What do you do with the change from the bottom of your purse or pocket? Ours ends up in jars.
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When the girls were young we saved all our change, when I broke a bill I never used the change I brought it home and in the jar it went. Of course you can put your coins together in one jar and let the bank sort them for you but I liked to separate them and roll them up.
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The girls loved to watch the change jars fill up. Every now and then we would dump the jars and roll them in papers.
As the girls grew older they not only learned how to save money but also learned how 40 quarters make $10.00, (their favorite) 50 dimes make $5.00, 40 nickels make $2.00, 50 pennies made 50 cents.
We counted that money over and over.Sure is fun watching money grow!
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So maybe we didn't really fill a shopping cart with money but we we saved for a year, then right before school started we cashed the coins in for as many $20's we could get. Then went on a shopping spree buying school supplies, clothes and shoes (even at an early age- a girl's gotta have her shoes).
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So if you don't have children in school what can you save your coins for?
What about new clothes for yourself? Now, I am not saying you should only buy clothes once a year- impossible. But, maybe if you saved your coins for a year you would have enough to splurge on something you would otherwise not buy for yourself.
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Just a thought.
I loved all the coins sitting around and counting them when the jars were starting to fill. It was a good exercise in math and in being patient!
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