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Keep valuables hidden at the beach by storing them in a rolled-up diaper

Not only is this a brilliant hack for keeping your valuables hidden, it's the funny setup for a scene in which would-be petty thieves unwrap poop-filled decoys on beaches all over the world.

Thanks for sharing, New Mom Thoughts!

Beach diaper #brilliant #beach #diaper #parenthacks pic.twitter.com/Z5pA1YWHEJ

— New Mom Thoughts (@Pregger_Craves) June 14, 2014

(She found this uncredited photo in a Facebook group. If anyone knows who created it, please leave a comment so I can properly link up.)

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Comments

  1. Dabni says

    June 20, 2014 at 7:42 pm

    Loosely related: keep people from using all your half and half at work by storing it in a medela bottle. Works like a charm.

  2. Amy says

    June 30, 2014 at 12:17 pm

    Problem: don’t throw away the valuables with the OTHER poopy diapers!

  3. Martha Scully says

    July 10, 2014 at 2:15 pm

    Haha this is great! No one will want to touch it!

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