COPING WITH KIDS MADE E-Z -List

A Shirt Tale Baby Bottle 6-Packs Baby Food Warming Ease Bath Soap Idea Bean-Bag Tosses Bedmaking Simplified Hair Care --Trimming --Gum Removal Pin-Up Towels Shoe Lace Loss Prevention Shoe Polishing Simplified T. V. Tray Versatility

COPING WITH KIDS MADE E-Z -How-To List

A SHIRT TALE:: If your kids hate to wear bibs and aprons at home, or school when eating or painting: cut the collar off of Dad's old shirt. This looks like an artist's smock. Put the shirt on the child backward, so the buttons will be in the back. No child will mind this much...when it's Dad's. It covers completely.

BABY BOTTLE 6-PACKS: Here's an easy way to handle or store baby bottles in or out of the refrigerator. Save cardboard carrying cartons from 6-pack drink bottles. When making formula, lift the filled bottles from the sterilizer and put them in the carton. Place in refrigerator. This carton can be easily moved about, and will be obvious in the refrigerator, if other items are set in front of it.

BABY FOOD WARMING EASE: Warm baby's edibles in an egg poacher. Fill the bottom with warm water and put different foods in each compartment. This saves lots of dirty dishes. The aluminum heats faster than regular china baby plates.

BATH SOAP IDEAS: Keep a white sock in your bathroom and put all small pieces of soap into it. When there's several pieces in it, tie a knot at the open end of the sock and use this at bath- time for the kiddies. They'll love something different.

BEAN-BAG TOSSES: Children like to throw things..just anything. So, make bean-bags out of leftover cloth materials. Make them about 4 or 6 inches square -but don't fill with too many beans. Very good for rainy days; can be thrown hard and no one gets hurt. (Make bean-bag balls for lots of fun)!

BED-MAKING SIMPLIFIED: Teach your youngsters to make their own beds. Sew a colored string to the center of each blanket, sheet and bedspread, so the child can find the "center" of the item. Then, put a piece of tape, or colored mark, or thumbtack on center of bedhead, as a guide. Show them they're to put the "bedclothes string" at the "bedhead mark." When accomplished, brag on their bedmaking!

HAIR CARE: -----TRIMMING: An easy way to cut "bangs" evenly, is to dampen them slightly with a comb. While still damp, use a piece of tape; place it over the hair to be cut (across the forehead, exactly where they are to be cut) You can then snip with scissors ACROSS THE TOP OF THE TAPE and will have a perfectly straight line. This also keeps the hair from falling in the child's face.

-----GUM REMOVAL: Peanut butter rubbed into hair will remove chew- ing gum. It does work! Just put a dab on the hair and rub gently between your fingers. The peanut butter will loosen the gum. Pick this up with tissue. It's far better than cutting the hair, leaving the hair with a "chunk" out. Proceed by washing the hair.

PIN-UP TOWELS: Do your children toss their towels on the bathroom floor?? Take 2 or 3 safety pins; drape one edge of the towel over the towel rack and pin the edge of the towel,-leaving enough hanging, so the very youngest child can reach it.

SHOELACE-LOSS PREVENTION: If you're kids are still young enough to love untying and unlacing their shoes, here a hint that will work! Tie a small knot at the "end" of each shoestring, after you lace the shoe...the child can still remove the shoes, but not the laces.

SHOE-POLISHING SIMPLIFIED: When children's shoes are scuffed badly and don't seem to take polish, simply rub them with a piece of raw potato and then apply the polish. THEY'LL SHINE LIKE NEW!!

T.V. TRAY VERSATILITY: When children use paints...set up 2 trays for each child, side by side. On one tray put the child's drawing paper and on the other tray, put his paints. Put news- papers on floor beneath both trays, to prevent spills on the floor. When the child is through, just dump all mess onto the newspaper -roll it up and discard it. When weather permits, let the child paint in the yard, on the porch or the garage. The kitchen is an ideal indoor place, away from carpets, rugs, etc.