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How To Use A Bike Inner Tube To Baby Proof A Book Shelf

This DIY way to child proof your ceiling-to-floor bookshelves is so simple, you don't even need to own a hammer.

by Fatherly
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Floor-level bookshelves are the perfect developmental toy to encourage your kid’s nascent interest in destroying everything. Even if you find it charming to keep putting all those books back, there’s a decent chance that your copy of War And Peace could do some damage on their tiny toes, so here’s really complicated way to secure everything: tie bike tire inner tubes around them and … actually, that’s it. It’s a DIY home hack that will make you look like a genius and you don’t even need to own a hammer to do it.

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