Top Family Spring Cleaning Tips

Spring is that time of the year when nature is awakening and new ideas are being born. No wonder we’re somehow overwhelmed with the urge to deep clean our home and yard! Life seems nice, the sun is shining, the birds are chirping joyfully and you can feel the warm breeze on your skin. The only thing that would improve your mood, even more, is a spotless home. And the best thing is that you can have that with some good organization and cleaning tips, with the help of the whole family. This is also a great opportunity for you to teach your kids some responsibility. You teach how they can maintain their own rooms neat and tidy as well.

Before you start, keep in mind the fact that as there are sustainable interior design trends, there are sustainable cleaning tips as well. When it comes time to do big spring cleaning with your family, you should start by making a plan. Along the way, you should think about who could do what. You should get rid of clutter and donate stuff. As for the kids’ toys, you should apply the rotation technique - more on that later. You should have a spot for everything as it will make daily and weekly cleaning easier and faster. When cleaning, remember to always start from top to bottom. You shouldn’t forget the walls and windows. It’s important to remember and keep things real.

1. Make a plan

Spring cleaning is a complex process that takes some time and you should pay attention to certain areas during spring cleaning. Making a plan helps you not overlook anything. Give your home a thorough inspection. Think about the critical areas, the areas that you need the most time for as well as areas that can’t be done by one person. The best way to do that is to go room by room and make a list of things that need to be done. When you have a plan, you can be more focused.

2. Include the kids

Spring cleaning is a lot easier if you involve the whole family. This is a great opportunity to teach your kids some valuable things regarding cleaning and organization. Depending on how old your kids are, they can focus on their room(s) or help you out with the rest of the house. You can help your kids organize their rooms and toys. They can sort their toys in the way you explain them to. For instance, favourite toys and toys they don’t play with. If you see that they can’t exactly do that, then you will have to do it yourself while they are at the child care centre.

3. Get rid of clutter and donate stuff

We tend to pile things in our homes over the years. This is especially true with kids in kids. The key to a spotless, tidy and neat home is having less. That means that you should evaluate things around your home. Toss out broken things if they are beyond repair. Get rid of things you don’t use as they take up precious space. You don’t need to throw them out but you can donate them to somebody who can use it. There are places that take such stuff and give them to people in need. The point is that you should only have things that you use and that are functional. It’s a lot easier to clean when you have fewer things around.

4. Apply rotation technique to toys

Perhaps you’ve heard of this technique and perhaps you haven’t. This is a useful technique to apply if your kids have way too many toys and they never know what to play with. This technique says that you should take away some toys and put them away. And then, when your kids get bored with the toys they have, you can bring back the ones you took and put away others. They will be happy about the toys you bring back as if they were new. This is a great way to keep their rooms organized and neat and to have happy kids who know how to play.

5. Have a spot for everything

The key to an organized and clean home, in the long run, is to have a spot for everything. There should be a place for all the things such as the keys, incoming papers and mail, jackets, shoes, bags and everything else. And the whole family should know where everything should be. Try to teach your kids that everything should be put off right away. You can do that by showing them with your example. This is a tip that can provide you with a sparkly home every day of the year, not just in spring. But, spring is somehow the best season to implement such practices.

6. Clean from top to bottom

One of the most essential spring cleaning tips is to always start from the ceiling down. This is the best way as it saves you from doing double work of re-dusting. So, when it comes to actually cleaning the house, you should start with cleaning away spider webs. You can use the vacuum cleaner to remove dust and spider webs. After you’ve done that, you should move on to furniture and other items. Exclude the floor for now. Dust and clean these and only then move to vacuuming and mopping the floors.

7. Don’t forget the walls and windows

People vacuum and clean the floors every few days or at least every week. However, windows and window treatments are often forgotten. Spring is the ideal time to clean the windows and wash the blinds as well as the curtains. Spring is also the time when we can best see stained windows as it’s bright and shiny outside. Improve your view with sparkling windows. You need a window cleaner, a leather rag for windows and a cotton rag to do a great window cleaning job.

Spring cleaning your home with your family can be really fun if you play some music and take chores out of a chore hat - consider adding these to make it more enjoyable.