A few weeks ago I stumbled upon this silly little trick, and it's made cleaning up lots of fun! We had a few party blowers laying around and Big Brother kept blowing them. I'll admit, it was driving me crazy, as I was trying to get dinner finished. Finally I told him he could only blow it when he put away a toy. He instantly got to work, happily cleaning up toys while tooting on the party blower. Pretty soon almost everything was put away!
I know that the novelty will eventually wear off, so we save it only for big clean up tasks. For now, he's really excited when I let him know that it's a day we're going to use the party blowers for pick up time.
I'd love to hear from you, what tricks do you have for getting kids to help clean up?
What a fun idea! I'm just stopping by from the HDYDI link party. The 'clean up song' has worn off in our home too... :-( So, I'm looking forward to trying this idea! Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteI hope it helps in your house, it's definitely fun for us!
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