Hellobee Boards

We took a blow up little pool for the beach for our 5 moth old, filled it with ocean water, and let him splash around in the shade. It worked great!

My kids are almost same age as yours and we just took them about a month ago. Def everything you mentioned we brought and that was about it! Tons of towels...more than what you think you might need!

Not sure if you've been to the beach with your LO's yet but we just took a vacation with our 20 month old and he HATED all things beach the first day. Wouldn't even let us put him down. The only way he would play with the sand toys is if he sat on a beach chair. He loves the water normally but I think the fact that it was so big scared him. Just a thought as it surprised me. Hopefully since your LO is older, you should be ok.

we live blocks from the beach, so we go often, but for short times usually. we did a whole day at the beach (18 months) and brought our travel crib (which she refused because she was having too much fun) and ended up napping her in our carrier for 30 minutes (could have gone longer but i made the mistake of sitting down!). we always bring an outdoor blanket, towels, lots of suncreen, hats for everyone, sunglasses, an umbrella, sand toys (shovel, bucket and some sand shapes), beach chairs for the adults. lately, we also have brought a boogie board and a wetsuit and she LOVES it. seriously obsessed.

she usually makes friends with random kids and plays in the sand, water, with sand crabs, etc. if i was driving far, i would just make sure i was piled up with snacks and water!