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I’m a mum-of-6 but never iron or fold washing – people love my free ‘spritz trick’ I use so my kids don’t look scruffy
The mum also shared her clever 'hand-me-down' trick so her kids' clothes don't get mixed up
LIFE can be busy when you have kids - and so many parents come up with savvy ways of saving time.
One mum-of-six has shared how she refuses to iron or fold a single piece of washing for her family thanks to an easy trick.
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TikTok user , who calls herself a “relatable mum of six girls”, uploaded a trick showing her “cube station”.
Each of her six kids gets their own cube for tops, dresses and bottoms, along with shoes and accessories.
And her handy system means she doesn’t need to iron anything again.
In a clip, she shared: “After two years of just using laundry baskets, we upgraded.
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“Anything wrinkly gets sprayed with a mist spray bottle before it's worn and the wrinkles come right out.
“We've converted from our laundry basket no-fold system to a cube no-fold system for our kids.”
And the mum’s hack won’t break the bank, with her just using water in a mist spray bottle.
The busy parent also shared her sensible hack for doing “hand-me-downs” among her kids.
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Each item of clothing has a tally mark, with the oldest child’s being labelled “I”, the second being “II” and third being “III”, and so on.
As each child outgrows an item, she adds a tally mark on, and then it gets passed to the next child.
My towels smell so much better since I made a minimalist laundry change – there’s no mustiness, follow my rule of thumb
The mum’s cubes were handily labelled with the tally number of each child.
She added: “Every basket is labelled with their name and number in order.
“We keep everything in here—no closets, no dresser.”
Many people were highly impressed with her time-saving hacks, and her video has racked up over 67,000 likes.
One person wrote: “The tally mark is extra smart if you think about how they just have to add to the tally as they pass down clothes.”
Another added: “i need to do this for myself.”
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Five savvy mum hacks to save you a fortune
ANY parent knows just how pricey it can be to feed the kids - especially if they're a fan of branded, expensive products. But there are a few hacks that can help save you money, as mum-of-two and Fabulous Digital Senior Reporter Sarah Bull explained:
Batch cook
This is a hack that lots of mums, including myself, swear by. One thing I like to do is batch cook a tomato sauce - hiding a load of vegetables inside, including carrots, peppers and onion. Once it's cooled, pop it into an ice cube tray to freeze. Then you can pop out the portions and bag up - ready to use for anything from a pasta sauce to a pizza base.
Home Happy meal
You'd be hard pushed to find a kid who doesn't like McDonald's. But with Happy Meals now priced at £3.89 each, it can be pricey getting them for your children - especially if you've got more than two. But why not try making your own home? Keep the packaging from your last trip to McDonald's and cook up some chicken nuggets and fries in the air fryer. Pop a budget toy in a little bag and serve with a Fruit Shoot for a budget-friendly at home Happy Meal.
Make use of leftovers
If you're savvy enough to plan things in advance, you can make use of leftovers to keep your kids sustained for another day. If you make something like pizza, for example, why not make enough for lunch the next day too? Lots of kids actually prefer cold pizza, and it's especially useful if you make packed lunches for yours.
Get the kids involved
Not specifically a budget hack, but one that I've found always helps encourage kids to eat things they haven't tried before. I've cooked things like fajitas, and put the ingredients all in different bowls, before getting the kids to make their own. While I've put out their favourites - like chicken, cheese and cucumber - I've also popped pepper and lettuce in a bowl. And, much to my delight, they both sampled that in their fajitas. What a score!
Ditch the brands
One thing that can make shopping much more expensive than it needs to be is going for branded products. We always used to be a family that swore by Heinz ketchup, refusing to go for anything else, but with the price of that shooting up, we've swapped for supermarket own brand ketchup and saved loads - especially considering how much of it we get through. If your kids are less than willing to make that swap, why not put the unbranded product in the branded product's packaging and see if they notice the difference?
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