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What do you enjoy that is free or under $5?
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MinnieM123
Premium Member
My local library has beginner art and sewing classes free of charge. The instructors are retirees, and volunteer their time. 
Amen. I am doing that now. This is the break between choir practice and 6pm Worship Service.
Goofy_Disney_Dad
Member
If you don't count the cost of the initial gear, and you can go pretty low cost on that as well, my favorite is to go to our local park and bike or hike the trails. Wish I would have found this sooner because I really enjoy it and it's helping to keep me a bit more healthy as I age.
Smiley/OCD
Well-Known Member
A stroll on the REAL boardwalks at the Jersey shore...although in most cases, you DO have to pay for parking...
unmitigated disaster
Well-Known Member
Petting my cat.
Simba’s Mom
Active Member
Birdwatching. After the initial cost of the binoculars and bird book, I love to sit on the back porch and bird watch.
awoogala
Well-Known Member
puzzles/used books from the used paperback place.
coloring with colored pencils or markers (yes, it costs more than $5 for the supplies, but they last a looong time, so per experience, it's less than $5)
hand sewing small dolls or lavender sachets (grow the lavender, use scrap fabric or cheap felt squares)
walking, playing Harry Potter Wizards Unite (free as long as you don't pay to play, lol)
playing silly games on fb- candy crush, cookie jam blast
board games
crossword puzzles
baking (depends on how elaborate you go with ingredients/buying in bulk)
coloring with colored pencils or markers (yes, it costs more than $5 for the supplies, but they last a looong time, so per experience, it's less than $5)
hand sewing small dolls or lavender sachets (grow the lavender, use scrap fabric or cheap felt squares)
walking, playing Harry Potter Wizards Unite (free as long as you don't pay to play, lol)
playing silly games on fb- candy crush, cookie jam blast
board games
crossword puzzles
baking (depends on how elaborate you go with ingredients/buying in bulk)
DisneyFreak
Well-Known Member
Laying in my hammock with a good book and a cold Arnold Palmer on a cool Florida winter's day.
(But let's be honest...nothing is "free". I had to buy the hammock, use gasoline to drive to the library, buy the ice tea/lemonade for the AP and pay for the electricity to freeze the ice.)
(But let's be honest...nothing is "free". I had to buy the hammock, use gasoline to drive to the library, buy the ice tea/lemonade for the AP and pay for the electricity to freeze the ice.)
Sans Souci
Well-Known Member
Sleeping/napping
Walking around my neighborhood to check out the local flora & fauna.
Day dreaming
Walking around my neighborhood to check out the local flora & fauna.
Day dreaming
Songbird76
Well-Known Member
People watching, singing along with the radio, walking through the nature park....when I lived in the US, we were close to the Snowy Range mountains and I loved to go up to Lake Marie and just sit. Reading, doing puzzles. We don't do this much now, but 2 or 3 times a year, there would be a "technology day" in the area, always free, and it was kind of like a job fair type thing, where different companies would set up stations to advertise their company or their profession. A lot of them would have workshops for kids to build things, like a solor panel powered model windmill, or something soldered together, or a buzz wire game, bath salts, a clock. You could spend the whole day there and come home with a bunch of things your kids made themselves. Here are some pictures:
One year, they got to make rockets out of empty coke bottles and shoot them off with water pressure...that one was fun. I can't find those pictures. But everything was free.
I think this one was an electromagnet? And they also got to make their own bouncy balls one year...they had a chemistry lab section...the kids loved that one.
Another fun thing, free, is Lamb day. In the spring, one of the towns has their own sheep herd, and they are funded by adoptions. They have one day where you can go and adopt a lamb...adopting does cost, but you don't HAVE to adopt one. They have sheep herding displays with their dogs, they have games and quizzes for kids, and if you DO choose to adopt, it's 20 bucks and you can actually get in to pet the lambs. Since my son is obsessed with sheep, we do this every year.
The nice thing is if you adopt, you can come back on certain days and pet the sheep again when there are fewer people, which is nicer for A because of his Autism...it gets overwhelming for him on the one day, but when we come back, it's not as busy and it's more restful. He loves it. And there are a lot of places who do stuff like this...farms that will let you come in for a day and see how they milk cows, or how they sheer sheep, etc. You just have to keep an eye out in the local papers, or websites.
One year, they got to make rockets out of empty coke bottles and shoot them off with water pressure...that one was fun. I can't find those pictures. But everything was free.
I think this one was an electromagnet? And they also got to make their own bouncy balls one year...they had a chemistry lab section...the kids loved that one.
Another fun thing, free, is Lamb day. In the spring, one of the towns has their own sheep herd, and they are funded by adoptions. They have one day where you can go and adopt a lamb...adopting does cost, but you don't HAVE to adopt one. They have sheep herding displays with their dogs, they have games and quizzes for kids, and if you DO choose to adopt, it's 20 bucks and you can actually get in to pet the lambs. Since my son is obsessed with sheep, we do this every year.
The nice thing is if you adopt, you can come back on certain days and pet the sheep again when there are fewer people, which is nicer for A because of his Autism...it gets overwhelming for him on the one day, but when we come back, it's not as busy and it's more restful. He loves it. And there are a lot of places who do stuff like this...farms that will let you come in for a day and see how they milk cows, or how they sheer sheep, etc. You just have to keep an eye out in the local papers, or websites.
andysmomsfavoritetoy
New Member
I like to take my littles to the park nearby. They think its the coolest thing ever and even have some friends with the other "regulars". I take a book and get to read while they play.