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Save grungy socks for indoor playgrounds

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in: Organizing Time & Space, Travel & Outings

Suzanne's eminently practical use for old socks:

Before you throw out your kids' old, dingy socks, let them use them one more time — in those indoor, McDonald's-type playland places. I keep a bag of old socks in my trunk specifically for this purpose. If we're at a play place and my kids don't have socks with them (like in the summer, when they're wearing sandals), or if I don't want them to dirty up their good socks, I bring a pair from the bag and put them on. You can even put them on over their good socks. When they're done playing, just throw them away.

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Asha Dornfest is a writer, parent, and insistent optimist living in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of PARENT HACKS, co-author of MINIMALIST PARENTING, and co-host of the Edit Your Life podcast.

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Comments

  1. Multi-tasking Mommy says

    March 26, 2007 at 6:01 am

    Wow, what a GREAT idea! I usually keep one pair of Robeez (http://www.robeez.com/) in the car for that purpose, but I like the old sock idea even better 🙂

    http://circleoflifeblog.blogspot.com

  2. OMSH says

    March 26, 2007 at 8:49 am

    PERFECT! I see kids running around barefoot on those and it makes me sick to my stomach. I want to scream – RINGWORM!

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