Need cleaning tips for five year old girls bedroom in desperate need or organiza

Try to break this down into small pieces.Doing an entire bedroom at one time can be a little over-whelming. Talk with your daughter 1. Are there clothes that no longer fit or she no longer wears 2. What about toys or games that she has lost interest in. Explain to her that these are items that could be donated to others to make some room in her bedroom. Also help her arrange her stuff--plastic storage boxes are great for coloring books, crayons, markers, small toys, hair accessories, etc. Explain to her that she will be helping others by donating stuff and also she will be better organized and able to find her things a lot easier. Hope this helps to make this experience a good one for both of you.

sure, I will tell you what worked for me and my kids. I bought two toy buckets, with big rope handles, and I let the kids fill them with their favorite stuff. Anything more had to be thrown away. This will give your girl enough toys to play with, and she gets to pick what to keep and the clutter will be thrown away because of the limit on the amount of stuff she gets to keep. You have to put your foot down and make sure she sticks to the rules. This worked for me.

yes I would take all her stuff and sort through it, have her put some of it into storage bins and put into the garage or perhaps in a play room or somewhere where it is not cluttering her room. This will help her to slowly let go of the stuff as later on you can talk with her about just donating or selling off the stuff that she has kept in storage. I would tell her that she needs to not have so much stuff in her room and that she can rotate per season, so for example if she has a lot of decorative stuff perhaps she should think about when she wants to have it out, if she has christmas stuff then when christmas is over, put into a storage box or bin and put away, until next christmas and the like...have her learn how to SEASON out her room, so each quarter if she wants to change her room around, she can go into her storage stuff and know that she has to replace something for something.... If she puts something in storage maybe she should also have something she can trash too, like say "How many times do you actually use this?" how important is this one vs. this one... Have you watched a show called CLEAN SWEEP? that is a great show....they take everything out of a room, have the couple sort through it all by putting three areas, keep, garbage and garage sale...then when they have done sorting, they are told to do it again and to take at least HALF of what they had in the keep into the garage sale and trash area.... it is painful but it makes them realize that they have too much stuff and need to just get rid of it... Sometimes selling stuff can be fun for kids as it makes them feel like they are making their OWN MONEY and she can use it for LOL getting more stuff or at least new stuff.... anyway, I do that with my whole house all the time, it is not fun and it is hard work but I try to do what I can and teach my kids the same thing, if I can just get my husband to let go of some of his thing that would be a lot helpful

Five year olds ? and so dominating? I think, you need to take a decision for them instead of letting them have their way

I usually go through the stuff in my 4 yr old's room when she is gone to her dad's. She usually realizes when something is missing too, but we discuss it and I explain to her why we have to get rid of some of the stuff. She typically gets over it shortly & moves on to the newer stuff. I feel if you don't teach them at this young age you are just setting the children up to be future pack rats.

This is such a hard time for kids because almost all five year olds are greedy and very stingy with their things. I would try explaining to her that she is a very lucky little girl to have all those things, and even though the toys/clothes made her happy when she first got them..they no longer entertain her...BUT, wouldn't it be great to make another little girl as happy as she had been and try to introduce her to giving to charity and the less fortunate. In the end, you just have to take control and tell her she can't keep it all, end of story. If she wants to throw a hissy, she'll simply have to.

I saw that you have many wonderful suggestions here. One more thing you can do is allot stars to her for every box she throws away and when she has around ten just give her something that she likes. make a wall for stars and stick them there. Its a good habit to inculcate and you can get hr to do many things if you reward her on number of stars.

chuck all her stuff out of a window and hey presto.

First of all YOU'RE the parent not her. Next she has to face reality sometime, have her choose her favorites, if she doesn't have any make her choose between 1 of two and so on. Discard outgrown or worn out things and have her make a box to give to a child who has need or less fortunate than she is. Or you might try and see if she want's to have a yard sale and get some money for her things that she can spend on something else special.

this wont work without her... sorting would be the best way to go, but she has to identify the things that she wants to be put together and work from there, by sorting out her things you will be able to clean up the room. work with her and ask her opinion, drawers or box, everything should have a place and try to keep it organize will always be up to her...

I have a 4 year old daughter, and her room sounds about the same as yours. I have found that if you put shelves on the walls, that works great for knick knacks. Toys R Us also sells the stuffed animal nets that hang in the corners of the room. They get a majority of stuffed toys off of the floor.

Break the whole of task into any smaller manageble tasks and you will be able to finish of them. Don't look at whole room it will make you sick.

I found some of the closet organzers in Home Depot. I am not sure where you are located but any store that deals with home improvement or home decor, you can find some neat ideas for kids room. The painting and wallpaper. Go to a furniture store and get her a bunkbed set that has everything in one, ie, computer desk, dresser drawers, etc.

more space = more fun

Could you persuade her that it would be a good idea to parcel up some old toys and books and clothes for children less fortunate than herself? Many children have a very active social consience once the idea is put to them, and maybe she would enjoy knowing that thinsg she really doesnt need any more have helped another little child somewhere?

I think storage boxes with pictures or words if she can read simple words on them will help her to sort and clean her own room. Also make a game out of it with her tell her that the things that she no longer wears or plays with goes in this box and the others go in the boxes with the pictures or words on them. Also tell her that she would be helping other boys and girls who do not have toys or clothes. Also another idea is to let her make up gift bags of clothes and toys to take to a local shelter or children's home and let her go with you to take them to them. I think that she is old enough to learn this and I think she will like the idea. My friend's daughter did, and she would throw major tantrums whenever my friend tried to get rid of anything.

Get lots of storage bins .. and pile everything in there ... get her help to sort out some things for other less fortunate than her .. and maybe let her help you take it to the charity shop whatever ... Outgrown clothes need to be passed on to someone who could use them ... and without sounding rude .. flippin' stop buying her stuff ... if you didn't keep buying her things they wouldn't be stacked up all over her bedroom ... Only buy what she really needs .. not just what she cries for ..

Start on one side of the room and work you way to the other side. I have the same problem as you because i have 2 girls in a small room 7 and 5, and they have more toys than they know what to do with. I bought a coupole of thise under the bed storage boxes and use them to store the toys that they rarely play with. I also got a big trash bag and and but the toys they haven't played with in a long time in it and stored them in the garage. That way if they realize something is missing I can got get it. I plan to leave it there for a month and if nothing is said I will take it to goodwill.

SOME PEOPLE HAS ATENDENCY TO KEEP EVERYTHING EVEN CHILDREN IT SEEMS THAT YOU HELP HER TO CON'T TO DO THIS FOR FIVE YEARS BY NOT SETTING DOWN SONE TYPE GUIDELINES FOR HER AS HOW TO CLEAN HER ROOM AND WHY SHE SHOULD DO SO. i HAD FIVE CHILDREN ONE BOY AND FOUR GIRLS AND I TAUGHT THEM EARLY THAT CLEANESS WAS NEXT TO GODLINESS AND FILTH WAS A HEALTH HARZARD TO US ALL. THEN I MADE SURE THAT ONCE A MONTH WE WE WENT THROUGH THEIR CLOSETS AND DISCARDS THINGS THEY COULD NO LONGER WEAR OR USE. WE GAVE THOSE ITEMS TO THE SALVATION ARMY OR GOODWILL FOR SOME LESS FORTUNEATE TO HAVE.TRY THIS AND TELL HER SHE IS HELPING SOME ONE WHO REALLY NEEDS SOME OF HER UNUSED ITEMS

Yeah, set a firm boundary and be her parent. Gather up the stuff she rarely plays with. next gather up the stuff she has outgrown. Then tell her you are taking it to the Salvation Army or to a women's shelter. Tell her she will be helping other kids who are not as fortunate as her. When she starts to cry, keep doing what you are doing. Load her in the car and then take her to the shelter or Salvation Army, mission, church, whatever and let her see where it's going. This will teach her to be selfless and to do good deeds. You are the parent. Not her.