I posted my cleaning schedule last week when I shared my cleaning closet redo and some of you were curious if my girls help with the household work.
Evie helps out too, but my two older girls are old enough to do some real cleaning as part of their weekly chores. To make their chores a little more exciting (a stretch, I know!) and to give them more ownership, the girls and I decided they needed their own cleaning kits. So we went to Home Depot together and shopped for some supplies to make the kits. We found a huge display with duct tape in all different colors and we thought that would make a cute (and waterproof!) decoration for simple white buckets.
We also picked up some colorful nylon cording.
The girls and I worked together to wrap the buckets in layers of the duct tape. If you roll the bucket while pulling the tape really taut, there won’t be any air bubbles or wrinkles.
Then we used a hot glue gun to wrap the handles in the nylon cording.
It’s surprising to me how putting in even a little extra effort to make something beautiful gives a household item so much more importance. My girls love these buckets and they’ve been diligently doing their chores lately! Success!
The Home Depot and P&G want to give away a few things today so one of you readers can kick start your own cleaning and organizing project! To enter to win a $200 gift card to The Home Depot along with some cleaning products including Febreze Air Effects, Bounty Select-A-Size and Charmin Ultra Soft, simply leave a comment on this post and share what project you have in mind. Or share what you do to help get your kids excited to help cleaning!
oh! i need this to get started on creating a nursery for our first baby (a daughter we're also naming evie – after my husband's mother).
I really want to redo our second full bath upstairs – it's our guest bath and it really could use some life!
I need help with my bedroom! I'll get it organized and then bam the next day it's mess again. I'm not very good with consistancy… haha
I would use it to spruce up our rental kitchen….it needs to major cleaning and TLC!
We have lots of projects, but definitely need to clean, decorate, and organize the guest room!
I have some projects planned for my office space that will be moving to make room for baby!
I would totally make cleaning buckets for my kids! In fact, even if I don't win, I will. I know this would be a thrill for them to help with the chores.
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Our upstairs bedroom. Lovingly named the Hoarder room.
My husband and I are on a light fixture switching out binge, so we'd probably use it to tackle another one! I have my eye on some pretty pendants :)
Ever since I saw your original post on your awesome cleaning closet, I've been trying to figure out where I could do something like that as my cleaning supplies are scattered between the bathroom and kitchen. I have a small little closet in the bathroom that I think I can modify to fit my supplies. I just need to figure out the best way to do it to fit everything!
I'm working on a chore chart for my 7 year-old to earn his allowance.
We have a new house, and I have a few organizing projects in mind. Would love to win!
sooo pretty! who would have thunk it?
i'd like to optimize my closet storage… it's not pretty right now!
We need a coat closet makeover badly!
The buckets are soooo great!
And this giveaway would be a big help in cleaning out/organizing my disaster-zone basement…
Oh I'm looking forward to re-doing my daughter's closet.. it's in need of organizing and clearing out.
YOURE CREATIVITY IS BEYOND AMAZING!!! I am so jealous my girls are beyond the years were having a cute bucket brings fun into their chores–shoot, if I had one of these Id dust merrily !!! Who wouldn't ?
I could use these cleaning products as we are in the final " clean every nook and cranny" stages of our house to put it on the market. Winning would be awesome!
Keep amazing us !
I love this! Little details make a home. I need to redo our front coat closet – full of random stuff and super disorganized – even though it's the one closet guests see inside!
Cute buckets :) I'm looking to spruce up my laundry closets!
Cleaning, painting, and organizing our new place!
well i have to clean up my house to get ready to move in a month or 2 so this would be fantastic to win
amandahoffman35@yahoo.com if i win
I love this idea and your cleaning closet. I've been working so much lately that I need to inspire myself to clean.
We play music during chores, and we try to have a little celebration afterwards (though we also try really hard NOT to bribe our daughter to do chores. We're trying to teach her that having some responsibility around the house is part of being in a family). But we've been known to whip out some ice cream sandwiches after a busy afternoon of chore-doing! :)
I need to clean out and organize our pantry!
We are currently working on closet organization.
We are currently working on closet organization.
I want to redo our laundry room and add some more storage for cleaning products! This would be perfect!
What a neat project.
I just got a hand-me-down dining set when my parents upgraded. I'm looking to sand off the old paint, repaint, and then paint the dining room for good measure!
I have 2 rooms with damaged walls from stripping the 1980s wallpaper. I'd use the card to patch up the sheet rock and purchase some lovely new paint!
We have a half bath connected to the laundry room, both need a major revamp to be more attractive and clean!
I've got a couple of closets that badly need to be cleaned out!
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I'd love to get a better hold on my pantry- it's super disorganized now!
Those buckets are darling!
Would love to start organizing my laundry room. Alliemurphy at yahoo dot com
I'd use it to help redo a spare room and organize the closet (dumping spot)
Really need to organize my closets
I definitely need to organize our cleaning and linen closets. You have to stand back when you open them so you don't get hit by falling objects!
I would love this same idea for the bathroom – buckets for my daughter :) just wish they could make cleaning gloves that are kid size :)
I would set up a better play area for my baby so it's easier to tidy up at the end of the day.
We just bought a MAJOR fixer upper so where to start?! Definitely would put it to good use!
We have some active kids, so my next project is organizing the sports equipment. We have fencers, swimmers, runners, equestrians and a kid who also does archery- so you can imagine the variety of equipment shapes and sizes. My goal is that it will look great when stored and stay tidy and complete and ready to go when they are off to their next lesson, practice, match or game!
I need to fix up my house to sell, beginning with fence repair!
I'd love to organize our basement laundry room!
Jenny, that is such a cute idea, to decorate buckets for the girls. When my kids were younger they loved doing chores, especially spraying the windows and cleaning them. They are not so excited to do them anymore but my trick is to have one of them choose some music on Pandora and we rock out while we clean. It's kind of funny to see them jammin away while they clean their rooms :). We could use some cleaning supply organization – love how pretty your shelves are!
Love the cleaning bins! I'm thinking new blinds in the living room would help me finish up my space!
My husband and I don't have kids yet so all the cleaning is up to us! ha. TO get motivated we put a timer on, or a single song, and rush to finish a room or task before it's done!
I would get a new sink for my garage and finish organizing it!
I would get a new sink for my garage and finish organizing it!
I just cleaned out a closet that was in dire need of reorganization- I kept thinking of you for inspiration!