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10 Brilliant Car Hacks for Moms

January 21, 2021 by Picky Stitch 8 Comments

Sometimes, traveling with kids feels like a never-ending walk-through hell. Family road trips can be seriously exhausting sometimes! Fortunately, you don’t have to feel exhausted for much longer, these brilliant car hacks for moms will help keep your kids occupied and your car organized on long haul road trips.

Pickystitch.com is filled with tons of clever DIY ideas. Make things simpler in your daily life all on your own! Every mom should try out this list of simple but ingenious car hacks to make driving with kids easier!
Contents
1 Car Hacks For Moms
1.1 Activity Binder
1.2 Backseat Pulley System
1.3 Seat Belt Hack
1.4 Keep Seats Clean
1.5 Total Organization
1.6 Keep The Bugs At Bay
1.7 Emergency Kits For The Car

Car Hacks For Moms

Activity Binder

Using the tutorial from Mama.Papa.Bubba you can create your own binders full of fun games for each kid. The binder is held together with these large three-ring pouches that hold small road games and other activities.

Backseat Pulley System

 Passing things back and forth from the front to the back can be a nightmare. Rachel solves our problems with an easy hack. String a rope in between the front and back seats and string things along to each other in the bucket. This makes for a fun game as well!

Seat Belt Hack

If your kid has a bad habit of taking their seatbelt off when they aren’t supposed to, use Catherine‘s idea and keep those seatbelts securely fastened. All she did was cut an opening through a plastic cup so little fingers can no longer reach the buttons.

Parents buckling their child in a car seat. Another car hack for moms.
Keep Seats Clean

There’s nothing worse than ending a road trip and taking a look at all of the crap that’s trapped in between the cracks of your seat. Avoid the mess altogether by putting a pair of old sheets over your car seats. Just shake out the seats as you are driving down the road. This is one of my favorite car hacks for moms.

Total Organization

You can use over-the-door shoe organizers for just about everything, including car organization! Stash one on the back of your seat to keep the essentials at hand and super organized.

Mom chatting with kids in car. Car hacks for moms.
Keep The Bugs At Bay

No one likes to look through a window to see nothing but dried gunk and bugs. Unfortunately, normal windshield cleaner can’t cut through the gunk sometimes! If you are struggling to see, use dryer sheets to clean the bugs off of your windshield.

Emergency Kits For The Car

The last of my car hacks for moms might just be the most important. You can’t go on a road trip without bringing a kit of the essentials just in case of a breakdown. Stash some snacks, a blanket, extra clothing, various toiletries, and first aid supplies all together in an easy travel kit. It’s better to always have one with you just in case!

An emergency kit for the car. Another one of the car hacks for moms.

If you feel like your car just needs a bit of organizing, check out my post on 18 clever ways to organize your car.

Filed Under: Car, Family., Organize., Parenting, Tutorials. Tagged With: car, car hacks, DIY, Kids, life hacks, Mom hacks

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  1. katrina says

    April 1, 2015 at 2:40 am

    Your content is not readable (only shows up down the left side one letter or 2 at s time) also the image can’t be seen unless you click on it. Your loosing pointers because of this
    Katrina

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    • Picky Stitch says

      April 1, 2015 at 2:54 am

      That’s weird, what browser are you using? Are you on a mobile device? I just looked at it on mine and it looks just fine. There are arrows at the top to help you scroll, but the format and words look totally normal, in a paragraph above each picture. Maybe I will have to check the mobile view to be sure. Sorry about that!

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      • Naomi says

        August 24, 2015 at 3:03 am

        Its showing up awkwardly on my mobile too. The content is showing up in a third if my screen and ads take over the rest. I do like the content though 🙂

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        • Les says

          February 23, 2016 at 2:58 am

          I’m using my mobile phone as well…you should be able to close the ad and see article full view. 🙂

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      • Kristyn says

        September 5, 2015 at 2:33 am

        Im having the same problem 🙁 Using Explorer on my laptop

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