About Parenting Teens: Easter Ideas for Your Teen's Basket

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Parenting Teens Parenting Teens Teens Today Community High School 101 From Denise Witmer, your Guide to Parenting Teens As always, I hope this newsletter finds you and yours happy and in good health. Easter Ideas for Your Teen's Basket We get our girls things that they will need for the summer, usually something we will end up buying anyway like beach towels, shorts or a bathing suit. But I strive to get some cool accessories, like funky flip-flops to go with the other needed items. Find over 100 great ideas for your teen's Easter basket. Related Resources: Easter Egg Recipes | Printable Easter Coupons Money Saving Tips for Parents of Teens Do you want your teen to keep within a budget for their season clothing shopping? Then make it enjoyable and issue them a challenge. It's easy, fun and teaches teens how to shop with a limited amount of money. Best of all it takes some of the stress of budgeting off of you. Have your teen make a list of what they need for the season. Set a budget amount that is $10.00 or $20.00 less than what you actually have to spend. If your teen is able to get what they need within the budget, they get the extra money for anything they want. Take your teen to a mall where you know that there are store they like to shop in and stores that offer good prices. Here are a few more related tips: Remember to shop their closet and tick down the list before you head out to a store. Invite friends of your teen to do the same and make it a mini shopping party. Recheck their list and be sure everything your teen needs is on it. More: Money Saving Tips for the Prom | All Money Saving Tips for Families Related Money and Teens Resources: Teach Your Teens to Be Money Smart Teach Your Teen to Set Money Goals Five First-rate Opportunities to Talk Money Sense with Your Teen Follow the About.com Parenting & Family's Thrifty Thursday Spring Activities for Teens - Week Four These spring activities for teens can be done individually, with friends or with the whole family. Each week has four different types of teen activities for spring: Make This (Recipe), Craft This, Learn How and Get Out and Go! Each activity idea is fun for your teen. Safety Pin Patterns: Row of Posies Pattern These pin crafts are easy for teens to do, look great, make fun activities and gifts for friends and are easy on the budget. Over 100 Beaded Safety Pin Patterns by Theme: Animals, Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Fall, Flowers, Food, Graduation, Halloween, Love, Hearts, Valentine's Day, Music, Patriotic, St. Patrick's Day, Sports, Up in the Air, Winter Parenting of Adolescents Ads Troubled Teens Parenting Help Unruly Teens Teens at Risk Summer Teens Featured Articles   More from About.com Disney Trip Planner Everything you need to plan the perfect Disney vacation -- from when to go and what to do, to saving money and picking a hotel. More > Join About.com's User Panel! Share your opinions and help us make make About.com more relevant, informative and enjoyable to use. More> This newsletter is written by: Denise Witmer Parenting Teens Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Parenting Teens newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Must Reads How to Get Your Teen into College Is your teen confident? Find out now! How to Raise a Drug-Free Teen Help Your Teen Handle Peer Pressure Learn to Talk to Your Teen in 5 Days Advertisement