Free Things Or Inexpensive Ideas To Try
1) Learn a new skill - massage, computer program, game, cooking, knitting, etc. There are several useful website to help learn a new skill.
2) Play an online game - there are several places where you can play a free online game or download a 60 min trial. Http://www.bigfishgames.com or simply go to google and type in what you are looking for.
3) Start a photo project - upload digital photos to a photo website like http://www.flickr.com or http://www.photobucket.com (completely free). You can edit, crop, organize your photos and create albums to share with friends and family.
4) Go camping in your backyard - take a night or full weekend and enjoy the wonderful outdoors with camping cuisine ( http://www.CampRecipes.com), playing games and singing songs (http://www.UtimateCampResource.com). Great as a family outing or just you and your significant other.
5) visit a Museum - some museums and galleries offer free admissions on certain times of the month (http://www.Free-Admissions.com). Great as a family outing or with your significant other.
6) Swap Stuff - you can swap anything online from clothes to books. A few websites to look at http://www.SwapStyle.com , http://www.PaperBackSwap.com , http://www.swapaDVD.com or http://www.TitleTrader.com . Please read the guidelines before signing up for anything to make sure it works for you.
7) Attend a home-improvement shop - http://www.home depot.com or http://www.lowes.com both offer either classes or online tutorials on several home improvements like How to tile a floor, etc
8) Set Up a game tournament - Gather your family or friends for a night of fun games, monopoly, other board games, cards, dice, etc. You can serve simple snacks and drinks. Possibly swap games out with friends and family and you will always have new games to play.
9) Volunteer - call and see if your local library could use help, call the local pediatric ward and see if they could use a storyteller, or see of the local women's shelter could use help, possibly your church might need more helping hands with a project.
10) Clean out a closet - I know it isn't really something fun to do but the end result and the satisfaction that you will feel at the end is well worth it. You might find some items that you do not need any more. Well what would you do with all of these new items you either forgot about or don't need anymore: donate or sell them on http://www.ebay.com or another auction site.
11) Geocaching - geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game in which you use GPS to hide and seek containers (caches). A typical cache is a small logbook or trinkets or toys. You can go to http://www.geocaching.com to read getting started and exactly what it is all about. You will need to register but it is free.
