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IT can be difficult and often stressful encouraging toddlers to walk on busy family days out.

But one family has shared an amazing hack to help make that situation a whole lot easier - and it won't cost you much at all.

A dad has been praised for his "genius" idea to encourage toddlers to walk on busy family days out
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A dad has been praised for his "genius" idea to encourage toddlers to walk on busy family days outCredit: Instagram/kimmy.houghton
He looked back to check on his little girl, who was happily following the bubbles
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He looked back to check on his little girl, who was happily following the bubblesCredit: Instagram/kimmy.houghton
Whatever their age, all kids seem to love playing with bubbles
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Whatever their age, all kids seem to love playing with bubblesCredit: Getty

to post a video of the clever idea, which saw her daughter happily following her dad.

The key was that he had an electronic bubble wand tucked into the back of his shorts - and it was pumping out bubbles for the little girl to follow.

"When you spend 15 minutes dragging your crying toddler through the zoo, only to realise you could have been doing THIS all along," she wrote over the clip.

"Bubbles are key. So are bubble butts," Kimmy captioned the clip, also referencing her daughter's cute romper.

"Bahahaha this is epic," one person commented on the video.

As another added: "This is so cute. I believe you’ve got a smart little cutie on your hands!"

"OMG this is genius," a third praised.

"Very VERY CREATIVE AND CLEVER," another comment read.

"This is genius!! What a great parenting hack," someone else wrote.

While it seems they picked up their Little Mermaid bubble wand at Disneyland, you can get similar ones for around £15 on Amazon.

"Master Level Unlocked!" another commented.

"Absolute genius, I needed to see this !!!!" someone else wrote.

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