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DealDash Cheap Halloween Costume Ideas

October 8, 2016 DealDash Reviews

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We are 1/4 done with October, so if you haven’t gotten your (or your kid’s) costumes ready yet, now is the time.

There are probably 50 complete ready-made costumes at any of your local box-box stores, and even more bits and pieces to make even more different costumes and variations. If you want something totally original, though, you are going to have to go to the thrift store and get creative, or get together the craft supplies and make it yourself. There are plenty of costumes that you can make with a minimum of crafting skill, especially if you combine  — Read full post

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DealDash Spooky Crafts: Jar Lights

October 6, 2016 DealDash Reviews

 

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Making jack-o-lanterns out of real pumpkins is fun, but if you’re not up for a big pumpkin guts mess this year try these spooky mason jar lights instead.

Let’s face it, carving pumpkins is a huge mess. It’s fun, and I would never deprive my children of this great childhood activity, but since both of my bigger kids are at school this year they are actually carving pumpkins on a field trip – I feel like I can skip it, since the baby doesn’t know what he’s missing! However, since I do like to keep things festive for the  — Read full post

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DealDash Series: Spooky Crafts – Bags

October 3, 2016 DealDash Reviews

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Welcome to DealDash’s Halloween Craft Series. Over the next few weeks I will be posting blog articles of various Halloween-related crafts that you can do with your kids, grandkids, or even by yourself! Today’s craft is handmade treat bags.

Whether you’re going trick or treating with children, or staying home and handing out the candy it’s more fun to have a handmade bag! They are great for storing the candy if you’re the door-opener, or for taking around the neighborhood and ringing door bells. Read on for a couple of different styles of treat bags that are fun to make  — Read full post

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Bento Lessons with DealDash

September 8, 2016 DealDash Reviews

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Now that the kids are back in school and I need to make lunches for two kids daily instead of one, I thought it would be fun to explore some “easy” bento designs.

Are you familiar with the concept of “bento”? If you were to look up the definition in the dictionary it would say “Bento is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container.” However, to many moms (and some dads) bento is more than that – bento is  — Read full post

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5 Tools You Should Win on DealDash

September 4, 2016 DealDash Reviews

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With so many tools out there, sometimes it’s hard to choose what you should have in your toolbox. Here are 5 tools that you can get from DealDash that you shouldn’t be without.

You could make life super easy on yourself and get one of those large “All-in-one” kits with 100 tools, but most people don’t really need that many tools to do simple projects around the house. Here is a list of 5 tools that you need to get from DealDash before you start on your next project.

  1. Cordless Drill – Everyone needs a cordless drill. I use my
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