DIY Beach Towel Weights

On the 4th of July a few of my friends and I decided to pack up and head to the beach.  The Plum Island beach we were headed to is just over an hour drive from our apartment, so being the planner that I am I packed our beach bag the night before.

As I was getting our towels and large sheet in the bag I remembered the last time I went to the beach it was windy and I kept having to fix the corners of my sheet because they were constantly flipping sand at me- hated that!  My crazy crafty mind went into overdrive and I decided to whip up a little DIY project at the last minute. 

I was going to make my own beach towel weights / clips / tacks / whatevers.

I already had all the materials I needed: sewing machine, a bunch of small rocks (I had some small rocks in my potting closet, any small rocks would do), and fabric.

After deciding solid colored bags wouldnt do, I went with a nautical navy and white stripe design.  About 2 hours later, I had 6 rock bags ready to go!

The queen size sheet is held down perfectly with 6 weights

We just happened to have a small mailing scale at home, so I used that to make sure each rock bag was the same weight.  I also wanted to make sure they were heavy enough to hold down a sheet, but light enough that they were not a pain to carry. 

Once I finished making the towel weights, I realized I couldn't just carry them to the beach like that.  They needed a coordinating bag

With the left over fabric I made the coordinating striped bag to hold the 6 weights in.  I lined it in a bright yellow canvas to make it sturdy and finished it off with a coordinating yellow drawstring.

All in all this last minute project took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours.  If I had decided to make them a solid color and not striped, this project would not have taken longer than an hour.  Either way, if you can sew a straight line this is a super easy DIY project that is sure to impress your friends at the beach- mine were  impressed for sure.