Teaching the Art of Savings

There is an art that I have REALLY wanted to teach my girls especially in the world that we live in today and that is the art of saving money.

I wish that I would have paid better attention to this lesson as a kid but I think at the same time with me learning the hard way that I know now how very crucial it really is. Since my girls are older now and they all have a decent grasp on money I wanted a way to teach them this art but at the same time make it to where it was fun and a family affair because we all know it is better late than never on some lessons in life and I feel saving money is one of those lessons! 

I hunted, pinned, scoured and researched online and Pinterest  and finally found a great idea that would work for us! 

You will find TONS of saving ideas, schedules, challenges, etc out there but the one I found was SUPER simple! 

So a few weeks ago we started not one but two money saving challenges as a family! 

According to Life Hacks a 2 liter coke bottle filled with dimes will end up being $500! 

That breaks down to $100 a person and that was an EASY win for this house. We will split the savings equally and either go some where fun or go on a mini shopping spree.  If the life hack stands true. 

I took a 2 liter bottle ripped off the label, rinsed out the bottle and with my handy dandy sharpie I just wrote Dime Challenge. 

There is NOTHING fancy about it and it sits in our office on my desk. If this is successful I will take more time into making the bottle "cute". 

So far after a few weeks the bottom is barely covered in dimes but we figured dimes would be slow to accumulate.  Hints why we did a second challenge....

I have not found what the penny's will accumulate in worth BUT I can tell you this 2 liter is filling up WAY faster than the dimes. 

And again I did NOTHING fancy... another bottle of change on mommy's desk with Penny Challenge wrote in high tech sharpie for this one too....

I can say though the girls have all been pretty active in it and have a fit if they see a dime or a penny to add to the savings. Even the hubby is glad to help out and lord knows my wallet is thankful for the lightened load through out the week when I distribute it out to the girls to add it to to the challenge. 

I can't wait to keep you all informed on where we are in this and what we rake in from savings. 

Have you got a great way to save money? Please share!