Advice

|4 Nov 2019|3 mins

7 Kid-Friendly Sun Care Tricks

What's your outdoor game plan this summer?

Daylight savings marks the beginning of beach bliss. These long summer days outdoors in nature calls for a new game plan with our free-spirited little people. There’s much more to teaching our kids about safe sun worship then simply topping up SPF every 2 hours. Ditch the beanies for shady hats and wools for groovy rashies.

Here are 7 positive-minded sun care tricks to guide your tribe into the light.

1. Sunshine Snacks
Feed the crew up on internal SPF boosting snacks like beta-carotene bursting watermelon, turmeric, leafy greens and berries.

2. Matchy-Matchy
Kids tend to want what we have, so empower them with an Acorn Kids ‘adult-style’ straw hat in their size to match the one you have.

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3. Early Bird
Studies show the best time for sun exposure is early morning until high noon, so tire them out with a swim first-thing and spend the rest of the hottest part of the day snoozing in the shade.

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4. Kind Creams
Not all sunscreens are made equal. Opt for synthetic-free cream that is safe to go in our oceans and most importantly doesn’t bake our babies’ sensitive skin in chemicals.

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5. Body Wisdom
Our body has an internal system to tell us when we’ve had enough, teach your kids the signs to look out for. When skin starts to feel warm that is a natural signal to seek shade. Sweating is also a sign our body has had enough.

6. Summer Screentime
Get your tech-head kids attention by showing them how to read the sun’s power with cool apps like D Minder.

7. Rock the Rashie
Woo the little one’s into covering up once they’ve got their daily dose with fun kaleidoscopic rash shirts from labels like Seafolly and Milky. Show them how it’s done with rash vests in grown-up sizes too.