How to Make Laundry Fun for Kids

Finding it hard to get your little one to help with laundry? Add more play to everyday chores and your kids will be bubbling for more!

It’s laundry day and you have a mountain of dirty clothes on your hands. Time to call in reinforcements. You guessed it; the kids!

Little ones can learn a lot by doing everyday household chores. From training their motor skills to learning to take care of the house and time management, chores provide essential skills for later in life. Laundry, in particular, is a fantastic way to introduce kids to household tasks at a young age (not least of all because they produce so much of it!).

Want to know how to make laundry more fun? All you need is a good dose of play and some of these top tips! We can smell the fresh linen already...

Music magic

What task isn’t made more fun with a bit of music? Lift the mood by creating an upbeat laundry playlist for you and your little helper. Add songs that are themed around teamwork, having fun and of course, getting things squeaky clean! Your little one will look forward to every laundry day if they associate it with songs they know and love. May we suggest The LEGO Movie theme song? “Everything is awesome, everything is cool if you’re part of a team”... No? Just us, then?

Sorting and separating

Towels in one pile, T-shirts in another! Sorting and separating clothes is a great way to hone cognitive abilities in young kids. Find an area for your child to base themselves and give them clear instructions. This could involve separating the lights from the darks or sorting clothes by type, color or owner. Grouping objects is great for problem-solving and you can give pointers if they’re unsure.

Psst! Did you know you can nurture your kids’ sorting and matching skills with LEGO® DUPLO® bricks? Get them to sort by size, color or brick type!

Build n’ wash!

While your clothes are spinning away, keep your little one engaged with a timed challenge! 

LEGO DUPLO bricks are made for little hands and have been designed to train those all-important EQ and IQ skills. While you wait for your wash cycle to complete, challenge your kid to build something awesome! Could it be a colorful house? Or maybe even a flying car? Once the wash is done, they’ll know their time is up and it’s time for you to check out their creation! 

Want more? Here’s why play is so important for children in their early years...

Build n’ wash!

While your clothes are spinning away, keep your little one engaged with a timed challenge!

LEGO DUPLO bricks are made for little hands and have been designed to train thoseall-important EQ and IQ skills. While you wait for your wash cycle to complete, challenge your kid to build something awesome! Could it be a colorful house? Or maybe even a flying car? Once the wash is done, they’ll know their time is up and it’s time for you to check out their creation!

Want more? Here’s why play is so important for children in their early years...

Peg, please?

If you're air-drying clothes, give your little one the smaller items to hang on the drying rack, such as underwear or socks, and while they handle the lower rails, you can take care of the high ones.

If you have a washing line, your child can oversee the peg basket – a very special role!

As you make your way down the line, ask for different colors of pegs, or question how many pegs are left so they can use their counting skills. Teamwork!

The perfect match

Finding matching pairs of socks is always a challenge, right? There’s always that one

sneaky sock that manages to get away. We believe that any mundane task can be made fun, so why not turn sock matching into a game?

Race to see who can match the most socks in a certain time. You’ll be surprised how competitive it gets! If there are any unpaired socks at the end, ask your child to put them aside, ready to find a match on the next laundry day. And if that elusive second sock never shows up? Draw on some eyes and turn it into a sock puppet for your little one to play with!

Folding and putting away

There’s no better feeling than having fresh laundry waiting in your wardrobe. Once the laundry is folded, your child can help by putting it into baskets or taking each pile to the correct bedroom. 

If your child is old enough, teach them how to fold! Because families who fold together have more time for playing!

Feeling inspired for your next laundry day? Now your little one can enjoy it, too! Tailor chores to your child’s age or developmental stage and start simple, building up to trickier tasks as they get older. They’ll be laundry pros in no time!