Beach vacations with children, the must-have clothing items

August 4, 2022

What clothes to choose and how to organize your suitcase and outfits to best enjoy your beach vacation with kids: follow our tips!

The beach vacations with children can be a lot of fun, but they can also be quite tiring: keeping up with the pace of little ones, who have so much energy and desire to play, can sometimes be difficult for adults who would like to rest.

One way to make things easier is to have impeccable organization, starting with the suitcase: here are our tips on how to organize your suitcase for a beach vacation with children by choosing the items of clothing RIGHT.

How to organize the children's suitcase

Choosing what to bring and what to wear on vacation, for yourself and your children, is a real commitment: we want to simplify this task by helping you organize the perfect suitcase for your children, with the really must-have items that they will look forward to wearing!

The first tip is to choose the looks in advance: choosing what to have the kids wear for each day of vacation - barring any last-minute unforeseen events - is a sure way to avoid wasting time organizing outfits day by day.

How to adjust?

You have to consider that children change even more often than adults, because they play and get their clothes dirty more easily. Ideally, you should consider at least 3 changes per day for each child, divided as follows:

one outfit for the beach
one for the afternoon
one outfit for the evening

If you have the opportunity, it would also be ideal to already organize the pairings so that you can carefully select the items to pack and not waste time when it's time to get dressed.

But what are the really must-have items for a beach vacation with kids? Let's discover together the must-haves of the season for boy and girl.

The must-have items for children's summer wardrobe.

I swimsuits are clearly the stars of summer, for everyone but especially for children. The ideal swimsuit, for boy and girl, must combine comfort and style to allow the child to move freely and enjoy the sea, without sacrificing to indulge his tastes and personality, making a trendy outifit.

Sea Look.

For the children's swimwear, the choice to be made mainly concerns the model: briefs or beach boxers? The ideal is to have at least one in each category, so as to vary. Summer 2022 offers bright colors, such as the yellow of these Moschino beach boxers and of the Dsquared2 beach briefs, the neon green of the Move briefs, the red, also chosen by Dsquared2 for these boxer shorts with a sporty cut. Also the bold and colorful patterns are a must this year: we find them repurposed by various brands, such as 4Giveness, F**K e Move.

The perfect match for the sea is with the Sensi slippers, unisex and available in various colors and patterns, and with a tank top or a T-shirt.

Also with regard to baby girl swimsuits, there is an embarrassment of choice in patterns and colors: 2022 says yes to the patterns even for baby girls and to bangs e ruffles, while the range of patterns remains varied, from the piece one-piece to the bikini with bandeau, one-shoulder o triangle. Completing the look are the baby girl slippers and the cover-up, to choose from the wide selection of cover-ups, beach dresses and baby girl rompers proposed by Planet Kids.

Afternoon Look.

For summer afternoons, the perfect outfit includes. t-shirts and shorts for him, skirt and top for her.

For boys it ranges from the more sporty proposals with bermuda shorts in sweatshirt, like these Diadora o Daniele Alessandrini, e t-shirts with print, to get to more elegant fits, perfect for evening, like this striped short or this belted short, both by I'm Brian, to pair with polo shirts and shirts with a more classic cut. Also unmissable are the denim shorts, versatile and suitable for multiple occasions.

For little girls, it is best to prefer girl skirts wide and in soft materials, which guarantee comfortable movements, such as these proposals by Gaelle e Moschino. Alternatively, very trendy this summer is the choice of the cyclist, leggings just above the knee in different patterns and colors, perfect to pair with maxi shirt or to tops sportswear.

Evening Look.

After the afternoon games, it's time to go to dinner.

For the evening the looks become more elegant for both boy and girl: for him, in addition to bermudas with a more classic cut and more traditional patterns, the shirt is the perfect choice: the white is always a good idea, both in more jaunty and in those casual e traditional. Trends 2022 also promote patterned half-sleeve shirts, to be worn alongside basic models in neutral colors. Discover all our baby shirts here.

For baby girls a dress is a simple and striking choice: you really are spoiled for choice between colors, patterns, lengths and fits. Among the 2022 trends we point out the t-shirt dresses, the floral patterns, the tulle and the shirt dresses: discover them all here.