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A MUM has revealed the very clever way she ensures her brood stay occupied at the beach.
The woman revealed, in a popular video on TikTok, how she enlists a painting activity to keep her kids entertained on seaside trips.
In a post, the savvy parent shared her “must-have in your beach bag if you are a mum”.
This turned out to be watercolour paint and paintbrushes, which she gave to her children.
The camera then shows her brood quietly sitting on the sand and painting shells in amazing colourful patterns.
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Her post has received more than 430,000 ‘likes’, with over 1,900 leaving messages.
One person wrote: “Amazing!!!! Love this!!!”
Another commented: “Absolutely love this.”
A third shared: “Love this idea!!! We’ve brought watercolour paint to the snow but never to the beach!!”
And a fourth added: “OMH YASSS!!!!! I am so doing this next time we go to the beach.”
However, there were some fellow social media users who suggested there were better beach activities.
One noted: “The beach is full of amazing natural things to do like playing with sand and stones and water.”
Others claimed that the paint was bad for the environment, and that the activity also encouraged the removal of shells from the beach.
However, one person responded: “For those asking about the watercolour being environmentally friendly, I get it but remember…same goes for sunblock, deodorant, shampoo…”
Another added: “I live by the beach & I’m here for this. watercolour paints are not our biggest worry; the gallons of waste that barely even made the news is.”