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 my kids would love to decorate their own cleaning bucket. I think I would also purchase more baskets.
Hmm.. I would attack our garden/outdoor closet!
This would help me get a jumpstart on mantel reno project!
I find tasks for my son that match his ability. He just started washing the plastic containers and other things we don't put in the dishwasher. Success!
I find tasks for my son that match his ability. He just started washing the plastic containers and other things we don't put in the dishwasher. Success!
I'm moving this summer and really need to clean out my clothes beforehand… dresser AND closet. It's just so hard to do alone. You need someone to tell you straight up what fits and what doesn't!
I would organize my cleaning closet, love those clips that hold brooms and mops!
Awesome buckets! I am definitely excited to create my own beautifully organized cleaning space! Thanks for the fun ideas to get me started!
Cute idea! My laundry room is in need of some major organization lovin.
I'd love to redo/clean up our living room and create a better space for our "soon to be crawling" little lady.
I've been planning to build some frames to display my children's art.
I give my kids rags for 'skates' along with a squirt bottle of water or some kid-friendly cleaning spray. They spray the floor, then 'skate' on it to clean the floor!
Love your pretty buckets! My is so ugly and boring now I want to give it a face-lift!
I'm building a folding screen as wall art to de-emphasize a big flatscreen, and just finished reorganizing my storage unit and Christmas decorations. (The better to fit the clearance buys from this year, don't you know?)
This post couldn't have come at a more perfect time because I've been desperate to clean my house but have been lacking the motivation to actually get it done! Thank you for inspiring me and for this awesome giveaway, too!
I need to clean closets aplenty!
This is wonderful! We are starting a project that includes the entryway/closet area where I'd like to put up some hooks and cabinets of sorts to make it appear to be a mudroom though it's not a large area. We need a little more organizing and I think this would work for us.
We most definitely need to start working in my son's room – his closet and the bathroom/linen closet.
Definitely a laundry room makeover!
Getting ready for Spring cleaning!!!
I would use the gift card to update the lighting in bedroom. That boring old ceiling light needs help!
I need to organize every cabinet and closet in my home!
We desperately need to tackle our entry way…I want to build a custom shelving unit that has storage spots for baskets (hats/mittens), hooks for hanging coats, and space on top for displaying artwork. Thanks for inspiration!
We have two closets screaming for some organization. And a lackluster guest room waiting for a feel final touches. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I need to organize our closets….shelving, make use of wall space, etc!
Love those buckets, so creative! I badly need to clean my laundry room! There is a funky smell coming from there that I have to find, along with a lot of scrubbing and organizing…
Oh, so many things I could use that for, including making cleaning buckets for my kids! We do 5-minute cleanups in our house, where we set the timer and everyone races around clearing up clutter and putting things away. It's crazy how much you can get done in 5 minutes!
I'm so excited to start painting the new house we have under contract!
I would love to 'finish' my mud room with shelves and other items to help me get organized.
Clever idea! Also, tell me about that fabulous wall paper on the back of your shelves. Love that you tacked it down, too!
We would use it to put in place some much needed organizational systems!
All of the windows in my house need a deep cleaning, so I would use it for that!
Hi – what a cute idea for kids! Thanks for the opportunity – I have lots of upcoming projects for home this spring, but really the big one is redoing my side entry. It really needs some fixing and updating.
We are renovating our daughters bathroom. I would use the giveaway to fluff the linen closet in there since I am so inspired by your cleaning closet! Swoon!
Our basement and laundry room could use a good cleaning, organizing and painting!
Our kitchen and closets could use a good cleaning and organizing
I would love to get my craft supplies more organized. Slightly out of control at the moment…..
I cant wait to get my kids involved in cleaning and organizing
Our upstairs (which is still a mess of boxes from our move 4 months ago) could use some major cleaning and organizing!
My front closet needs a major facelift and $ to Home Depot would go a long way for supplies to make a beautiful closet like yours!
clean the inside of the car
This is an excellent idea. What a great way to help a child have agency over something that is usually the last thing they want to do!
I’d love a gift card from Home Depot. We’re going to re-finish our butcher block counter-top. Big job.
We are planning to remodel our master bath which has NO storage whatsoever thanks to a monstrous HOT TUB, so am sure this would come in useful.
I need to get the storage shelves in our bonus/guest room cute-ified and under control!
GREAT IDEA! My grandaughter is only 16 months old and she loooooves to clean. She may not be able to talk yet, but she understands everything I'm saying. We have more pictures of her 'cleaning' and 'organizing' than playing:)
We're still working on decorating our apartment after over a year of living in it! This month we're finally re-painting the dining room.
It is the classic "Navajo White" paint that every apartment manager puts on the walls; it's really a dull yellow and looks awful in low light. We're going to change it to a crisp white, and then finally hang that huge atlas print I got for Christmas!
Hoping it will give us the motivation to re-paint the living room, too!
We're in the midst of turning our new to us house into our home. So many projects this could be used for!
I would use it to make my 1933 Brooklyn apartment the cleanest its EVER been!
I would love to fix up my closet under the basement stairs pretty similar to this one. Never thought of a cleaning closet so I think I would spend that money towards supplies to make it look like that!!! dmeerzam@yahoo.com