Iskra Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I hope someone on here will know how to go about doing this. Basically, we want to cut up pictures from magazines for our history timeline. We don't want to use those black and white figures that you can get online. We want it to be colorful and pretty. I was thinking history magazines and National Geographic would be awesome. So is there a way to get a big stash for free/cheap? Also, can you tell me the names of some good history magazines with beautiful pictures, so that I know what to look for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Try Half Price Books if you have one near you. You could also try asking medical and dental offices for their old copies, but I wouldn't count on nat. geo. from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Visit the recycling bins on trash day? Once at the curb, I believe I read that you can take it without any fuss. Ask the "waiting rooms" to call you when they get ready to rotate the magazines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Our library has a magazine swap. You just take in what you don't want and put it in a bin. They sort through them to make sure they are appropriate and no personal info remains on the cover. In another area of the library, they have bins and bins of free magazines. I often pick up mags I normally wouldn't buy, but am interested in. Are you in a homeschool group? If so, send out an e-mail and ask! I always have tons of old garden mags I love to pass on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoVanGogh Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Another idea: Do a Yahoo/Google search on whatever topic you are interested in. Copy/paste the image over into a Word document and print out on photo-quality paper. I do this often for our Book of Centuries, as I can adjust the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Have you been in any waiting rooms with appropriate magazines? The receptionists are often open to that kind of request (although who would have Nat'l Geo.??) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 I'd think something like the Smithsonian magazine would be good (a subscription is only like $12 a year, by the way). For this type of magazine, I'd try the library, or a thrift shop, but they tend to have crafty stuff or "priceless" old copies of Life for $20 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amie Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Come and see me!!! Seriously, if you lived close enough you could totally pick through the piles of magazines I have stashed here and there...it's our embarrassing little secret. Ask around, get the word out, you may stumble upon a magazine hoarder...I mean hider...right under your nose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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UmMusa Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Public library sells older magazines for a quarter each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songsparrow Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 (edited) Put out a request on Freecycle. ETA: Instead of magazines, which you might need to sort through tons of issues to find what you're looking for, how about old textbooks? That way the pictures would be organized by topic. You might get old textbooks through a Freecycle request, or at used book sales. Edited September 10, 2011 by songsparrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitnaptime Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Craigslist, or if that doesn't work, try google images and print them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Order The Teaching Company catalog. They always have really nice pictures of different historical events/people/discoveries that would be *perfect* for a timeline. I usually get one catalog every couple of months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay3fer Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Put out a request on Freecycle. :iagree:Freecycle is the BEST source for many homeschooling things. That's how we got our globe, and when I took up gardening, I got two giant garbage bagfulls of back-issues of Canadian Gardening. We <3 Freecycle!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskra Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 thank you everyone for the wealth of ideas.... I'm going to try the old textbooks idea... and also freecycle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joyfulhomeschooler Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I just posted on facebook and got a couple responses from friends who have ones they don't want and they were happy to donate them to us. You could try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 try google images and print them out. :iagree: That was what I was going to suggest. You get exactly what you are looking for that way. Although the Teaching Company catalog would be a great supplement! I never thought about using that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrissySC Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 http://www.ebay.com/sch/items/magazine%20lots?_dmd=1&_sop=12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaCoop04 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Sign up for your local Freecycle group and post a "Want". I posted for magazines before and got tons of replys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelodyL Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 How about posting a request on one of those grocery store message boards? I tend to keep stacks of magazines, and have a hard time throwing them out. It might be easier to donate them to someone who can use them than to heartlessly toss them in the trash! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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