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Mum’s genius Kmart hack is guaranteed to make shopping at Coles & Woolies with your kids a whole easier!

Any mum will young kids will tell you how stressful a trip to the supermarket can be. Well now one Aussie mum has come up with a genius way to keep her little one entertained and all you need is a $1.50 Kmart Giant Ice Cube Tray and a couple of stroller pegs. - by Eliza Scanlan
  • 08 Jan 2020

Any parent will young kids will tell you how stressful a trip to the supermarket can be. 

Keeping them settled and entertained while you’re struggling to get all the shopping done is a tough ask, and many parents end up leaving Coles, Woolworths or Aldi before their shop is even done!

Mum’s genius Kmart hack is guaranteed to make shopping at Coles & Woolies with your kids a whole easier!

Well now one Aussie mum has come up with a genius way to keep her little one entertained and all you need is a $1.50 Kmart Giant Ice Cube Tray and a couple of stroller pegs. 

Sharing her hack on the awesome Kmart Mums Australia page, mum Lauren writes: ‘When snacks are life, we shop with a whole buffet.

‘One giant ice cube tray full of snacks and two stroller clips kept my little one happy the entire trip!’ 

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Image: Kmart

Not surprisingly, Lauren’s ingenious idea has gone viral with mums keen to give the supermarket snack hack a go. 

‘What a great idea!’ said one. Added another: ‘Life changing!’

Said a third: ‘Genius!’

Eliza Scanlan
Eliza Scanlan
Eliza Scanlan is a contributor with New Idea Food. Eliza has written for several digital titles including Practical Parenting and New Idea, with a passion for consumer and shopping news. Eliza is also a contributor for the Trolley Watch and The Flawsome Mum podcasts. In her spare time, Eliza loves watching Netflix and tending to her horses.

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