Spending Money for our Next Vacation

We are planning a family trip in a few months to Disneyland for my daughter's 6th birthday. The kids (and us) are really excited and anticipating the trip I am getting organized early on to save myself some time and money later (and as we all know time is money) So I made a couple of spending money jars for the kids to save up money by doing extra chores, extra good behavior or any change they find or are given. I took 2 spaghetti jars from our last lasagne dinner, washed them, printed out some labels with their names on them and stuck them on the counter. I let them decorate them with markers and disney stamps for a little personalization. They LOVE them. They are more eager to put their laundry away, make their beds, etc. which I love - Point for mom! These are so easy, and as well as giving them some spending cash at Disneyland (which we all know is sooo expensive - can we say $15 for a plastic Minnie bracelet!)it is teaching them about money and saving - two things the hubs and I firmly believe in. When we get ready to leave we will discuss how much they saved and how they want to spend it. I love when learning becomes a fun game :)