Dinner’s on the table. Next to the markers.
We love making dinnertime more fun while keeping the kitchen clean. Voila! A washable tablecloth that also serves as gigantic piece of paper for your table of pint-sized artists.
This Doodle tablecloth by Stitch in the UK is a fun way to get kids to stick around after dinner–or get them to set the table. Choose between 71″ x 56″ or 98″ x 56″ and you and your artists are off! The tablecloths are made of super sturdy, preshrunk cotton drill printed with graph paper lines, red margin lines, and faux hole punches along the side, just like a real piece of graph paper. Adorable, right? Draw on the tablecloth with the eight included fabric markers, then machine wash at 104 degrees and dry in the dryer. Food stains and marker masterpieces will wash right out.
Have the kids practice their cursive to make a menu. Draw guidelines for setting the table. Play hangman while you eat your peas. Or just make the next birthday party the one where you’re the coolest mom ever because the kids got to draw all over the actual tablecloth. –Delilah
Find the Doodle Tablecloth by Stitch at their UK store or at our affiliate, Amazon. They also have placemats, aprons, duvets, and pillows that work with their markers, available at Amazon.
I never thought twice about diapering my son with the eco-not-so-conscious disposable diaper. I have to admit, I thought that cloth diapers were still big cotton towels that required safety pins, manual dexterity, and a whole lot of free time.
Don’t get any sick ideas, dear readers. We’ve all seen our share of those softies and we certainly don’t need a stuffed one of THOSE laying around the house. 
When my 3 year old was a newborn we planned a trip to Europe and before I could say auf viedersehn, my brain pictured all the filthy traveling potties we would encounter while changing her diaper.