's sleigh when you got UPS?!?

Oh--and don't forget the 3% cash back I'll earn from Shop At Home, an additional $1.70 savings. Nothing to sneeze at!

More Printable Game Coupons!

Yeah! More printables to have on hand when shopping for gifts for the kids! Hasbro has just released $30 in savings:

$5/1 Game of Things
$5/1 Guesstures
$5/1 Cranium w/ Bonus Family Pack
$5/1 Clue: Secrets & Spies
$5/1 Pictureka! Flipper
$5/1 Connect 4×4

These all expire 1/31/2010, so make sure you hold on to them and pair with a sale (maybe Black Friday?!?) to maximize your savings. There may also be some good toy clearance after the holidays! Click image for link.