Games and strategies to turn chores into playtime!
Players begin by finding a bag to be their traveling satchel and filling it with nine items that need to be put away. One item to represent each of the nine items that the adventurers carried with them to help them on their quest:
Number of players: 2+ Materials needed: A pair of 6 sided dice How to: Choose who goes first (click here for ways to pick who goes first). Take turns rolling the dice: If a 3, 4, 5 or 6 is… Read moreThe Dice Cleaning Game
Number of Players: 3+ How to: Assign one player to be in charge of the music first (the music maestro). All other players find an item that is out of place and stand in a circle. The music maestro then… Read moreClean Potato
Number of players: 2+ In honor of the Fourth of July, this week’s game is patriotic! To begin, players should gather all items that are out of place in the room and put them in a pile in the center… Read moreRed, White and Clean
Number of players: 1+ In this cleaning game, the rooms of the house are “locked” and players can only move from one room to the next if they have a key for the room that they want to enter. “Keys”… Read moreKeys to the Kingdom
Number of Players: 1+ How to: Players begin by gathering everything that is out of place in the room (gathering seeds) and lining the items up in rows on the floor (planting seeds). Once all of the items out of… Read moreTidy Farmers
In this game, players compete to be the first one to complete a goal. Start by choosing who goes first (click here for a list of ways to pick who goes first). The first player then decides on a goal and announces it to the other player(s). All players should then stand in a row. When all players are in place, they can count down from three and then…
Place a pillow case of unpaired socks in the middle of the table. It works best to have a minimum of 10 socks per player (5 pairs) – the more socks, the better! Each player should close their eyes, reach into the pillow case and pull out 5 socks. Players should keep the socks in their “hand” secret from the other players…
Number of players: 1+ In this game, players must clean in alphabetical order. The first item they pick up should start with an “A.” The next item should start with a “B” and so on until they have gone through… Read moreThe Alphabet Cleaning Game
Classic Cleaning Games: Red Light, Clean Light – Choose a player to be the first “traffic controller.” The traffic controller calls out “clean light” and all players start cleaning the room as quickly as possible…