Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine Maker Lab

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August 15, 2022 by Frugal Coupon Living Writers Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

Super sweet stunts! Build your own Thames & Kosmos Gumball Machine with this science kit that’s part marble run, Part roller coaster, Part pinball machine! Learn physics lessons in the process! The track segments can be moved around on the base to create an almost limitless number of different gumball machines. As the gumballs roll down the track, they perform cool stunts and tricks. Each segment of the track teaches a different lesson in mechanical physics, allowing users to explore topics including simple machines, force, motion, momentum, gravity, Newton’s laws, energy transfer, and more. Trial-and-error experiments teach in a fun, hands-on way: will your gumball successfully make it to the end of the track, or will you have to re-engineer your gumball machine to make it work? The kit works with standard machine-size gumballs and includes a small supply of gumballs to get started.

You can get it for just $22.49 (was $39.95)!

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Roar-tastic Dinosaur Party Ideas for a Party-saurus

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August 15, 2022 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Birthday, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Ready for a roar-tastic dinosaur birthday party for your paleontologists? We have ~~prehistoric~~ dino-mite dinosaur party ideas for birthday boy or girl party-saurus. From decor, foods, to cakes, crafts, activities, games and more. Enjoy these dinosaur themed birthday party ideas.

Dinosaur Party Ideas

Did you know the meaning of the word dinosaur. The word actually comes from the ancient Greek language with deinos meaning terrible and sauros meaning lizard. If celebrating these awful reptiles land dwellers would be celebrating their 65 millionth birthday. Instead of celebrating these giants, why don’t we celebrate our little paleontologist who study them, our kids

These roar-tastic dino party ideas are perfect for any party-saurus. We share some of the best dinosaur party games, dinosaur activities, dinosaur party foods, easy cake ideas and more. It will be a party you will remember for millions of years!

Dinosaur Party Decorations & Decor

Dinosaur party supplies do not have to be costly. Do what you can do stay with the theme but do what you can to make your own party decor.

This has to be one of my favorite dinosaur tablescapes because it is so easy to do and incredibly simplistic. Sometimes less is more. | Catch My Party

Dinosaur Table Decorations

You can buy a low-cost helium balloon tank if you want to blow your own balloons.

Invite your archaeologist friends. Make these Roar-tastic Dinosaur Invitations creating a paper mache egg. Make extra eggs for a dinosaur egg hunt or hot potato party game. | Oh Happy Day

Perfect Dinosaur Party Decorations are these adorable dinosaur yard signs warn everyone about extra large roaming reptiles. We love these ideas below. | Kara’s Party Ideas

Dinosaur Signs

These mini party hats for dinosaurs will have no one feeling left out of the festivities. Purchase a mini party hat set for animals here or a dinosaur + hat + present cake topper here.

Such and adorable idea for this party. Grab blow up dinosaurs and add them to the party décor. We love the addition of the dinosaur party hats, balloons, pom-poms and of course the party like it’s 190,000,099 BC Marquee. | American Greetings

About to have a tree year old? Host an adorable three-rex birthday party for a boy or girl! You can grab this set tree-rex party décor for boys or even a pink tree rex birthday party girl party décor.

Dinosaur Party Decor

Dinosaur Party Games & Crafts

Keep the kids from getting bored, with these shopable Dinosaur Party Games. Download eleven Dinosaur Themed Party Games including directions and supply list.

You can put together creative dinosaur party games and crafts to keep the kids active during the party. Classic games like pin the tail turn into Pin the Tail on the Dino. Or gather a few of your own supplies to create your own ideas for activities and fun.

Go old school with a homemade dinosaur piñata . This DIY Dino Egg piñata is the perfect addition to any prehistoric dino birthday party. It is fun and low-cost to make and even more fun to whack! | Parties with a Cause

Using an egg carton and cupcake liner, have fun making these dino-mite dinosaur crafts. | Still Playing School

Have a dinosaur dig station. You could fill up a kiddie pool with rocks, pebbles, sand or rice. Give kids a paint brush and sifter for paleontology discovery. You could add some dinosaur bones or even dig for candy! | Inspired by Family

Before your dig turn safari hats into paleontologist hats. Use dinosaur stickers so everyone can personalize their hats. | David and Leanna

Create a minute to win it party game with these handmade T-Rex Shoes. | Get Your Holiday On

You can always go low-budget and wallet friendly with these free Dinosaur coloring pages. Lay them out and let them be a self directed activity. | Super Coloring

Dinosaur Birthday Party Food & Cakes

We found some of the best dinosaur party foods, desserts and cakes to fit a dino themed party.

Use a dino toy (that can double has dinosaur party decor) to create footprint cookies. | Gathering Beauty

When decorating your table, have adorable dinosaur place markers that say herbivore and carnivore (you could add omnivore or sweetivore too – see what we did there?) | Pretty My Party

Another idea is to hard boil eggs into dinosaur eggs! | Pink Stripey Socks

These prehistoric dinosaur dirt cups are a tasty treat. Made with chocolate pudding and crushed OREOS cookies, this layered dessert can be used as a non-traditional dinosaur birthday cake. | Made to Be a Momma

Dinosaur Dirt Cup Accessories

This paleontologist’s birthday has some great Dinosaur Party Food. | Kingsbury Brook Farm

Dinosaur Party Food

Dinosaur Bones – Pretzels (try this Pretzel Bone recipe)
Dinosaur Scales – Chips
Dinosaur Swamp – Guacamole
Dinosaur Claws – Claw Shaped Cucumbers
Tyson’s Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets
Pterodactyl Nests – Use this Nest Recipe using Edible Rocks
Stegosaurus Spikes – Triangular Shaped Cut Watermelon
Dinosaur Toe Nails – Bugles

I wanted to provide you with an easy dinosaur birthday cake you could make. Put your money toward other expenses like decor that can then be used as toys for the kids or dinosaur party favors. Instead, make your own cake to have a low-cost birthday party. Make a rectangular chocolate sheet cake. Decorate with green and chocolate frosting. Use dinosaur figurines to decorate. | You Pinspire Me

Dinosaur Cake Decorations

In addition to the Space Party Games, also take a look at these 50+ Kids’ Party Games – indoor, outdoor, night, birthday.

For many of these party ideas, use our Rockin’ Geology Rock Party Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Looking for more birthday party ideas for boys and girls? Take a look at these themed birthday ideas.

You can keep parties small or even celebrate small celebrations every six months. Take a look at these…

Enjoy another year!

DIY Bathroom Vanity Makeover with Behr Grey Paint

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August 15, 2022 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: DIY, Facebook, Frugal Living, Home Improvement, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

Looking for a weekend home renovation project? Transform your entire space with this bathroom remodel on a budget was under $50. Thrifty DIY Bathroom Vanity Makeover Tutorial plus the Best Grey Paint Colors form Behr.

DIY Bathroom Vanity Makeover

Frugal times call for frugal measures. We have been crossing off our Older Home Improvement Renovations off one by one. When we purchased this one, we had a bathroom that wasn’t very updated and I knew could be improved with a quick weekend project.

Our chalk paint vanity was slowly looking like a 100 year old farmhouse bathroom vanity. I don’t mean in the best way. I mean 100 year old in the sense that this bathroom needs some tender loving care. It was time to paint or replace the bathroom vanity. To save money, we dedicated a weekend to painting an old bathroom vanity.

Refinishing your bathroom vanity cabinets is a thrifty way to bring your entire bathroom to life. It can be done for under $50 with only a few essential supplies.

Bathroom Vanity Makeover Supplies

These are the supplies we had on hand before beginning our Bathroom Vanity Makeover.

Materials:

Vanity/Cabinet
Paint/Primer (we used Behr Marquee Flint Grey Paint)
180-220 Grit sandpaper
Paint brush (Home Depot Best Seller Wooster 2 in. Paint Brush)
Vacuum
Tack cloth
Screw driver/screw gun

When refinishing your bathroom vanity cabinets, also consider:

New cabinet hardware or hardware paint like Rust-Oleum All Surface Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint and Primer in One.

The paint was about $35 and we actually had the rest of the bathroom makeover supplies. However, if you are in need of a some materials your will hit closer to the $50 threshold.

Refinishing Your Bathroom Vanity Cabinets

Follow these steps to update a bathroom vanity with paint.

First, clean your vanity/cabinet by scrubbing it with a sponge, dish soap and water and let dry.

Remove your cabinet doors, drawers and hardware with a screw driver or screw gun if you can. Label your doors and drawers do you know where they go.

Sand your vanity/cabinet with the grain of the wood.

Vacuum dust and paint from sanding.

Use a tack cloth to wipe the vanity/cabinet.

What is a tack cloth? A tack cloth is a specialized type of loosely woven cheesecloth that is treated with a tacky material for wiping away dust and fine particles.

Tape around your edges. Tape near the counter top, walls, white trim baseboard and flooring.

Paint a primer on your cabinet (my cabinet was painted white prior so I skipped this step) and let dry overnight.

Paint the doors and drawers on your cabinet and let dry. Then paint the rest of the cabinet. (My drawers were not removable, if yours are you can paint both at the same time) and let dry for at least 4 hours.

Paint a second coat on the doors, drawers and cabinet and let dry overnight.

Reattached the doors, drawers and add new hardware. If you don’t want to buy new hardware, you can always re-paint the ones you had. A great hardware paint is Rust-Oleum All Surface Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint and Primer in One (comes in many colors.)

Behr Grey Paint Colors

Take a look at the best Behr grey paint for bathrooms. For our bathroom makeover, we used Behr Flint Gray Paint, but there are many beautiful shades of gray for vanities, walls, etc.

Part of Behr 2020 Color Trends in the grey paint called Battleship Gray. The Behr 2020 Color Trends palette was inspired by natural elements such as sky, earth, water and plant life.

Best Gray Paint Colors

Looking for a warm gray, dark gray, a light gray? There are so many different shades of grey.

We found more popular gray paint colors from Behr. Paint your dinning room, living room, kitchen or renovate your bathroom in one weekend too!

Grey or Gray

I felt a need to quick address this! You will see me use the two variations of gray and grey on this post. Gray is American spelling while Grey is British spelling. Depending on how Behr identified the color, was the version I picked up. Google will identify and interchange for you both colors when doing your own internet search.

Our Pinterest community and I would love to see how this worked out for you. Share your final bathroom vanity makeover or a space where you painted gray paint. Leave a comment and/or add a photo here on Pinterest!

Do not forget our Older Home Improvement Hacks & DIY Renovations. We love this photo (below) from Joanna Gaines who had an older green bathroom that could not be painted or changed. A few touches and the bathroom is chic and enjoyable. Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy these Bathroom Storage Solutions for Small Spaces. When redesigning your bathroom, take into account some of these bathroom hacks and transform your entire space! Pin to Pinterest.

Women’s Scoop Neck Tee

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August 15, 2022 by FCL Filed Under: Amazon, Fashion, Online Shopping

You can never have too many tees. I’m loving this classic and simple Women’s Scoop Neck Tee that’s on sale today only, 8/15!

There are a ton of colors available. Prices vary based on the color and size you choose. This tee goes well with your jeans, shorts, leggings or skirts. It works great with under sweaters, jackets, coats or wear on its own. You’re definitely going to want to grab this in all your favorite colors.

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