Some of the best deals and coupons can be found around the holidays. This year is no exception with many great coupons for Independence Day. Here are our top 10 coupons for Independence Day.

1. Crocs -  Free shipping with any order, coupon code: july4.

2. Prescriptives - Free shipping with any order, coupon code: SUMMER.

3. Roaman's - 20% off your order, coupon code: RD4THJULY.

4. Shoes.com - 15% off and free shipping on your order, coupon code: FLAG15.

5. Woman Within - 25% off orders over $60, coupon code: WWJULY4.

6. Macy's - Free shipping on orders over $99, coupon code: FIREWORKS.

7. Classic Closeouts - Free shipping on your order, coupon code: CJXPLODE.

8. JCPenney - Free shipping on orders over $49, coupon code: 4THJULY.

9. Express - $15 off every $60 your spend, coupon code: 7266.

10. American Eagle - Free shipping when you purchase any 3 items.

More July 4th Coupons

One of the easiest ways to save money and live a more frugal lifestyle is to use coupons. To find the best deal on the things you buy, you'll need to know where to look for coupons. Here is a list of the ten best places to find coupons.

1. Advertiser flyer
Most large stores in your area will have a flyer with coupons that can be found in the Sunday newspaper. It can be worth the price of a subscription for just the weekend newspapers.

2. Back of the receipt
Many grocery stores will have coupons for products in their store printed on the back of the receipt. Usually I hate getting receipts as long as a roll of toilet paper, except for when they have coupons on the back.

3. Coupon Websites
There are literally hundreds if not thousands of coupon websites on the internet that can help you save money on anything from clothing to electronics to ink cartridges. Most of the coupons found online are for purchases made at a merchants website. Many manufacturers will also post coupons on their websites for discounts on their products.

4. Product Packaging
You can often find manufacturers coupons for discounts off your next purchase on the outside of the packaging or inside the box. This is how the manufacturer tries to keep us buying their products.

We recently received a coupon requerst from Carol asking us if we had coupons for crocs at Crocs.com.

Although Crocs.com rarely offers coupon codes they do offer free shipping on orders over $75.

Instead of buying Crocs at Crocs.com we suggested to Carol that she shop at a website like Shoes.com that has a great selection of Crocs and offers free shipping and free returns on all orders.

Shoes.com regularly offers coupon codes for as much as 20% off the total order price.

We recently introduced some new features on the FreeShipping.org website.

One of them is called My Favorite Coupons, which allows you to create your own webpage on FreeShipping.org that displays coupons to just your favorite stores. Add one or two stores or a hundred stores. It's completely up to you.

You can also have the coupons from your My Favorite Coupons page emailed to you at a frequency of your choosing.

The purpose of My Favorite Coupons is to make finding coupons to your favorite stores as quick and easy as possible.

We just received an email from Gap with a coupon code for 20% off Gap purchases over $100. If you pay with a credit card for Gap, Banana Republic or Old Navy you can get 25% off your order.

There's only one catch. It will only work twice. Please comment below if you use it so that others will know.

The Gap coupon code is PPXGV3VYJ9PG and it is valid until February 12.

Please visit our Gap Coupon Code page for more deals from Gap.

Remember the "One Free Car Wash" homemade coupons you use to give your Dad at Father's Day. Well in this economy it might be time to return to those homemade coupons as gift ideas. Check out the following websites to customize your own homemade coupons:

1. All Free Printables Are you the slacker in your house? Get off the couch and help her out! With coupons from All Free Printables, she will feel appreciated and touched by your thoughtful gesture. Customizable blank coupons include household chores, breakfast in bed, free hugs, and car washes. Simply print, complete, and follow through! Visit Website
2. Kodak Printed Coupon Book Get a polished, professional and printable gift book from Kodak—no writing required! Kodak takes the guesswork out of picking the perfect homemade coupons. Included in the book are free massage, yard work for a day, and blank coupons. And no excuses—Kodak provides detailed instructions on constructing the book and all materials needed. Visit Website
3. Blank Love Coupons With Valentine’s Day waiting around the corner, start planning your special night early. Get blank love coupons for a date night, breakfast in bed, or include your own special promotion. Visit Website
4. Kids Valentine’s Day Coupons Let your kids create their own goodies this year with a coupon book for their favorite friends. Easy to follow instructions make this craft a joy to construct and give. Customize the coupon book by age appropriateness and design. Also available on this site are coupons from kids for parents. Visit Website
5. Homemade Coupons for the Family Check out this site for creative ideas on using blank coupons throughout the year, especially during a budget crunch. Giving the gift of service to your loved ones can be the most meaningful and economically responsible choice. Visit Website

Pinch those pennies and brace your scissors for serious clipping! We’ll bring you more ideas on using homemade coupons for gifts soon so check back with us.

The best coupons we see from Target are the free shipping over $50 and $5 off orders over $50. So imagine my pleasure when Target came out with a $7 off $70 purchase coupon.

This Target coupon which expires on August 15th can be downloaded from our Target coupons page. Try to combine it with a Target free shipping coupon to increase your savings.

If you are purchase less than $70 but more than $50, you can still use our $5 off orders over $50 coupon which is ongoing.

Late last week our contact at Kmart sent us an email saying that they have a very exclusive coupon that they wanted us to promote. I like exclusive coupons and I like Kmart so this is good. Apparently we are one of 10 websites that will be promoting this offer.

The Kmart coupon is for 10% off everything you buy. It lasts until August 9th. You can get the coupon by visiting our Kmart free shipping page.

Combine the Kmart coupon with one of the Kmart free shipping promotions that they have going on right now and you could save yourself a lot of money. Retailers are bringing out some really good coupons to try to get your Back To School money.

Kohls.com is one of the few online stores that allows shoppers to use 2 promo codes on one order. You can use one Kohls promo code for free shipping and another promo code for a percent off discount. However you are not allowed to use two percent-off discounts on an order.

To use two promo codes, enter the first promo code and then click apply. Do the same thing again and you should be on your way to double savings. It's as easy as that.

You might have wondered why our Kohls free shipping page also has percent off promo codes as well as free shipping codes. Now you know. We want to help you save even more.

Companies have been using coupons to market their products to the masses for more than a 110 years.

In 1894, Atlanta businessman and co-owner of Coca-Cola Asa Candler used handwritten tickets for a free glass of Coca-Cola to help market his new soft drink. Within one decade Coca-Cola was in every state and within two decades one in every nine Americans had received a free Coca-Cola soft drink.

One year later, grocer C.W. Post began using coupons to help sell groceries. His coupon gave people a one cent discount on his new breakfast cereal, Grape Nuts.

During the dirty thirties clipping coupons had become necessary for many American families who struggled to afford groceries.

By the 1940s chain supermarkets, which were popping up all over the country, continued the tradition of using coupons that the smaller neighborhood grocery stores had developed.