Camping Hacks - Shower Caps
A camping hack refers to a clever or innovative technique, tip, or trick that can enhance your camping experience, and help you make the most of your outdoor adventures, and today we show how the humble shower cap can help.
Shower caps are pretty versatile; not only are they great for keeping your hair dry during quick morning freshen ups, but they are pretty useful for camping purposes too.
TOP TIP - When visiting a decent hotel you'll usually find caps in the bathroom, so even if you don't use them there and then, I recommend stashing them in your bag as these hacks are even better if you get the caps for free.
SHOE COVERS FOR PACKING
My favourite use for these plastic delights is to use them to cover the soles of my shoes whilst packing to keep my other clothes clean in my bag. You never know what you've brought in on the bottom of your shoes, do you? Yuk!
STOP MUDDY FOOTPRINTS
In a similar vein to the first tip you can use the caps to cover the bottom of your mucky boots and shoes to keep the inside of your tent or caravan clean when you just want to nip back in, but don't want the hassle of having to take them off. Just pop them over in a similar style as those estate agent blue booties you have to wear when looking round new homes.
BICYCLE SEAT COVERS
If you go cycling on your camping holidays you'll know that the Great british weather will usually turn on you, usually when you are just having a cheeky pint in the local pub, so to make sure you don't end up will a soggy bottom use a shower cap to cover your seat before you head in for your libations
FOOD/PLATE COVERS
Bugs love our food and the easiest way to keep those pesky little critters off is to cover it with hose food net contraptions, but if you don't have any shower caps are the next best thing
DOG WATER BOWL
If you forgot to pack the water bowl then a shower cap can be a good temporary solution. Just fill it, and the elastic should keep the water in, whilst letting your dog have a drink.
TOY PARACHUTE
Keeping kids amused at campsites can be hard work, but if you have a shower cap or two and some string, then they can have lots of fun making parachutes to send Barbie or Action Man skyward.
Let me know if you have any more uses for shower caps in the comments.