Yep!! I screwed this one up..........

I was playing in a .25-.25 blind NLHE home game over the weekend when this hand came up. Buy in is $5 min $20 max, I had around $7 and was covered by all but the 2nd blind. There hadn't been much preflop raising, so I decided to limp UTG with 88. Six players seen the flop which was 8h5c3c. Blinds checked and I checked hoping to move-in on someone. All players checked and the turn card was 2c. The blinds and I again checked, the player to my left bet .75 and everyone folded to me I called hoping to fill up. The river was a blank, I check-called a $2.00 bet and was shown A4o. I know I screwed up this hand in major way. My question is on the flop. Do I move in with a small stack with 3 players left to act, hoping they think I have the flush draw and call? What if the flop had been 8hAc3c? Would this have been the spot for a check-raise all-in? Any help on this would be appreciated as I'm a newbie to big-bet.