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Maybe challenges for free activities?

Plan a picnic in a park
Borrow new books/videos from the library
Attend a free concert
Go on a hike

DH and I regularly challenge each other to see who can earn more using swagbucks and Bing for some random period of time. We like the competition and it ends with us having gift cards, we typically get Amazon ones.

Cost compare phone, internet, and what not. Call your cell phone, cable, utility companies to see how you can bring down your costs. If you tell them you're thinking of switching to save money they will try to work with you find a plan that is cheaper, or if they can't compete and then change.

Ask your insurance agent to bid around on your insurance coverages. We do once a year and have often saved quite a bit on premiums or get better terms for the same money on disability or life insurance.

Look to see if there's a Just Between Friends sale or other similar event to sell/consign your kid junk. If there's one a few months from now, start gathering and tagging and organizing the stuff a little at a time to get ready to sell. Alternatively, try finding and selling on a local FB moms group - selling things in lots tend to go easily.

Find a restaurant "copycat" recipe online and try it out. Even better if you do it as a fun takeout takeout dinner party with your ILs and they can bring something too.

Do a meal swap. Make two of a dish and swap with your inlaws and now you have 2 dinners! Works great for freezer meals and it's fun for desserts, breakfast, and lunch options too. Also great for kid-friendly recipes and snacks like mini muffins or baked veggie bites or baby food.

Split bulk purchases, like stuff from Costco. Split a box of applesauce pouches, crackers, two gallon boxes of milk, double bags of bread, the giant boxes of apples or clementines, etc.

I missed this thread, lots of great ideas!

@gingerbebe: The meal/snack swap is a great idea!