Or for younger kids, they have to pick up their toys and make their beds while you fold laundry. You have your own stuff to clean up anyway, right? This is another one where the kids race to finish, but this time it’s against you instead of the timer! Give them a reasonable task to complete, and let them know what yours will be as well.įor example, you’ll prep dinner, and they have to get the table cleared and set. The object of the game is to see if they can finish their job before the timer goes off! For younger kids, it may be easier of course to have you help, but always make sure they’re doing their share. With my kids only being 2 and 4, we usually do it in 5 minute increments with smaller jobs to complete in that time. Set a timer for a certain amount of time, depending on the age of your kiddos and the size of the mess. Then when it does stop, they have to freeze in place until it starts again. Aaaaaand repeat! Put on some fun music and have your kiddos race to put as much away as they can before the music stops. This one reminds me of freeze dance, but the cleaning version. I hope these clean up games for kids help your children learn some cleaning skills and have fun while doing it! 1. And really, we have a lot of fun doing it, too! So not only for my own sanity, but to teach them more responsibility as I mentioned earlier, we’ve been doing things the slow and steady way.īut it’s not necessarily fair to expect them to just start cleaning their toys up on their own out of nowhere! So I’ve compiled 20 clean up games for kids that have helped tremendously with my own little ones being more eagerly involved. They both have the tendency to be tiny wrecking balls and not give it a second thought. This is something I’ve tried to slow down and focus on with my kiddos lately. It’s just so much easier to do it yourself and get it done faster, you know? Especially since we as adults have way more than just toys to clean up, it feels overwhelming to spend all that time teaching them to pick up their part of the mess. If I’m honest, I don’t think I started giving Lulu enough responsibility for cleaning up as early as I should have. If you’ve ever had a toddler try to dump the dustpan in the garbage, just to tip it back onto the floor, you know what I mean lol! But this still gives the perfect opportunity to start good habits. The fun thing about toddlers and preschoolers is many times they get into a phase where they actually WANT to help! Er, well maybe that should be phrased as “help” haha. Kids are meant to create messes! Buuuuuuut with that mess comes the natural responsibility of cleaning it up afterwards. I also feel that it’s important for kiddos to play freely, so I don’t want to limit their fun too much for my desire to not create a mess. Responsibility!! This is a skill that goes so far beyond the cleanliness of your house, and will affect almost every aspect of their lives growing up. Not only does it minimize the headaches you have to deal with later, but it teaches them something incredibly important they’ll need for their entire lives. Taking care of their belongings, cleaning up after themselves, and having an active role in the housekeeping are all things that have to be taught to little ones, but are really beneficial. I really want to instill good cleaning habits in my kiddos, as I’m sure most other parents do as well. And the amount of laundry they create is out of this world!
Looking at the mess of toys everywhere and frustrated that your kiddos won’t help clean it up? I hear you mama! These 20 clean up games for kids will help you get them involved and maybe even turn housekeeping into some fun family time 🙂Ĭleaning takes on a whole new meaning when you have kids, amiright? It always feels like I have 2 bulldozers following behind me making a mess AS I pick up.
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