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83 Things You Can Do with a Nickel

September 23, 2015 by Alexa Mason

83 Things You Can Do with a Nickel
You’re probably thinking that you can’t possibly do 83 things with a nickel. But, when you think about it, every dollar can be broken down into little increments. Each increment includes pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and the occasional half-dollar. Prepare to have your mind blown! Here are 83 things that you can do with a nickel.

• Make change for a dollar.
• Make change for a quarter.
• Make change for 50 cents.
• Save for new ear buds.
• Pay your parking meter.
• Purchase tickets at the ticket machine
• Pay for the bus.
• Leave a bad tip…please don’t.
• Play the nickel slots.
• Put in your skirt hem to weigh it down.
• Do not drop a nickel from the Eiffel Tower.
• Do not drop a nickel from the Empire State Building.
• Do not drop a nickel from the Sears Tower.
• Make a wish and toss a nickel in a water fountain.
• Pay a toll.
• Purchase a food item from McDonalds dollar menu.
• Save a bunch of nickels and buy coffee for your friends.
• Purchase items from a vending machine.
• Throw at your friend.
• Use when playing a game of poker.
• Give to a younger child as an allowance.
• For your own coffee habit.
• Save for debt repayment.
• Save over time for your savings account.
• Use at the casino.
• Play a trick and pretend to pull a nickel from behind someone else’s ear!
• Collect rolls of nickels for an upcoming yard sale.
• Save for your emergency fund.
• Pay your blogging related expenses.
• Save and pay off someone else’s debt.
• Collect from your friends and donate to St. Jude’s Hospital.
• Tithe
• Run a donation drive and donate to Habitat to Humanity.
• Run a donation drive to donate to Make-A-Wish Foundation.
• Run a donation drive and donate to Big Brothers, Big Sisters.
• Run a donation drive and donate to Oxfam.
• Run a donation drive an donate to Red Cross
• Pay for a fun run.
• Pay for your marathon entrance fee.
• Run a nickel fundraiser for Team in Training.
• Save several rolls of nickels so that you can buy your yearly Girl Scout cookie fix.
• Pay your blogging conference costs.
• Save for your next mommy/daughter trip.
• Save for your Father’s Day gifts.
• Save for your Mother’s Day gifts.
• Use your nickels to pay your Hulu subscription. Deposit what you save, then transfer to your bank account to make a payment.
• Do the same with your Netflix subscription.
• Buy someone else’s groceries anonymously. It may take a while to save to do this, but it’s worth it.
• Save for your next vacation.
• Pay for a class.
• Use when renting a bike.
• Always put your nickels in your favorite piggy bank.
• Save and then cash in to add to your Roth IRA fund.
• Get your ears pierced at the mall.
• Save for your coffee bean addiction.
• Pay to get your Instagram photos developed.
• Buy a cheap beer the next time you go out!
• Buy inexpensive holiday cards from the Dollar Store.
• Use your nickel stash to purchase Amazon gift cards.
• Save for music lessons.
• Save and cash in your stash for dance lessons.
• Save and cash in your stash to donate to the Charity Water organization.
• If you’re accepted to participate in Up With People, begin a nickel fundraising drive to help fund your participation.
• Use your nickel savings to purchase computers for kids.
• Buy children’s books from the dollar store for a school in need.
• Help Fund SALt and give the gift of light to people in need.
• Put a nickel in the “swear jar” every time you swear.
• Buy a movie ticket.
• Pay your subway fare.
• Use your nickel stash to replace a lost key.
• Buy some $2 buck chuck the next time you go on a wine run.
• Pay for your child’s cheerleading fund through nickel savings.
• Pay for your next manicure at the beauty college.
• Purchase your next pedicure at the beauty college.
• Encourage your friends to donate to charity with their own nickel challenges.
• Purchase your next discounted plane fare. Frontier was running a $14 dollar one way special a week ago.
• Pay for your thredup.com shipping fee after the $20 referral fee has been applied to your purchase.
• Adopt a pet from a no-kill pet shelter.
• Drop some change in the donation box after enjoying a free day at the museum.
• Create a random acts of kindness fund.
• Use some nickels for an arts and crafts project.
• Buy a couple of stems of flowers and give them to someone in your life who deserves it.
• Make a wish at the Trevi Fountain…hopefully to return again.

Now you have 83 ways to use a nickel. It’s amazing how a unit of money can be so mighty if just thought of in the right way.

 

Alexa Mason
Alexa Mason

Alexa Mason is the blogger behind Single Moms Income, a personal finance freelance writer, and an online entrepreneur. Come hang out with her on Facebook and Pinterest.

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