I am happy to have my friend Mique from Thirty Handmade Days and the Queen Bee Market here today, sharing a great idea for when you are out and about this summer. Mique is one of my favorites and is a great example to me of Motherhood. She is also super fun and creative. I hope you will stop on over to her site to see some of the other great ideas she has shared.
Hi the Idea Room friends! I’m Mique from Thirty Handmade Days and the Queen Bee Market. I’m so happy to be here today to share a simple idea to help you be a little prepared for the pool, beach or lake trips – make a summer can.
What is a summer can, you ask? Let me explain… Ok. So we live in California where the sun is shining throughout the year. But summer means days at the pool or the beach. I grew up in the San Diego area (best place to grow up!) and spent a lot of time at the beach. This idea comes from time there- it’s similar to a little emergency kit, only I made it with more beach/lake related items. You could add whatever you want, but this is what I gathered:
A Pringles can! Grab one at the store, eat the chips and then wipe it clean with a wet wipe, damp cloth, something to get all the crumbs off. The one in the picture above is Salt & Vinegar but I don’t recommend that one just because it is hard to get rid of that vinegar smell. Ewwww. Other supplies:
- baby wipes
- hand sanitizer
- baby powder – helps with sandy feet/hands. Sprinkle it where the sand is before you get into the car and it will come off.
- bandaids
- sunglasses
- lip balm
- baby bulb syringe (you know one of those yucky snot suckers?) – this helps with sand too. Use it to blow off sand off of gadgets or off your body.
- gum
- plastic trash bag (because we always have trash from food and it’s a pain to collect or walk forever to the nearest one at the beach)
I asked on my Facebook page for things people had to have at the beach and here were a few of my favorite tips that you could add to your summer can:
- Small bottle with white vinegar – to use on jelly fish stings. (if jelly fish are common at your beach)
- Leave in conditioner is a life saver with little girls & salty hair
- Take everything like wetsuits, shovels, whatever else that gets sandy in a big plastic bin…then when you are ready to to go, put everything back in. Helps with sandy things rolling around the car and then when you get home…you just fill bin with water and soak everything for a little while then rinse & hang!
- Bring plastic bags to help get wetsuits on…put over feet and hands before you put them in the wetsuit and the arms/legs slip right on!
Obviously not everything is going to fit into a Pringles can. Here’s what mine looked like up close with the baby powder, wipes, lip balm, trash bag and nose syringe:
Toss it in your beach bag and then you’ll always be prepared!
If you stop by 30days, I have some other fun printables and kids ideas like this one:
Random Acts of Kindness Summer List
You can also find me on Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
Thanks so much for having me Amy! Love ya.
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Crystal says
Great idea!! This is perfect so you don’t have to keep up with what you packed. You can just grab your bag and go. Perfect idea!!
Karen says
Great idea! I think I’ll put together a kit in a clear shoe box and add sun screen. I also love your Random Act of Kindness for the summer.