If you haven’t set your toddler up with one of these $2 hardware store gems yet, you will soon be sending me cupcakes and flowers. Especially with all the new time you’ll have on your hands. Seriously, the hours and hours (okay, minutes and minutes) you can buy yourself with this simple device is spellbinding.
Only some of the ways I’ve used this baby:
- “See all those brown spots in the lawn? That means the grass is THIRSTY. Can you go give it water?”
- “Can you squirt those ants over there?”
- “Look! You can paint pictures on the cement!”
- “Go squirt some water off the front porch.”
- “You don’t want to go out in your stroller? How about if you bring your squirt bottle?”
My only caution is that if you have more than one child, be sure everyone has their very own spray bottle. You’ve never seen a meltdown like the one where only one kid has a “squirt squirt.”
Image: AlishaV