πŸͺ’ Free Art Activities πŸ—ΊοΈ Sioux Falls Adventure 🌲 Free MN State Parks 🌟 More Freebies & Deals!


Welcome to the Wednesday newsletter! Almost half way through the week. Let's jump right in!

If you missed it, you can see our Monday newsletter here for more about visiting the Jolly Green Giant, Lake Minnetonka cruises under $25 and free Minnesota Sinfonia concerts happening all this week - plus some of the freebies and deals items are still valid today.

Sale season keeps slowing down, but we still have 6 locations on the Minnesota City Wide Garage Sale List this week with both city-wide and neighborhood-wide sales.

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FREE Art Activities at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Fridays This Summer

Visit the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Friday mornings this summer and get creative!

The Walker Art Center is hosting its free Art-Making in the Garden summer series every Friday through August 28th and everyone is invited to participate in a drop-in art-making activity (designed for people aged 4 years and up) alongside Walker educators.

You don't need to register in advance and there's no need to bring anything along, since all of the art supplies for the project are provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

The educators have a brand-new project planned for each week, so this is something you can even make a weekly event. If you can't make it to the Walker, their website also offers crafts you can take on at home and a free downloadable coloring book.


Free Minnesota State Park Passes from the Library

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has set up a program to provide FREE state park passes at local libraries.

The program includes more than 200 participating locations across all 87 Minnesota counties. Once you check out a pass, you simply display it on your vehicle's dashboard, and when your seven days are up, you can just recycle the paper pass instead of returning it to the library.

Check the list of participating libraries all across the state (at least one library from every regional library system) where you can check out a free 7-day state park pass.


Plan a Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Adventure

A quick summer road trip to Sioux Falls, South Dakota makes for a great family getaway under four hours away from the Twin Cities. There's lots to do, starting with the iconic Falls Park where you can view the powerful cascades, climb the visitor center viewing tower, or check out the entirely free Stockyards Ag Experience.

For indoor entertainment, the Kirby Science Discovery Center offers over 100 interactive, hands-on exhibits featuring large motor playgrounds, a tornado simulator, and a massive dinosaur dig area. Another great stop is the nearby Butterfly House and Aquarium, which features a year-round tropical butterfly room and the only public saltwater aquarium in the Dakotas.

On your way there (and/or back) you can easily break up the drive by mapping out a few popular Minnesota roadside breaks along the way like Minnesota's Largest Candy Store in Jordan, Sibley Park and Farm in Mankato, or visiting the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth!


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See all the details for these deals and more on the Current Great Deals Page.

I'm getting hungry because we mostly have food deals today!

Potbelly Perks BOGO is back this week through 6/26. Buy one Big or Original sandwich and get an Original sandwich FREE.

At Hardee's, get a FREE 3 pc. Tenders with large drink purchase using promo code BUBBA439 through 6/26.

Domino's "Best Deal Ever" is back: build your own pizza up to size large on any crust with up to 7 toppings for $9.99 each. This lasts all the way through July 26. (And there's still that $5 Little Cesar's large pizza for Prime Members mentioned Monday.)

For more restaurant deals, there are often some good ones, usually for more local places, available in the Groupon food section.

Get a FREE 3-pack of sandwich/burger buns from Breadsmith, including honey wheat, honey white and vanilla egg, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin TODAY 6/24, at Breadsmith! It's one 3-pack per person while supplies last. Breadsmith locations are in Minnetonka, St. Paul and Edina.

Friday is the last day you can submit ANY dairy cheese receipt to get a free eGift Card to purchase Violife Dairy Free Cheese (up to $5.99).

They have amped up this free Audible offer with 3 FREE months of Audible Standard PLUS a $20 Audible.com credit! Ends 7/5.

There are tons of online shopping deals this week because other "big brands" are competing with Amazon Prime Day like Walmart Deals Days and Target Circle Deal Days. If there is something that you need, now is the time to check it out. (Need is the key! 😁)

Check out the deals page for details on everything above plus more deals and freebies!


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