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Shade seekers: while the heat's up, take refuge indoors with a cold lemonade and a glance at the MSE Forum highlights.

Fall down the rabbit hole that is the MSE Forum and you'll re-emerge with more ingenious MoneySaving tricks than you'll know what to do with. Our latest trip rewarded us with 70(ish) clever ways to 'DIY' it – in other words, to make or do things you'd usually pay for. Often this approach takes a little more effort than buying the goods or services, but it can be a satisfying way to save the pennies.

As September gets underway, there's no let-up on the activity in the MSE Forum. Here are a few highlights.

The MSE Forum hive mind has been busy posing and answering questions, sharing anecdotes and uploading pictures. Here are a few of this week's highlights.

Fetch your specs; the latest instalment of MSE Forum highlights is here.

Every week, we bring you a small selection of MSE Forum highlights, comprising our favourite tips, questions, images and prize wins.

From tinsel to textiles, buttons to bubble wrap, ReusefulUK scrap stores let you grab dirt-cheap craft materials that might otherwise have been sent to landfill. With over 50 locations across the UK, the stores are ideal for families looking to work on fun art projects over the summer holidays. They're also handy for artists, schools, childminders and community groups. Prices vary by location. At some, there’s a small annual fee, then you can get what you need at a small extra cost. Others just charge per bundle or price items separately. This deal was mentioned on The Martin Lewis Money Show on ITV last year, and many got in touch to ask for more info, so we’ve written this blog.

In the week that the Bank of England raised the base rate again, we enjoyed another bevy of MSE Forum highlights.

Welcome to the hush-hush world of last-minute seat-filling, where it's possible to watch a theatre show for around £4 to £6.50 – and what's more, we've a way for newbies to get an extra 25% off on top. Theatres do it because they quite literally need bums on seats to help create an atmosphere – but you must agree not to say what you get so you don't upset people who pay full whack.

Are you well acquainted with the MSE Forum's new look now? If not, the latest highlights offer ample opportunity to wander around the boards.