I was reading a book recently that argued that necessity was not the mother of invention, but instead that irritation was why we invent and re-invent useful things. And with that, I give you today's project: a re-invented Joovy Scooter Stroller pocket area (I don't know what this is actually called).
Here's a picture of what it originally looked like, except mine is green:
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| A Joovy Scooter pretending to be all useful and holding a bottle. |
Overall, I really like this stroller, but that back area has been extremely irritating for several reasons. One, my Camelbak water bottle doesn't fit in the cup holder. This is the big one, because when I'm out running around all day with baby+stroller, I need water! Two, because of the design of the handlebars (which are comfortable to use), there's no was to attach a pre-bought stroller organizer to add more space:
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| Stroller organizer does NOT fit on a Joovy because of the handlebar design. |
And three, I just generally needed more room to store stuff that I wanted quick access to. So, after much irritation over the course of the last year, I came up with a solution:
I made a trip to Joann's and bought outdoor fabric (like the stuff you use to make outdoor chair cushions), grey strapping, a pack of 4 D Rings, and some carabiners.
With that, I made some straps for clipping things to. I'm not sure what they are called, but I've seen them on backpacks:
And, a cup holder that actually fits my water bottle:
It looks a little funky while empty, but there's webbing on the bottom, and it's reinforced with boning (the stuff for corsets- that's right I used it for something actually useful!) to stay open for the water bottle.
Think I'll take Sylvie to the zoo to test it out :-)
