Comments on: Cheerful Frugality Splashes

By: deputyheadmistress

deputyheadmistress — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:43:01 +0000

When my children were smaller they sometimes thought it a great treat to put on their swimming suits and play in a bathtub full of cool water- inside. We didn’t need sunscreen.=)

Instead of squirt guns, you can buy cheap squirt bottles and just fill them up with ice-water.

By: Wilm

Wilm — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:31:27 +0000

Hi Meredith,

I was just wanting to know if your blog was having problems as I haven’t been able to access it for quite a few days! Sorry to ask here!

Thanks, Wilm in NZ

By: Milehimama

Milehimama — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Our local dollar store has 4 packs of splash balls. I got several packs for the kids!

And we slip n slide, too.

Something else we do – eat frozen veggies (snap peas in the pod, or green beans). They make a great snack on hot days!

By: Janel M

Janel M — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:22:59 +0000

I have an old clawfoot bathtub sitting in the back driveway. I only need to put the hardward on it plug the hole. Then fill it up & soak MaryJaneFarm style. I’m hoping to finish it next week.

By: AmandaonMaui

AmandaonMaui — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:56:07 +0000

When I was a little girl we’d take our baths with the cool water hose, out in the yard.

We’d also hook the sprinkler up to the hose and run around in it. No fancy dancing daisy sprinklers. We had plenty of fun!

There is a lot to say about wasting water these days though.

There’s always going to matinees or the cold library.

By: Shannon M

Shannon M — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:28:21 +0000

We set the kiddie pool up on the back deck so the kids can be outside even when I can’t (they’re easy to watch from the kitchen, my “office” or the living room) and we love to put the sprinklers by the swings – you get a little breeze from swinging and a little splash:)

By: Diann @ The Thrifty Groove

Diann @ The Thrifty Groove — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57:27 +0000

The sprinkler has made a big come back at our house! LOL I forgot how much fun running through the sprinler can be! Now that I have a little one, I don’t even have to come up with an excuse! LOL

By: KimC

KimC — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:24:37 +0000

It’s June and you only have 2 more months of sweltering?
We have at least 3 here in South Texas.
We keep cool around the house by keeping our hair damp throughout the day; keeping a kiddie pool on the deck to splash water on our arms, legs, and faces; and using the hose to spray down the deck periodically.
We’re also trying to get our outside work done early or late in the day so we can have a lazy siesta during the hottest hours: lots of reading for this homeschooling family!

By: ashley

ashley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:33:09 +0000

I’m fortunate that my parents have an in-ground pool that we can go over and use anytime we want, but there are still times that you want to see your kids in your own yard enjoying the summer and the water and whatnot.

At our house, I’ve used a combo of a cheap plastic wading pool, a slip-n-slide, and a crazy sprinkler for kids that has heads that spray in all different directions. It does raise the water bill a bit when we break out the slip-n-slide and the sprinkler, but compared to the cost of driving somewhere to a water-park, it’s still much cheaper.

Another cheap alternative I’ve found that my mom used to let us do way-back-when….if it’s a light summer shower and no lightning is involved, let the kids go play in the rain! I absolutely loved it when I was a kid and have wonderful memories of it because it seemed so magical, so on the occasions that it’s just a summer rain and not a storm, if my son wants to go out and play, I see no harm whatsoever in it! And it’s even more fun to let the kid come out in me and go join him! I promise, you’ll smile more than you have in ages!