17 Dads Who Took A Problem And Ran With It In A Seriously Genius Direction

    I hope this kind of genius runs in the family.

    Asia McLain
    by Asia McLain

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. This dad, who came up with a seriously genius remote holder:

    2. This dad, who figured out a way to make sure his kid was never without a hair tie when they needed one:

    3. This dad, who cut rubber gloves that had a hole in them into individual jumbo rubber bands:

    4. This dad, who ran out of milk, but discovered that whipped cream would do the trick just fine when it melts:

    5. This dad, whose toddler really wanted to drink his coke, so he did this to make them think they had:

    6. This dad, who figured out a genius way to play with his kid without missing the game:

    7. This dad, who forgot to bring his kid's hair tie to practice, so he repurposed what he had in the car:

    8. And this dad, who discovered that a twist tie works just as well in a bind:

    9. This dad, who is a hilarious master of pasta sauce repurposing:

    10. This dad, who realized that his six-pack carrier is perfect for holding baby bottles:

    11. This dad, who used his kid's diaper to keep the Christmas lights hanger from scratching the paint:

    12. This dad, who is an artist, really:

    13. This dad, who added a not-so-secret ingredient to his kid's French toast to get them to eat it:

    14. This dad, who came up with a creative way to keep his kids from losing the remote:

    15. This dad, who realized his kid's insulated lunchbox makes a great beer cooler:

    16. This dad, who used a pizza cutter to make his kid's pasta easier for them to eat:

    17. And this dad, who found his way out a problem with a hilarious solution: