The beach is definitely my happy place.
No matter what time of year it is I love to go to the beach, to listen to the waves and breathe in the salty sea air. This summer especially we’ve spent a lot of time there, building sand castles and paddling in the sea.
The not so fun part comes when it’s time to head home and you need to try and put shoes back on when your feet are absolutely covered in sand. If you’ve ever tried it you’ll know how horrible and uncomfortable it feels to put shoes back on when there’s still sand all over your feet.
The only thing that’s worse is trying to put shoes back onto your child when their feet are covered in sand.
So what’s the best way to clean sandy feet after a day at the beach?
Here’s the little trick I’ve been using for a few years now that works like a charm.
Take a little bottle of baby powder or talcum powder to the beach with you.
When it’s time to get the children’s shoes back on to head home, grab the baby powder and sprinkle some on their sandy feet.
Wait a minute and then gently rub the powder and sand off. You can do this with a towel if you have one or you can just use your hands.
Basically the powder removes enough moisture from the sand and your skin to make it easier for the sand to be simply brushed away. You might need to add a second helping of powder to get the last of the sand out from between the toes, but before you know it your children’s feet (and yours) will be sand-free and shoe-ready.
As an added bonus they’ll feel pretty soft and smell quite nice too!
If the nice smell isn’t enough to sway you to use baby powder or talcum powder then you can use cornflour instead, it works in exactly the same way.
So there you have it, a quick and easy way to get sand off your feet after a day at the beach.
Now if someone could just come up with a way to keep the sand out of sandwiches at beach picnics that would be perfect.
Oh this is a great tip, I always have talc around in the swimming bag #KCACOLS
It works so well too! x
I’ve not heard this one before, I shall have to try it now #KCACOLS
I love this trick! So handy and so cheap too. I hate sand in between my toes, never mind it getting into my food and my mouth – YUCK! #KCACOLS
Ooh what a great idea!! I’ll be using this trick when we go away later on this week as my youngest always has a tantrum about sand in her toes! Thanks for the tip. #KCACOLS
Hope it worked well for you! x
I have heard of this tip but haven’t tried it before. Thanks for sharing. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time
It really does work, definitely worth you giving it a try next time you go to the beach! x
I can’t believe that I have never heard of this before. What a brilliant idea #KCACOLS
It’s such a good trick, it works so well! x
Yes!! We live in Florida and haven’t visited the beach yet this year, have to remember this! #KCACOLS
It works so well, you have to try it when you do make it to the beach! x
Genius! That’s one of the main reasons that I don’t like the beach to be honest. Game-changer! #kcacols
Ooh I hope this makes the beach much more enjoyable for you! x
OOO yes I agree baby powder is amazing for sand! Shame it doesn’t get it off the interior of the car though 😀 #KCACOLS
Oh if someone could invent something to make cleaning it out of the car easier that would be amazing! x
Oh I did not know this. What a great tip thank you #kcacols
Hope it comes in handy at some point! x
We go to the beach a lot and I have never heard of this, will have to give it a try next time we go down.
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I can’t remember where I first heard about it, but we’ve been doing it for a while now and it works so well! x
I’ve never heard of this before! Giving we live on the seafront I will definitely be stealing this! #KCACOLS
It works so well, makes things so much easier with little ones too! x