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Trade-In Old Car Seats for Coupons: 2024 Target Car Seat Trade-In

Do you have an old car seat to trade in? If you’ve got an old car seat around collecting dust, you can trade it in at Target or Wal-Mart for coupons or gift cards. Read on to learn how these programs work. The Target car-seat trade-in event is coming up September 12-25, 2021!

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25+ Things to Do When You’re Stuck at Home

Stuck at home because of illness in the family or unprecedented school closings and need ideas of how to not lose your sanity and entertain your kids? We’ve got lots of ideas (because that’s what we do here).

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The Ultimate Guide to Day Trips Near Upstate, SC

Are you looking for day trip ideas near the Upstate South Carolina area? You have found our official Kidding Around Day Trip Headquarters! We have compiled our ever-expansive list of day trip offerings to one page, where you can easily find your desired trip, fuel your wanderlust and still have the kiddos back by bedtime! Happy adventuring!

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10 Parent-Hacks for Amazing & Memorable Trips to the Farm this Fall

Want to make sure your family trip to the farm is amazing? Farms in the fall are perfect places for family fun and lots of memory-making. But, bringing your whole crew anywhere can sometimes be a little stressful, right? So, we have some tips to help you make your fall farm trip easy with nothing but fun and happy faces.

Visit Farms and Win Prizes with the SC Agritourism Passport Program

Looking for a fun way to explore our state’s different sources of plant and animal-based products? The South Carolina Agritourism Passport Program is an incentive program where people can earn free goodies for visiting places that are probably already on your to-do list! The good news is there are nearly two dozen farms not far from Greenville and Spartanburg. Visiting farms is more than a fun, family activity, it’s also a field trip worthy educational opportunity.

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Parents Reveal Their Secrets to Easy School-Night Dinners

Are you struggling to find easy school-night dinner ideas and tips and tricks? With a schedule this year that allows only a small slot of time for family dinner, I was struggling myself to figure out how to ensure we have a family dinner with as little work as possible. I asked our Kidding Around readers for tips and they delivered with a great list for you of weekday dinner ideas, ways of saving time in the kitchen, and more.

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Celebrate Halloween: Travel Ideas for a Spooky Good Time!

Wondering what to do for Halloween this year? Here’s a list of destinations near the Upstate with Halloween events that are worth the drive. These make a stellar day trip and an even better weekend getaway. Don’t forget to let us know how you’re celebrating Halloween in 2020 in the comments.

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