Everyone can find a treasure in a dollar store! Here’s an inexpensive way to let the kids have shopping adventure that’s relatively painless to your pocketbook. Have a friendly competition to see who can come up with the craziest (silliest, weirdest, most useful, prettiest, etc.) gift for $1.

This can be repeated as often as you like, or until you run out of money.

Photo courtesy of Traci Todd.