10 AMAZING hacks to make your life just that bit easier

Being a mum isn't always easy. Between work, kids and never ending housework, there are always a million things to do and never enough hours in the day to do them.

We have compiled 10 handy tips to make life a bit easier, because why not?

1. For when you don't have time to do every little cleaning job

Tie a sandwich bag of vinegar over your shower head and leave it there over night. By the morning any tough dirt will come off with no scrubbing!

2. So the gift wrap bag doesn't get out of hand

Cut open the inside of toilet paper rolls and use as a cuff to put around open wrapping paper rolls to keep them from unrolling.

3. Because tiny things are always the things to get lost

Put a nylon stocking over the end over the end of the vacuum cleaner to find tiny items like earrings.

4. To prevent a mess

Put an elastic band around a paint tin to wipe the paintbrush on and prevent unnecessary dripping.

5. Because you always have more cleaning supplies than you need

Use a hanging shoe rack to store your cleaning detergents. Keeps them organised and out of reach of the kids!

6. To prevent bumped heads at nighttime

Place a 'pool noodle' under the sheet at the edge of your child's bed to stop them falling out.

7. To keep your things safe at the beach

Wash out and cut the top off and old sun lotion bottle and use it to store your keys, phone etc. while on the beach. Keeps the sand off them and makes your important possessions go unnoticed.

8. For when you definitely aren't having any more

Keep your baby's old clothes and sew together to make a keepsake quilt.

9. For things that are hard to open

Use a tin opener for tough to open plastic packages without cutting yourself.

10. Because they get into everything

Use warm water, a sponge and toothpaste to get permanent marker off skin. Toothpaste will dilute the ink with little to no irritation to the skin.