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Back to School Backpacks and Lunch Items on Sale

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July 24, 2019 by FCL Filed Under: Amazon, Back to School, Online Shopping 2 Comments

School is starting soon in some areas, so it’s time to start looking for everything you need for back to school. Today only, 7/24, you can get back to school backpacks and lunch items on sale.

How fun is this Shark Backpack?? I love the swirly colors, and kids will think it is too cool. This backpack has room for everything you need and water bottle sleeves on the sides.

I love using bento boxes for school lunches because I love the different sections to put each food in. This Bento Lunch Box has 3 compartments and a little container to put salad dressing or dip in.

If your girls need a new backpack, they’ll love this Rainbow Backpack. My girls would love all the bright colors and the fun chevron pattern. This backpack has a laptop sleeve inside as well as several other compartments and side water bottle holders.

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Unique Back to School Finds on Amazon Part 1

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July 23, 2019 by FCL Filed Under: Amazon, Back to School, Online Shopping Leave a Comment

I don’t know about your kids but mine sure love unique things to take to school that other kids in their classrooms won’t have. If yours are the same, they’ll love these unique back to school finds that we have for you!

How cool is this Llama Diary with Lock?? My daughters would LOVE to have this because they can write things in it AND lock it! It’s also fuzzy and so bright and colorful!

Do your kids have a laptop to take to and from school? This School Laptop Backpack is an easy way to carry it and other items that your kids need during the day.

It’s never too early to start shopping for new school clothes, and this OshKosh B’Gosh Girls’ Sequin Crew Neck Sweatshirt is too cute! My girls love tops with sequins that can be moved back and forth to change colors!

Composition books are on most school supply lists, and this Dino Notes: Lined Dinosaur Notebook is so fun! Your kids will love how it’s not just your typical composition book cover, and I’m betting their friends will think this is so cool!

Do your kids need colored pencils? This big CYPER TOP 80-color Colored Pencils Set will keep them stocked up for a while! Send some to school when it starts and keep others at home to swap out when your kids need new ones.

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First and Last Day of School Sign

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July 15, 2019 by FCL Filed Under: Amazon, Back to School, Online Shopping Leave a Comment

Do you like to use signs for your kids to hold up on the first and last day of schools? If you get tired of buying a new one every year like I do, you’re going to want this reusable First and Last Day of School Sign!

This sign has information for the first day of school on one side and information for the last day of school on the other. You can use chalk or chalk pens, and then erase the information to reuse it for the next year! This will be SUCH a money saver because first day of school signs can be pricey!

Details:

DOUBLE SIDED (REVERSIBLE) reusable chalkboard sign to document each First AND Last Day of School! “First Day of School” is on one side, and “Last Day of School” is on the other side. Two special occasions, only one sign to store!
KEEP TRACK OF SPECIAL MEMORIES! First Day of School side includes blank space to fill in grade, date, age, teacher, and what they want to be when they grow up. Last Day of School side includes blank space to fill in grade, date, age, what they learned that year, and what they plan to do that summer.
PHOTOGRAPHS PERFECTLY for family photos, scrapbooks, or sharing online with friends and family. Never forget these special moments!
REAL WOOD FRAME adds a beautiful, high end look to this reusable chalkboard sign! This is a sturdy, high quality sign that will hold up year after year. Thick, real wood center – not flimsy plastic like others!
LARGE 12″ x 12″ size – plenty of room to fill in all of the details! Works great with chalk pens or regular chalk!

Hurry to grab this reusable First and Last Day of School Sign while it’s on sale!

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Glow in the Dark Eggs Science Experiment

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January 26, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back to School, Crafts, DIY, Education, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media 2 Comments

Glow in the dark eggs – a science experiment for kids. Easily create a naked egg through a chemical reaction of dissolving an egg’s shell in vinegar. Make it glow with this added ingredient for extra creativity and fun!

Glow in the Dark Eggs

Did you love our 5 Minute Science Experiments for Kids? We wanted to come up with some more ideas for you to enjoy!

At our house, we’re big science lovers. We love making fun science experiments with the kids that aren’t just the basic experiments, but that have a fun twist in some way. We found out that by using a highlighter marker as a dye, you can make the classic rubber egg science experiment glow in the dark!

How does it work? The dye in the highlighter marker is highly reflective, so when you shine a black light or a flashlight on the egg, it glows in the dark! You can also use this experiment to teach kids about osmosis, chemical reactions, and why vinegar dissolves egg shells.

If you don’t have a highlighter marker, you can also use the inside of a glow stick to make the eggs glow.

Glow in the Dark Eggs Supplies:

Not many ingredients are needed in this science experiment. Many of these supplies are probably found in your own home!

Extend this project! If you have all these ingredients, also try our Glow in the Dark Glowing Volcano Science Experiment!

Glow in the Dark Eggs Directions:

This process will take a few days but only take a few minutes to prep.

First, fill a jar with vinegar and set aside.

Cut open the highlighter marker and drop the ink pad into the vinegar. Make sure you squeeze the pad to remove all of the ink from the highlighter pad.

Carefully place one or two eggs into the jar. Set the jar on the counter for about 3 days.

Remove the eggs from the jar when bits of shell rise to the top of the jar. Rinse any remaining shell from the eggs.

Next, dry off the eggs and take them into a dark room.

This is the fun part! Shine a black light or flashlight on the eggs to watch them glow. The highlighter ink reacts with the light, making the egg glow!

Once you’re done admiring the egg’s glow, you can pop the egg open to examine the parts of the egg. The squishy membrane, the egg white, and the egg yolk are all clearly visible when these eggs are popped, which makes it a fun lesson in themes including the construction of an egg, osmosis, and chemical reactions.

What Happened?

A shell of an egg is made up of calcium carbonate. If you soak this egg shell in vinegar, you start a chemical reaction that dissolves the calcium carbonate shell releasing carbon dioxide gas. The egg insides remain intact and are held together by a membrane just inside the shell.

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Also take a look at these 5 Minute Science Experiments for Kids. Pin to Pinterest.

Take a look at this Glow in the Dark Volcano. This experiment uses many of the same ingredients. Pin to Pinterest.

You will want to save these for spring and Easter! Have a fun Glow in the Dark Easter Egg Hunt. Pin to Pinterest.

Glow in the Dark Glowing Volcano Science Experiment

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December 15, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back to School, Crafts, DIY, Education, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Pinterest, Social Media 2 Comments

Our Glowing Volcano Science Experiment is much easier than you think using common ingredients found in your household to create a chemical reaction with a product of carbon dioxide. You will never guess the lava ingredients!

Glow in the Dark Glowing Volcano

Kids love science experiments that wow or have some sort of unexpected twist. One of my kid’s favorite science experiments is this fun twist on the classic baking soda and vinegar volcano experiment – the glowing volcano!

It’s super easy to put this five minute science experiment together, and you probably already have everything you need right at home, so no need to run to the store for last minute supplies.

You would never guess the secret ingredient of our lava – a highlighter marker! I mean who would have known!? If you don’t have a highlighter marker, you can also use the inside of a glow stick to make this volcano glow.

As I mentioned, you do need a few supplies but I bet you have everything at home already.

Supplies:

If you do not have a highlighter, we used orange and pink, then you can use glow sticks – just carefully break them open.

Nothing in this experiment is difficult but we do recommend adult supervision as you are working with ingredients that would not be good for ingestion.

Volcano Steps and Directions:

You will want a jar for your volcano base. Wrap the jar or bottle with playdough to make the shape of the volcano. The color of the playdough isn’t very important, though brown playdough is sort of fun for this activity! Make the base of the volcano wider than the top to make it look more like a volcano.

Cut the highlighter marker open and remove the ink pad from inside. Cut the ink pad open.

Pour about ½ a cup of vinegar into a small bowl or another jar. Place the highlighter ink pad into the jar and squeeze it to remove all of the dye. It’s not a bad idea to have gloves on during this process.

Add a few drops of dish soap to the vinegar. Add some glitter to the jar and stir. You can see what our bowl of lava ingredients looks like below.

Pour a small amount of the vinegar liquid into the volcano jar.

This is a good time to dim the lights or move the volcano to a dark room. The closest isn’t a bad place.

Turn on your black light or flashlight. A black light is best but either will do.

Scoop a small amount of baking soda and add it to the volcano to make it react. Watch it glow!

Did you know? Once you’re done oohing and awing over the glowing volcano, talk a little about the reaction making the volcano erupt. The reaction between the vinegar (dilute acetic acid) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) generates carbon dioxide gas. It’s the carbon dioxide releasing from the chemical reaction that causes the volcano to fizz, and when you add dish soap, the bubbles stick around just a bit longer! The ingredients from the highlighter marker react with the light, causing the volcano to glow.

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Also take a look at these 5 Minute Science Experiments for Kids. Pin to Pinterest.

Make glow in the dark eggs with this easy science experiment with the kids! Pin to Pinterest.

Take the fun outdoors with this Glow in the Dark Rainbow Lantern Craft. Pin to Pinterest.

Crayola Products on Sale for Back to School

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August 6, 2018 by FCL Filed Under: Amazon, Back to School, Online Shopping Leave a Comment

Are your kids going back to school soon? Or, are you just looking around to score the best prices on school supplies for when your kids do go back? Today, you can get Crayola products on sale for back to school!

Are you looking for a big pack of crayons for your kids? This Crayola Ultimate Crayon Collection with 152 colors is on sale for $6.41 (reg. $15).

Do you need several different Crayola products for your kids? Get everything they need in this Crayola Core Pack for Back to School for grades K-2. Grab this for $7.50 (reg. $15).

And, if your kids love to color in Color Wonder books, you can stock up on fun Mickey Mouse coloring pages with this Crayola Color Wonder Mess Free Mickey Mouse Bundle. This is on sale for $7.28 (reg. $18.54).

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Artist Paint Palette Cookies plus Bonus Printable Gift Tag

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April 28, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back to School, Crafts, DIY, Education, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media 1 Comment

Adorable Artist Paint Palette Cookies with free printable gift tag – Thank you for coloring my world! Sweet treat idea and thank you for a teacher or use as a birthday party favor. So many ideas for your little artist!

Artist Paint Palette Cookies with Gift Tag

We have the cutest, most easiest cookies for your little artist! First, this recipe requires no baking, just pick up sugar cookies at your local grocery store. Of course if you want a yummy sugar cookie recipe, we have one of those too! You will need some black Licorice Twizzlers Twists. If you have trouble finding those, we found some online. This will make the bristle of the brush and Air Heads will make your paint brush stick.

We also put together a sweet “thank you for coloring my world” gift tag. This free printable makes a sweet end of the year gift for a teacher or perhaps use as a birthday party favor for an artist paint birthday party!

Artist Paint Palette Cupcakes

Ingredients:

8 Sugar Cookies, prepared
1 Container White Frosting
1 Piece Black Licorice Twist
2 Orange Airheads Candy
2 Cherry Airheads Candy
1 White Mystery Airheads Candy
Food Coloring—red, orange, yellow, green blue
Frosting Piping Bags

Directions:

Take each orange and cherry Airheads candy and cut them in half. Cut each of the halves in half lengthwise so you now have 4 pieces of each flavor. Roll each piece into a paintbrush shape.
Cut ½” pieces of the black licorice. Slice each one open so it isn’t a tube shape. Lay each piece out and cut them each in half. Lay one piece of licorice over the end of each paintbrush.
Cut small thin rectangular pieces of the white Airheads candy. Wrap one of these around the seam where the licorice is laying on the paintbrush. Make sure you wrap them tight, so the paintbrush and licorice bristles don’t come apart.
Divide the frosting into 5 small bowls and color each frosting bowl a different color. You can put each color frosting into a small plastic bag for piping if you choose to, or just use a knife to dollop.
Cut out a small hole in the bottom half of each cookie so it looks like the hole on a paint board palette.
Pipe a dot of each color frosting along the top half edge of each cookie.
Use a dot of frosting to attach a paintbrush on top each cookie.
These little paint palettes are cute and easy to make for any party!

Artist Paint Palette Cookies plus Bonus Printable Gift Tag

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Ingredients

Scale

8 Sugar Cookies, prepared
1 Container White Frosting
1 Piece Black Licorice Twist
2 Orange Airheads Candy
2 Cherry Airheads Candy
1 White Mystery Airheads Candy
Food Coloring—red, orange, yellow, green blue

Instructions

Take each orange and cherry Airheads candy and cut them in half. Cut each of the halves in half lengthwise so you now have 4 pieces of each flavor. Roll each piece into a paintbrush shape.
Cut ½” pieces of the black licorice. Slice each one open so it isn’t a tube shape. Lay each piece out and cut them each in half. Lay one piece of licorice over the end of each paintbrush.
Cut small thin rectangular pieces of the white Airheads candy. Wrap one of these around the seam where the licorice is laying on the paintbrush. Make sure you wrap them tight, so the paintbrush and licorice bristles don’t come apart.
Divide the frosting into 5 small bowls and color each frosting bowl a different color. You can put each color frosting into a small plastic bag for piping if you choose to, or just use a knife to dollop.
Cut out a small hole in the bottom half of each cookie so it looks like the hole on a paint board palette.
Pipe a dot of each color frosting along the top half edge of each cookie.
Use a dot of frosting to attach a paintbrush on top each cookie.
These little paint palettes are cute and easy to make for any party!

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Adorable Artist Paint Palette Cookies with free printable gift tag - Thank you for coloring my world! Sweet treat idea and thank you for a teacher or use as a birthday party favor.

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Back to School Tax FREE Weekends 2017 | Dates Based on States

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June 15, 2017 by Tiffany at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Back to School

Tax FREE Weekends 2017

My kids are blissfully unaware but Back to School sales are about to get in full swing soon! For the most savings you may want to take advantage of the Tax Free Weekends offered by select states this year. Here is the list of states offering this tax break:

Alabama Tax Free Weekend, July 21-23
Arkansas Tax Free Weekend, August 5-6
Connecticut Tax Free Weekend, August 20-26
Florida Tax Free Weekend, no dates announced yet
Georgia Tax Free Weekend, no dates announced yet
Iowa Tax Free Weekend, August 4-5
Louisiana Tax Free Weekend, August 4-5
Maryland Tax Free Weekend, August 13-19
Mississippi Tax Free Weekend, July 28-29
Missouri Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6
New Mexico Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6
Ohio Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6, 2017
Oklahoma Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6
South Carolina Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6
Tennessee Tax Free Weekend, July 28-30
Texas Tax Free Weekend, August 11-13
Virginia Tax Free Weekend, August 4-6

Get more details on Tax FREE Weekends 2017 HERE.

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