How to get your kids to drink more H20
March 12, 2012 by Alison
“Mom, can I have Orange Juice, milk, apple juice, Capri sun, or Kool- aid?” Ask my kids.
“How about pure, fresh, clean, refreshing water?” I reply with a wonderful smile on my face.
“How about chocolate milk?” They reply.
This is the never ending conversation during the warm summer months at our house!
Most kids know that water is pure, fresh and healthy, but how do you convince them that it is good?
They’ve got fun squishy colorful bottles of liquid sugar screaming for their attention at every soccer game, grocery store and…grandma’s house!
So high fructose corn syrup…we are going to take you down and win the battle to increase our water intake!
Yeah! for water.
Yeah! for ice.
Yeah! for making drinking water fun.
By starting with the boring cup it’s in.
I ran to the dollar store and went to their wedding section. They had a 5 pack of elevated water cups for…a buck! Plastic! They had champagne glasses and wine glasses, but I’m dealing with young kids. The taller the glass the more likely it will get spilled.
I also grabbed some foam shapes. My daughter was with me and she wanted the flowers. It’s a good thing my boy is only 2 and doesn’t care, but they had some fun soccer balls and some squares so you could make your own shape.
Fold in half and cut about 1.5 inches
Fold the other way and cut another 1.5 inches
It should look similar to this…
Insert the bottom of the plastic cup into the slits
Decorate. I even made one for me:) MOM=WOW!
My little guy is trying to get the cup into the flower. He is trying so hard! He just woke up from a nap so he has total bed head, but it was fun to watch him think and solve the problem of getting the cup into the slits!
Tada!
Take that…fancy drink pouches.
“This looks funner to drink out of .” Direct quote from my 5 year old!
Here is the proof that it worked from a toddler who will never drink water…ever!
My 10 year old is convinced that the water does taste ‘sweeter’ out of these glasses!
Yeah for warm weather and yea for getting my kids to drink more water!
And if your kids are juice lovers, here is another fun idea for dressing up some juice boxes! It’s super easy to do but has a big impact!
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I love how easy this is!!! I could whip this together in 2 minutes before dinner. My type of craft.
The kids will love it.
what a great idea. thanks for sharing it I’m going to pin it as well
Brilliant! Even my 11 year old said “Hey, let’s do that!” Score!
Those are great! It is also a good way to help them not dirty so many cups this summer. I have tried rubber bands on the cups and tape for their names.
I also love that your little one is drinking out of the one that says MOM. That’s how it goes. Mom’s always tastes better too
Awesome! I would totally pin this, except that I just learned what all of Pinterest’s TOS says, and I’m boycotting them.
(. Great idea!
What a fantastic idea! I can always use ideas for encouraging my son to drink more water!