19 Life Hacks for Busy Parents

^^This guy.

If only parenting was always this easy! Here is a list of quirky life hacks for busy parents looking for simple solutions to age old problems.

Ready for Hypersleep?

Want to raise the first boy or girl to walk on Mars? Use awesome astronaut bed sheets to make sure your kid’s night sleep is out of this world.

No more Tears

Keep the suds out of their eyes with baby shower caps for tear-free showers. I mean seriously, how cute is that?

 

Sensible Chic

Blend cutesy and practicality with a contact number charm bracelet you can make with your children.

Rockabye Baby

Use an old bed sheet and a table to make a fun indoor hammock (Maybe put some cushions around it, just in case)!

Play with your Food

Convert boring greens into multi-coloured treats with sprinkles to wean your kids onto those harder to sell veg.

Bye Bye Baby Teeth

Custom-made Tooth Fairy money keeps the Tooth/Sterling exchange rate in line with inflation and helps keep the magic alive.

Colouring-to-go

Turns out old DVD cases are perfect for recycling into arts and crafts travel cases. Simply attach a strip of card or paper to keep the pencils in place and your ready to release your kids into a world of colour.

 

Work Hard, then Play Hard

Use essentials instead of bonus rewards to incentivise unwanted chores and get those messy rooms clean.

Gamify Household Chores

Alternatively, turn activities like cleaning into fun games – the only difference between this and Hungry Hippos is this way stuff gets done.

Too Young for Chores?

Doesn’t mean they can’t help out. Save on backbending scrubbing and sweeping with this baby mop (although the time you save cleaning the floor you might have to spend dusting your baby). The site teases “Broom handle attachment coming soon”.

Fan-tastic

Make your kid’s friends jealous when they come round for sleepovers. With a fan and a few bed sheets you can make this ultimate blanket fort.

It’s Game Night

Although I’m sure he told the guy at GAME that he was buying the new Mario Kart for his kids, this dad worked out he could play games with them for hours without even plugging in their controllers!

Sweet Dreams

Keep the monsters out the cupboards with this homemade Ghostbuster kit. A spray a day keeps the nightmares at bay.

Creative Problem Solving

They’ll have to learn someday.

Scare them Straight

Rebellious teens? No one’s sneaking out to any parties tonight.

Business Top, Baby Bottom.

Use free dress patterns to cut cute clothes out of your old work shirts.

Time-out Timer

Use this homemade lava lamp-like timer to calm down a cranky kid.

Fill a bottle with glitter and shampoo and turn it upside-down, and the time-out ends when the glitter settles. The mesmeric colours sooth them, and if they shake the bottle, the glitter takes longer to settle, giving them time to sit still and cool off.

Double Trouble

These adorable baby grows cut out all those awkward “Who’s who” games – just make sure you remember how you ranked them for later reference.

 

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