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Children’s Activities

Staples: Back to School 1 cent, Dollar Deals

July 9, 2010

Starting 7/11 Staples will have many cheap e.g. 1 cent – $1 deal, 25% off backpacks, salesvalid through Wednesday, 7/14 only. Also use this Staples $5 off $30 coupon! See other back to school deals.

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Office Depot: Free School Supplies, $10 off $25 Coupon

July 9, 2010

Starting 7/11 Office Depot will have many cheap to free school supplies, and software. Also use this $10 off $25 coupon (7/9 through 7/15 only). Deals include: after mail-in-rebate $1 paper ream, pens, free markers and many softwares, with update rebate such as McAfree, Trend Micro and more. See other back to school deals.

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Davis Downtown Sidewalk Sales, Friday Artabout

July 9, 2010

The Davis Downtown Sidewalk Sales starts today! Click HERE for the list of participating business. For example, The SPCA thrift store is having a 50% off sales all weekend, from 7/9 through 7/11, also to coincide with the Davis 2nd Friday Art About.

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Target Arts & Wonder Free Museum Admission, Events (SFMOMA, de Young, Asian Art more)

July 8, 2010

The Target Arts and Wonder Family Event will have FREE museum entries, family events, craft starting 7/17 at the most popular museums nation-wide, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) (RARE!) Locals: Click the Only in San Francisco site for info in SF Bay Area’s activities. Some FREE admission highlight: California Museum (Sacramento): [...]

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Target BIC, Sharpie Coupons = Free Pens

July 6, 2010

Target has just released some new School Supplies coupon – print and hold on to those! When back to school season is near we’ll be sure to see some coupons from BIC and other stationary supply brands. These are the Sharpie, BIC and Expo coupons on Target’s printable site (where you could stack the Target [...]

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Happy July 4th! Davis, Sacramento Fireworks Celebration

July 4, 2010

There are many free July 4th events in Sacramento but I like this one best (no parking charges) City of Davis Forth of July Celebration – Free swimming, music, Taiko Drumming, and of course, Fireworks! On this super-hot day (reaching 100°F) get your Buy 1, get 1 free Jamba Juice! (use with the $1 off [...]

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Locals: Cultivé Frozen Yogurt $4 for $8 (50% off)

June 30, 2010

Get $8 worth of Cultivé Frozen Yogurt for $4, for the next 14 hours only, from Groupon – the collective community deal site. See my first review of Groupon HERE. They just started the deals in Sacramento but many other cities have daily deals too. There are three Cultivé Frozen Yogurt in Sacramento, Davis and [...]

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IKEA: Kids Eat Free Till 7/5, $0.99 set Glasses

June 29, 2010

IKEA is offering FREE Kids Meal till 7/5! Click HERE for deals. Choose any (3) kid-sized items to create a meal: (5) meatballs, mac & cheese, PG&J sandwich, yogurt, (2) cookies, chocolate milk and more! No adult purchase necessary, kids under 12 only. Except IKEA Houston . Also see IKEA West Sacramento happenings. I like [...]

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TNT Fireworks: $10 off $50 coupon

June 25, 2010

TNT is offering a coupon for $10 off $50 TNT Fireworks for July 4th! Fill in the form HERE to have a coupon e-mailed to you, valid on any TNT Fireworks stands, tents, and Supercenter locations. Click HERE for locations near you. Locals: There are many TNT stands sighted in Sacramento, Woodland, Roseville. Tip: Share [...]

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Locals: Davis Summer Reading Program (Children and Teens) Sign Up Info

June 16, 2010

This Summer in Davis, read and get a goodie bag, or win a prize for teens! Just received this from the Davis library. Don’t forget the Davis Summer Reading Kick-off today! Non-Readers (younger children): Sign up and each child will receive one coloring sheet and a sticker for each library visit. Receive a goodie bag [...]

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Locals: Summer Reading Kick-off Event Today (Davis library)

June 16, 2010

Summer Children’s Reading Kick-Off Activities at the Davis library today, 6/16: Make a Splash Make Waves @ Your Library. Schedule of events: 5:00-6:00 – Music, snacks, face painting, raffle*, Explorit presentation & stories 6:00-7:00 – Water & Boating Safety presentation by the Yolo County Marine Patrol Search and Rescue *Children ages 3-18 who have registered [...]

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Capay Valley Free Organic Farm Tour (Saturday)

June 11, 2010

Free Organic Farm Tour! Farm Fresh to You, with their organic farm located in Capay Valley, CA (40 minutes from Davis, near Cache Creek Casino), is having a FREE Farm Fest tomorrow, Saturday, June 12, 11am-3pm. Click HERE, enter zip for event info. Come visit the farm, take a trailer ride, meet the farmers that [...]

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Free BoA Museums Admission, San Francisco Asian Art (this weekend)

June 5, 2010

This is the week of Free Museum Weekend again! Each Bank of America card holder will get free admission to many museums, 6/5 Saturday and 6/6 Sunday. These are the FREE museums in our area: Sacramento: California Museum, Crocker Art Museum Davis: Explorit Science Center San Francisco: de Young, Legion of Honor, Museum of African [...]

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Locals: Davis Library Booksale Today

June 4, 2010

The Davis library book sale is here again, June 4-6. Times are as follows: Friday noon to 2 p.m., members only, join at the door Friday 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. ($5/bag) Books range from $.5-$1 (children’s) to $2+ (adult’s). All proceed goes [...]

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