11 great laundry time saving tips that you should teach your children to do

Washing, like any other housework, is time consuming but boring and tiring. Hence, we often tend to want to resolve them in the shortest amount of time. Although washing machines have made washing easier, we still have to spend hours cleaning clothes, shoes and other items.

If your child is grown up and you want to teach your child to do the laundry so they can do their own laundry, show them 11 tips that will help you save time in a scientific way.

Let aFamilyToday Health discover tips to help you save time washing slightly.

1. Keep sneakers from hitting the drum

Washing sneakers by hand takes a lot of time and is not fun, so you can show your kids how to wash them in the washing machine. However, if you do not know the good tips when washing sports shoes with the machine, the shoes will bump into the washing machine cage, causing a loud noise. Therefore, show your child these simple steps:

Tie the 2 excess shoelaces together (The laces are tied on the shoes)

Hang your shoelaces on the washer door

Close the door of the washer and turn it on.

In this way, your baby's shoes will be washed without being bumped around inside the washing bucket. From there protect the washing machine as well as avoid making loud noises when the baby is washing shoes. In addition, you can also show your baby how to put shoes in the laundry bag to protect them.

2. Turn clothes upside down when washing

Instruct your child to classify light-colored and dark-colored clothes into 2 groups and wash them separately to avoid color staining and keep new clothes longer. Also, before your baby put the laundry in the washing machine, you should instruct your child to turn the garment over. This may sound strange, but turning the garment upside down before washing helps prevent it from discoloring from rubbing against the washing machine and other clothes.

We often find ways to remove coffee or tea stains from clothes. However, if you want to keep your whole family's dark clothes from fading, instruct your baby to make 2 cups of coffee or black tea, then put them in the washing bucket. This will prevent dark clothes from fading.

3. Put the extra money in a jar

You and your baby often leave things in their bags and remember them only when taking the clothes out of the washing machine. Items left in the pocket such as money, paper clips, keys, ATM cards ... will sometimes cause the washing machine to have trouble operating.

So to avoid that, find a jar and keep it near the family washing machine. First, seeing the jar every time you put something in the washing machine will prompt you or your baby to check your pocket and pants before putting them in the washing machine. In addition, the jar will be a “mini storage” to help you and your baby remove all the found items while sorting clothes before putting them in the washing machine.

4. Use hydrogen peroxide to clean shoes

Many families do not wash their sports shoes with a machine for fear of damaging the tub. But what if my baby's sneakers are too dirty and smell bad? A simple way to clean shoes is to use hydrogen peroxide .

Please guide your baby to pour hydrogen peroxide on the sole. Soon, the hydrogen peroxide bubbles, the dirt will be blown away and all the unpleasant odors will be gone. After that, the baby just needs to wash the shoes with clean water and dry them.

5. Use dishwashing liquid instead of bleach

Your baby's clothes are dirty, you want to instruct your child on how to remove the stains on the clothes before they are firmly attached to the fabric but the bleach is gone. No problem, you can instruct your baby how to use dishwashing liquid instead. Your baby just needs to apply a little dishwashing liquid to the stain, wait a few minutes and then put it in the washing machine as usual.

6. Use aspirin to bleach clothes and remove stains

Over time, your child's white uniforms may turn gray or yellowish. Moreover, normal washing can also hardly remove stubborn sweat on clothes.

That way, to be able to "transform" the child's clothes white again, you instruct your child to crush aspirin pills  into powder and add bleach or laundry detergent. You can also just have your child dissolve 10 aspirin tablets in 10 liters of water, soak the clothes in this water for 7 hours, then wash again as usual. This method works even with old stains.

7. Find something to replace the laundry bag

Washing bags are often used to ensure that small items such as socks, underwear or rubbing towels are "lost" after washing. However, laundry bags are often not durable and you may not always have enough laundry bags to use or your baby wants to wash stuffed animals but the laundry bag is too small.

In these cases, you can only have your baby use a pillowcase with a zipper or drawstring instead. In addition, you can also tell your baby how to use a regular pillowcase and use a string to tie the pillow cover. So the baby has immediately a laundry bag "utility" to use.

8. Wash backpack properly

After a picnic, your baby can wash backpacks and sports bags in the washing machine, but here are a few things to guide your child to note.

First instruct your child to vacuum the backpack or bag before washing it to make sure there aren't any small debris left behind.

Next, you show your child how to clean the zipper with a toothbrush. This makes the zipper of the backpack and sports bag easy to open and close. Remember, remind your child not to clean the backpack or sports bag in hot water or soap as this may impair some of the fabric's moisture barrier properties.

Finally, show your child how to put a backpack or sports bag into the laundry bag before placing it in the drum. Your baby can also add a small amount of bleach to the laundry water to increase the washing effect.

9. Wash blankets

Your baby has grown up and you want him to make his own bed, wash his blanket and blanket. Then this weekend, you can teach your child how to make the bed, show him the tip of washing the sheets to make them soft.

After your baby has cleaned the bed, changed the sheets, or new pillow covers, instruct your baby to mix 1/2 cup of baking soda with 1 cup of water and add 1/2 cup of vinegar to make a blanket laundry solution. In addition, your baby can also add 10 drops of his favorite essential oil to this solution to create the smell. Then, you just let your baby soak a sponge in the solution above and put in the laundry with blankets. After washing, your baby's blanket will smell soothing and very soft.

You should remind your baby to add 1/2 cup of vinegar to the washing bucket before rinsing, this will help remove other difficult stains on sheets.

10. How to remove stubborn stains

Milk: Your child's white uniform is stained with ink, show your child how to use milk to remove ink stains. Instruct your child to soak the shirt in milk for 30-40 minutes, then wash as usual.

Hydrogen peroxide and kerosene: Give a tip to removing chocolate stains with hydrogen peroxide or kerosene. To remove this stain, your baby just needs to pour some hydrogen peroxide or kerosene over the stain and rinse clothes when the stains are gone. But one thing you should pay attention to is that hydrogen peroxide fades clothes, so your baby should only use oxygen with white clothes only.

Lemon juice and baking soda: Show your baby how well this mixture can remove sweat stains. Instruct your child to mix baking soda and lemon together, then apply it to the stain, let it sit for 15 minutes, and wash again.

Salt: Berries stains on clothing can be quickly treated with salt. Show your child how to rub salt on the stain and wait until the salt has absorbed all the color. Only have your child use a soft, dry brush to remove salt and rinse clothes in cold water.

Dishwashing liquid: This kind of cleaning solution can help remove ketchup stains from your clothes. After your baby takes the fever-stained thing to wash with dishwashing liquid, instruct your child to put some hydrogen peroxide on the stain and let it sit for 15 minutes and then proceed to wash the clothes again as usual.

Rice flour, cornstarch: These two types of flour can help your baby remove grease stains on clothes after a session with friends in the kitchen. Instruct your child to sprinkle the powder on the stain, let it sit for about 30 minutes. Then shake off the powder on the shirt and take it to wash in hot water.

White vinegar: This useful spice can also help remove blood stains from clothes. Children just pour a little vinegar on the stain and let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then wash as usual.

Warm water mixed with salt: If, unfortunately, after the picnic, your baby's clothes are covered with crushed grass, you just have to instruct your child to mix salt in warm water and use that water to soak things for 2 hours. Then, the baby put the clothes in the washing machine as usual.

11. Do laundry while traveling

If your family travels a lot and has a habit of doing their own laundry instead of letting the hotel service do it, then you should give your child a useful laundry tip with plastic bags. This allows your baby to wash his own clothes and you won't be too busy.

Instruct your child to put things in a plastic bag, fill it with water, add a little detergent or soap, and shake and squeeze the bag well. This is fun, isn't it? Make sure your baby is only doing this gently to prevent water from spilling out or breaking the bag. Finally, the baby just need to rinse clothes with water to clean and dry the clothes only. This method is also very useful if your family is hiking.

The above simple tips are very useful for your baby and you, helping your family do not spend too much time and effort on washing clothes. Thanks to that, the whole family has more time together.