🌊 Water Ski Days 🎈Free Inflataworld 🐸 Free Discovery Sundays ⭐ NEW Freebies & Deals


Happy Friday! It's the last weekend before the 4th of July weekend and there's a lot to do! Small town (and bigger city) Summer Festivals are kicking in and there are 25 of them on our Summer Festivals list. It might be good to get some outdoor time in this weekend because it looks like we're headed for a scorcher on Monday!

If you missed our Wednesday email, check it out HERE for free Friday art activities at the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, fun road trip adventures in Sious Falls, SD, free Minnesota State Parks passes from your local library and a bunch of food deals and freebies in the great deals section.

If you're looking for weekend fun beyond what's included in the newsletter, check out our Events page land Attractions page, this week's citywide garage sales here and also LOTS of towns with Summer Festivals this weekend like Pine River AND Oakdale Summerfests, Duluth Rhubarb Festival, Afton Strawberry Festival, Akely Paul Bunyan Days and Henderson Sauerkraut Days.

Another great opportunity tomorrow (Saturday) is that it is one the Minnesota Historical Society FREE Admission Days where all their historical sites and museums are free to visit!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you again Monday for the next newsletter! Until then you can find anything new at ThriftyMinnesota.com or on the Facebook page. Thanks for being a subscriber! I appreciate it.


Water Ski Days in Lake City

Water skiing is celebrated in a big way at the 54rd annual Water Ski Days in Lake City!

Through June 28th you can get in on live concerts, an arts and crafts fair, amazing water-ski shows, a grand parade, a classic car show, and lots more.

There's also a big fireworks show over Lake Pepin which is a great way to get warmed up for the 4th of July!

If you can't make it to Lake City but want to see some top notch skiing, check out our list of Water Ski Shows in Minnesota.


Free Fun at Inflataword - Maplewood Mall

Inflataworld is back again all summer long at Maplewood Mall and it’s FREE to enjoy!

We haven't visited yet this year to see if the inflatables are similar to last year, but it looks so in the glimpses you can peek at on their Instagram. In the main open area of the mall, Inflataworld features slides, tunnels, climbing walls and other fun things to play on!

It's a fun and FREE option, especially for those super hot or rainy summer days! Click below to read more and also find out about the other fun options at Maplewood Mall, which are a lot for a mall its size!


FREE Drop-In Discoveries Events at Three Rivers Park District

Fnd great outdoor activities each weekend at the Free Drop-In Discoveries events hosted by the Three Rivers Park District. Held primarily on Sundays, they're completely free and require no advanced registration.

Kids can participate in changing hands-on themes, like catching an animal puppet show, scooping for aquatic critters, or meeting live caterpillars. The specific activities rotate each week, often featuring self-guided hikes, nature art workshops, and interactive exploration kits.

This Sunday, June 28th, kids can join a digital scavenger hunt at Richardson Nature Center in Bloomington, go on a Story Walk at Mississippi Gateway Regional Park in Brooklyn Park or track the journey of a water droplet through a hands-on game at Eastman Nature Center in Dayton.


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

If you're reading this newsletter in the morning, you have until noon to enter our giveaway for a chance to win free advance screening passes to Minions & Monsters. There will be 10 winners!

Visit Fleet Farm on Saturday for Hot Dog Day and grab a FREE hot dog!

Apple Stores are offering FREE Apple Camp sessions for kids. In this 90-minute session, kids will work together using iPad to design superheroes and send them on a mission to help others. Designed for ages 6–10, the Minnesota locations are at Southdale, Ridgedale, Rosedale and Mall of America.

There's a Coca-Cola and Levi's Event in most Target stores on June 27 from noon to 4 pm and you can snag a FREE Coca-Cola or Levi's koozie.

It's a Customer Appreciation Sale tomorrow 6/27 at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity ReStore locations in Brooklyn Park, Minneapolis, and New Brighton with 25% off most items and 10% off red tag items.

With the Goodwill gift card bonus happening through 6/28 you'll earn a $10 bonus gift card for every $50 in gift cards that you purchase!.

On Saturday 6/27, kids can make a FREE Hamm Piggy Bank make a FREE Hamm Piggy Bank to celebrate Toy Story at Michael's! Then on Sunday they're having a 4th of July Party Celebration with demos where everyone can make a free party popper craft.

Get a FREE Frazil Slushie every Friday in June at participating convenience store locations. Use the finder to find one near you - there are quite a few in Minnesota.

Also, every Friday Casey’s is offering customers a Medium Free Frozen Drink with Casey’s Rewards. Limit 4 per rewards member per Friday (available at select stores).

There's a new deal to join Costco as a new member and get a $50 Costco.com promo code with a Gold Star membership or a $100 promo code with an Executive membership! (New member means you haven't had a membership in the last 18 months.) There are also big deals for Sam's Club Memberships 75% off and Walmart+ half off.

It has been almost impossible to grab the FREE Aldi Blind Boxes they've been giving away at noon ET each day this week since they were only giving away like 100 each day, but they've announced they're adding 5,000 boxes for today 6/26, so at least theres a bit more of a shot.

For online shopping deals, today is the last chance to shop the biggies of Amazon Prime Day, Walmart Deals Days, Target Circle Deal Days and Kohl's Deal Days ends Sunday.

There are also a whole bunch of gift cards on sale today at 20% off including Firehouse Subs, Bath & Body Works, Applebee's, Fandango, adidas, Krispy Kreme, crumbl, Dave & Buster's and more.

Like listening to audio books? They've amped up the free Audible offer with 3 FREE months of Audible Standard PLUS a $20 Audible.com credit!

See the details for the things above plus lots more over on the deals page. If you ever spot a good freebie we need to include, please send it over. We all love those!


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