Clean green with DIY household cleaners

National Geographic’s Green Guide has some recipes for DIY Household Cleaners you can make inexpensively at home. These cleaners will be less toxic than most mass-produced ones, which makes them also a good move for your health:

But as you open your windows to let in fresh air, don’t pollute it with lung irritants like ammonia and chlorine bleach or hormone-disrupting ...Read More

Get those price guarantee refunds

A lot of people are doing their holiday shopping online this year, and everyone’s looking to save money. One way to boost your savings is to take advantage of the price matching guarantees some online vendors offer – the ones where, if you find your item for a lower price within a certain amount of time after you bought it, ...Read More

Make your own personalized coloring books

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Thanks to computers and tracing paper, you can make your own coloring books for the kids in your life and personalize them instead of buying coloring books from the store. It’s not just for saving money – in fact, when coloring books go on deep sales, it would probably be cheaper to buy one. This project is about elevating the ...Read More

Scratch painting: fun for kids, therapy for grownups

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If you never did scratch painting as a kid, you missed out on something fun. Lucky for you, it’s never too late to enjoy a bit of childhood.

What’s so neat about this particular art form is that it seems like magic. Basically, you cover a piece of paper with crayon in various random colors, then paint over it with tempera ...Read More

Tile tattoos: easy update for old tiles

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If your kitchen or tiles are in good shape but dull to look at, you can perk them up easily and inexpensively by applying tile tattoos. Tile tattoos are basically stickers designed to adhere to tiles in kitchens and bathrooms (except for floors) despite the moisture. While each tile is single use and designed to last, they can be removed ...Read More

Eliminating odor from garbage disposals

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Garbage disposals are awesome things. In theory, they prevent odor from decaying food because they chop it all up to the point that it can safely go down the drain. But once in a while, they smell. There are several reasons for this, and plenty of easy solutions. I’ve focused on ones that don’t involve specialized products or processed chemicals.

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How to touch up paint on a car

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Little scratches from shopping carts and roadside shrubs and so on are the most common way for cars to get damaged. It’s not worth either the time or money it takes to have a garage clean them up. When you’ve got a noticeable scratch you want to fix, you can do it yourself.

Touching up minor scratches on cars

You’ll need:

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