The Best Beach Tent for Babies and Toddlers

Looking for an easy affordable beach tent for your baby or toddler? I’m here to share which one we have and why we chose it. I was trying to figure out what the hell do we even do with a baby who is crawling, on the BEACH? I love me some beach and sun, but the sand is NOT my jive. I wasn’t sure how I was supposed to keep a crawling baby out of the sand and the hot sun. And how would my 2 year old would handle any of this, since I know she doesn’t like her hands to get messy??

I asked friends on my personal Facebook page. Looked up You Tube videos. I researched for hours trying to figure out what was the best beach tent for babies and toddlers. My biggest hang up was that most tents out there were really hard to put back together. Knowing that we would need to take the tent and put it up and down a few times a day, I needed something easy. My messy mind does NOT do well with things that are complicated to put together.

My friend recommended The California Beach Tent Co., so I decided to try it for myself. (I did become an affiliate for the company so the links provided here will allow me to get a small commission upon any purchases). It came quickly and I was amazed at how easy, nice and portable it was. It also can double as a playpen to sleep in, for camping and river days. I was so thrilled with it that I KNEW this needed a space on the blog!!

The one thing I did want to note-you need to order the mattress separately. I didn’t order it, and it was perfectly fine to use it without one for what we needed. (I emailed the company to be sure!) However, if I was using it as a playpen for naps, I would want to order the mattress.

The tent comes in a slim carry bag (it is about the size of a camping style chair and doesn’t take up much space). We drove over 20 hours one way so space was tight, but this tent was very compact. If you plan to fly and take this with, I would check with the airline first to see if it would fit what they require.

Overall I am extremely pleased with our new baby beach tent and I know we will use it for camping, playing outside and beach days!! Here is a video of me setting it up!!! It literally is the easiest thing ever!!