Hello, Texas Friends!
Dallas Maids here with an exciting new blog for the Christmas season. We’re eager to help you transform your home into a cozy haven for relaxation this end of the year with a list of the best cleaning tips for kids, the little ones who are the heart of the family.
We know better than anyone else how hard children might be when it comes to keeping a house clean, but it is never impossible to change that!
At Dallas Maids, we recall many cases where seeing our maids clean with such an enthusiastic and lovely attitude has had a great impact on them. By teaching and suggesting to our customers who are parents, we’ve slowly developed a step-by-step guide on how to encourage children to clean.
Consider it our holiday gift to you this Christmas 2025!
Make it fun
We know that cleaning a dusty closet doesn’t sound as appealing as drinking hot cocoa while watching a movie. Still, with the right ambiance and mindset, cleaning might become a fun holiday activity for the family!
Play a nice, merry Christmas playlist (or the music they like) and promise different prizes; make it a little challenge for them (especially if you have multiple children; competitiveness is always a great motivation).
Be creative
Give them cleaning supplies selected specially for them, in their favorite color, and a sticker with their name on it. This will give it a personal touch.
Tell them stories and create imaginary heroes that are related to their cleaning tools (and are similar to them, so they can empathize and feel admiration, which is a powerful feeling for developing habits).
Make it satisfying
The dopamine of rewards and positive affirmations is something no one can resist, especially kids! Offer them a prize for participation (for example, drinking chocolate milk and watching a movie—something fun you were already planning to do, but they do not need to know, right?) and a prize for “best” something.
For example, the “best floor cleaner” will get a pair of cookies, and the “best organizer” will get a marshmallow cup. This is just a starting point; you can exchange sweet treats for stickers on a family board that focuses on cleanliness and positive affirmations about how well they are doing. But if you could save the sweet treats of the week for the cleaning day, it will be an effective backup you’ll never forget!
Keep it simple
Making things fast and heavy will cause a step back in the progress. Even we, as adults, understand how hard it sounds to clean that pantry that we have been avoiding since 2021, or to scrub those dirty bathroom tiles we judge every day. Give them tasks progressively; start with 1-3 tasks a day, and assign them one at a time (so they feel like it is less overwhelming), and explain the tasks slowly and clearly.
Actually, the first 3-5 times you’ll do this activity will consist of explaining how to do things until they do it right. They will make mistakes and need your help constantly, so even when it gets hard, do not give up! Simply and slowly, introduce them to the world of cleaning! We believe in you.
If you feel like needing more help after reading our guide “Best Cleaning Tips for Kids”, click on dallasmaids.com to learn more about Cleaning Maid Easy or give us a call at +1 469-487-6669 and let us do it for you!
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