After rest stop play breaks, sleeping and DVD movies, there will still be idle time during a long distance road trip. It’s a good idea to fill an individual backpack for each child. Stuff it full of their favorite activities: handheld games, coloring books and crayons, stickers, toys, activity sets, etc.

We frugalistas work hard to get freebies and free samples! Free samples are a huge help to frugal homemakers in offsetting your grocery bill if they get used.

Redbox may have done away with the every Monday free movie rental promo codes that we love so much, but they’re definitely making up for it with surprise promo codes!

Welcome to our new series, Family Vacation Road Trip Planning! Over the next few weeks, you’ll get tried and true tips for planning the best family vacation road trip from a mom of 4.

If you’re the looking for frugal family activities to keep the kids entertained this summer vacation, then free movies are for you! You’re sure to enjoy the Regal Cinemas Free Family Film Festival throughout the summer, which starts in many cities this week.

We’re happy to announce our giveaway of a Flip Video Camera, thanks to our wonderful sponsor, Lever 2000! A winner will be randomly drawn from the comments on July 1, 2009.

Free stuff is always exciting, especially to us frugal homemakers who love getting free treats in the mail! Sign up for all the freebies and free samples below (which are really free- no shipping charges, no hidden fees, no subscriptions to cancel). Hurry, before they run out!

As one of the Walmart More Than 11 Moms, I’m happy to bring you the news of free ice cream at Walmart on May 30, 2009, from 11am-4pm! All of us frugal moms will be happy to get summer vacation off to a good start by taking the kids for free ice cream treats – isn’t free wonderful?!

Free DVD rental today with Redbox promo code BT73H9, expires 5/4/09 at midnight Central time. Enjoy a family movie night on Redbox, every Monday! Be sure to follow @HomemakerBarbi on twitter to get the Redbox free movie code every week.

Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that happens the first Saturday in May. What this means is that you’ll get at least one free comic book just by going to a participating store. Lots of comic shops are also having author signings the same day and guest appearances by your kids’ favorite costumed characters!