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Posted: March 07 2011 at 1:15pm | IP Logged Quote kristinannie
I am reading Confessions of a Happily Organized Family and the author had a fun game she talked about to get kids excited about cleaning. You take ping pong balls and write different chores on them. You set a timer and each kids gets to take a ball, do the job and get another ball.

Our house is a complete disaster right now since I have been sick with the flu and a head cold for two weeks. I haven't even gone in the playroom. So...I thought this was the perfect time to start this game. The kids LOVED it. I set the timer for 20 minutes and they cleaned for over an hour. Since they did such a good job, we are having family game night tonight and the winner gets to pick the games.

This game would work great for large families. I know these kind of things lose their excitement factor after awhile, but I am really excited about this one!!!!

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Posted: March 10 2011 at 1:07pm | IP Logged Quote Patty
I haven't done that particular game, but I used to make a game out of cleaning up when ours were younger. (Youngest is now 11). I would play some upbeat music and then say, everyone pick up 10 things and put them away! Hurry! They would scramble to do that, then we'd do 10 more. A handful of Legos or other small items would count as one thing. Soon the room was all picked up.
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