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- July 1, 2023
Mom of 4 shares her ultimate summer beach hacks
Shannon Doherty runs the popular TikTok account "At Home With Shannon."
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\"I have four little ones and they don't love applying sunscreen,\" Doherty said. \"So if you put it on makeup brushes -- I got these fun ones and makeup sponges -- put the sunblock right on these and then let your children have fun putting 'makeup' on. They'll love it.\"
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Doherty also recommends setting a timer or alarms to help remember to re-apply sunscreen.
\"It's the best mom hack, especially with all this warm weather and the sun's so strong,\" she added.
Is the outdoor shower line super long? Don’t want to run back and forth from the water station? Pack a bucket that can double as a little seat or sandcastle building tool. But more importantly, you can also fill the bucket with clean water and easily rinse off sandy feet before kicking back on a blanket or sheet.
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Forget a flat sheet that flies up when the wind picks up. “The fitted [sheet] is the best,” Doherty said of this tip, one she calls “the best beach hack of all time.”
Simply weigh down the inside corners of the fitted sheet with any heavy object -- a beach bag, bucket, purse or cooler all work -- so that the edges of the sheet are set up like a barrier around you, and enjoy some sand-free relaxation.
Bring the playlist to the beach and keep the fun going by using a cup as a makeshift speaker. Just make sure to point your phone’s speaker toward the bottom of the cup.
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The sun's rays can be unrelenting so don’t forget to turn flip-flops upside down with the soles pointing upward. That way, once you or your kids are ready to wear them again, they won’t be unbearably hot.
Don’t have a spare chair or forgot to pack one in the rush to get out the door? Doherty suggests building one yourself by digging a shallow well in the sand and laying your towel inside it.
\"We actually use [this hack] quite frequently,\" she said. \"My kids love that one.\"
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Add condiments to clean plastic sauce containers. You'll likely need more than one sauce cup, so stack them all together with the bottoms up and then slide a cylindrical container right on top before flipping it right side up and popping the lid back on.
\"It's great because then a lot of times you have those big containers and then you can't fit everything in your cooler but with that one, when you make your little [stack], flip it over in the Pringles container and you're set,\" Doherty said.
Finally, for any patriotic holiday get-togethers, Doherty has an easy decorating idea.
\"For Memorial Day or Fourth of July, I like to grab mason jars and I put blue food coloring right in the mason jar so the water turns blue. And then I grab red and white flowers. So it's just a fun little centerpiece with the blue, red and white,\" she said.
Editor's Note: This story was originally published on May 27, 2022.
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