i need to make or save $5 a day.. but how?

Question

I want to take my daughter to Disney World to meet her hero Mickey Mouse. My hubby works like 50-70 hrs a week and i would like to do something really nice by planning and paying for the trip myself.. But i am a stay at home.. so i have no $$ of my own coming in.. :(

i figured it up after i pay my $200 i have saved for the depoist.. i have to save or make $5 a day for the next 6 months to pay for the rest of the trip..

but now i'm left tryign to figure out how? any ideas??

Answer 1

First let me say, you do not have to wait until your child is six. We took my son his first time at 2, and while he doesn't remember the trip, we do. And the memories are priceless. He remembers a lot about his last trip at 4 (he is 8 now) but we are into Disney so we talk about it. We plan on taking he and his brother (turned 2 in Dec) this October and know my little one will love it. We saw Mickey and Minnie at a Disney Store grand opening and he ran right to them for hugs. If you have a small child I would recommend getting the Sing Along Songs that have the characters in the parks (Disneyland Fun, Beach Party at Disney World, and Camp Out at Disney World) They show how big the characters are compared to kids and that they are fun. Shamu scared my older son on our first day, but the next day at Chef Mickeys he was fine.

As to money savings, we are in the same boat. I am a stay at home mom and my husband works, but is not making as much as he used to so I have really had to watch my budget. Somethings I do is go to a grocery store that takes a discount card and doubles coupons, at the end I see how much I saved by using these 2 things and pulse it out. Those savings are Disney $.

Look around at some of the things your child is done with, do you have anything you saved but really don't need in the attic? Look for a consignment shop or sell on ebay. You get better returns than a yard sale if it is in good condition. For those things that are not as nice, do the yard sale.

We also cut eating out. Totally, and this is killing me. But you would be amazed at the savings. More Disney money.

Consider babysitting if you know a friend of your daughters that you could manage.

Save cans, paper, and plastic and recycle them your self by taking them to the recycling center. This helps but is not a big money maker, but every little bit helps.

Could you clean houses? You can charge $50-75 per house, so one per week would make you the money, and depending on your daughters age you could possibly take her, or even better if someone could watch her a few hours.

Really watch the budget. As stay at home moms, money savings is often our responsibility and so therefore the rewards could be "our" money. Could you use the dollar store instead of Walmart for some of your purchases? Buy more of the store brand? Avoid impulse purchases? Wash the cars yourself? We started this and my boys think it is tons of fun and I save $. Sit down, look at every bill and see how much money is left, then look at where you are spending that money.

One answer might be to stay home more. With the price of gas, driving around costs a lot more than it used to. So watch your driving. One extra tank of gas is a week of savings.

You can do it. It might be hard, you might have to sacrifice, but when you go and see her having a special time and get to unwind and be together as a family, it will all be worth it. Good luck, feel free to email for encouragement!

Answer 2

There are many ways, but remember, you have to work for them. Try having a yard sale and sell off some of you child's outgrown toys & clothes. If you can cook really well, consider offering to prepare meals for some of your friends that work-just make sure you figure the cost of the ingredients, then add a little more to the price. Many people might be very happy to have a "home-cooked" meal that they can just pop in the oven after a long day of work.

Offer babysitting services to friends. If you want to do this professionally, you should get certified by your home state as a day care provider.

Good luck. You can really do this if you set your mind to it.

Answer 3

Do you eat quick meals out alot? If you do, start eating those meals at home and you can save the money you would have spent on the meal. Or, if you buy alot of brand name products when you go grocery shopping, try switching to some of the store brands, you can save money on your grocery bill that way. Or, if you watch tv during the day, trying leaving it off more to save money on your electric bill. Any money you save is like money you made.

Another idea, do you have anything around the house that you don't really need or want anymore that you could sell for a few dollars online? Things like books or cds are easy to sell on half.com, amazon.com or ebay.

Also, I am not sure what your feelings are about a garage sale (or if you even live somewhere where you could have one), but you might try that too.

Answer 4

Do you have anything you can sell on eBay? It's always been my fallback plan when I am looking for ways to make extra money. Perhaps clothes your daughter has outgrown, things you have been given but dislike, etc.
Another option might be to do some sort of daycare. Are you a stay at home at home mom? Maybe you can watch another child for half the day?
Try "playing" the grocery game at grocerygame.com it tells you how to save when buying groceries.
Do you have AAA? They offer discount on Disney trips so that may also help.

Answer 5

Since you're at home all day anyway..try doing some errands for the elderly like grocery shopping and such and you can do your shopping at the same time and maybe some lite house cleaning for them also,they may not have a lot of money to pay but then you're not asking for a lot either! good luck and have fun at disney world! been there done that , IT'S GREAT!

Answer 6

Yard sale, collect cans, babysit for friends, run errands with your child..for other people. I did this when my son was little(r) and now he earns $ himself and helps people ALOT & he's only 7! If you have a yard sale for instance and make $100.00 ..take out $25.00 to enjoy! Put the rest away..after all you didn't have it to begin with AND that covers 15 days! Just a side note: hope your daughter is at least 6..I took my son when he was 4 and he doesn't remember!

Answer 7

I would use the skills I already have:

baking cookies / cakes and sell them at your daughters school or tell your friends and neighbours so they will buy from you.

Maybe you are skilled at sewing and you could sew things (ornaments, quilts, clothes) I have done really well sewing and selling ballet clothes.

You could sell cosmetics (Avon) but its really hard not to spend your profits on cosmetics for yourself.

You could also try cut the family budget, try and "lose" a treat and save that money.

Answer 8

Assuming you are serious, you would need to create, and adhere to, a strict schedule where you would work 18 hours then sleep 6.

Answer 9

Babysit for some neighbor children

Answer 10

try taking some new or better job