It’s the summer holiday and your kids have been driving you up the walls about the new tennis rackets they just must have. The would can no go on without them having a new pair! Let your unused pool noodles turn into the tennis rackets you never knew you needed! Why? Just because it’s SO cool and creative!
All you’ll need to turn this dream of a hack into a lovely reality is… pool noodles, recycled plastic nets, and tape. With very little effort, you can turn those everyday things into fine tennis rackets everyone will fall for. Don’t forget where you learned about it first.
Improvised Ball Pit
One of the things little kids like most is playing around in a ball pit so why don't make one of your own? Parents are less keen on being dragged to the Gymboree time and time again just so their children can play while they have to chat with all the other moms and dads.
So, here's a hack for antisocial parents: take a portable Playard, fill it up with small cut-up pool noodles, and you have your very own ball pit for your kids to play in at home. It's easy, it's cheap and we assure you, for the next playdate, the p[arent will prefer to come over to yours.
Tub Product Organizer
Whether you have a kid or you choose to act like one, your bathroom is a minefield of trip-and-fall hazards in the form of toys and other products. If you're not in the mood for falling in the shower and breaking a hip like a common assisted living resident, follow the orders below.
Mount a nice rod on your wall, string some plastic hooks on it, and place small plastic baskets on the hooks. Now, stuff those baskets with whatever items you use in your daily scrub session. You won't mind of your little toddler wants to bring the entire Barbie collection into the bathroom now. There is plenty of room for everyone.
Pool Noodles for Math Practice
Yes, we're being serious, and this hack is effing cool and we honestly cannot get how no one thought of this when we were at school. To help your kids or students practice fractions, all you need are a few colorful pool noodles.
Just divide the noodles into even pieces depending on the fraction you'd like to demonstrate and write it down on each individual piece. This kinda makes us wish we were in school again. Well, okay, not really but like, almost, and for sure, your kids will enjoy practicing their homework with this more than nothing at all.
Makeshift Puppet Show Theater
Okay, so this one might require some more crafting skills, but we're fairly certain you can do it despite failing home ec. There is nothing we won't do to make out children happy! In order to create this DIY theater, you will need a tension rod (or two, depending on how fancy you feel) and some fabric for the curtains.
You can buy fabric or simply use the sheet with chocolate stains from that time you had cake in bed and couldn't be bothered to wash it. Mount the rod in the doorway and drape the fabric over it. You can sew the top and cut a hole for the puppets in the middle, or you can cut the whole thing down the middle so it hangs on each side like window curtains.