Genius Parenting Hacks That Make Life With Kids So Much Easier

Snow Bricks

Tupperware has more uses than just keeping old leftovers from going bad. You can make every day a snow day with your kids by filling a plastic tub up with snow. Pack it tightly so it can keep hold of its shape, then push it out of the other side. There you go, one full snow brick! Use these to make igloos or snowball fighting forts. Just be ready for the wreckage come springtime.

The More You Know

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If you love a product, wait five days and come back to see if it’s on sale. Discounts will always be a factor, but the products they correspond to will shift.
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Keep all those personal grooming tools in one place. A magnetic strip in the medicine cabinet can be used to store tweezers, clippers and small scissors.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.