
Kids are expensive, especially over vacations when they don't have school to take up their time. Forget four days of board games and popcorn: here are five deals in the area that will keep you busy and not be a burden on the wallet.
1. Budget Tuesdays At local movie theaters
The Deal: Get matinee prices all day long at either Showcase Cinemas Warwick and Warwick Mall as well as Entertainment Cinemas in Wakefield. (Check our for a list of showtimes this week.)
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Good Through: every Tuesday.
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The Deal: Get half-off tickets to the Roger Williams Park Zoo now through the end of February.
Good Through: end of February.
The Deal: For only $7.50 per person, check out Biomes behind Shady Lea Mill.
Good Through: through school vacation.
4. Presidents' Day sale at beauty and the bath
The Deal: While the kids are off at the movies/zoo/Biomes, head over to Beauty & The Bath for some self-pampering. Enjoy buy-one-get-one-free deals on Poo-Pourri as well as buy one get one half off on Thymes and Jack Black. To top it off, everything in the store is 20 percent off.
Good Through: February 21.
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