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Your favorite TV show is going to come on in an hour and your room is a complete mess. Your mom wants it done or she will not let you to watch your favorite show unless the room is cleaned. What will you do? That's right, clean your room, in the hour you have to spare.
Part 1
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Tidying the easy things
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1Take everything off your bed and make it. Put a new blanket sheet and pillow cover. This will make your room look cleaner already.
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2Make a pile of your dirty clothes and put it outside your room.
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3Look all over the room so you can find all of the stuff that does not belong there or doesn't even belong in the room.
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4Pick up all of the stuff that is on the floor and isn't in the right place. Put everything in its right place.
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5Take your rubbish to the bin.
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6After that, take your dirty clothes to the washing machine.
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Part 2
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Cleaning the room
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1Take a broom or vacuum. Use it to clean up all the dust. Pick up any food that is on the floor.
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2Mop the floor so you can get all the stains and all the sticky stuff off the floor.
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3Clean your bedside table.
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4Use glass cleaner and clean everything made of glass like a TV, computer, or mirror.
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5Clean your desk dust. Vacuum clean your picture frames, mirrors and windows.
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6Vacuum to clean all the dust and scum off of the bedhead (if relevant).
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7Dust the book shelves and books. If you have a library in your room, then put all the chapter books with the chapter books and all the easy books with the easy books.
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8Put all the CDs and the DVDs in alphabetical order so you can have an easier time looking seeing what DVDs or CDs you want and what DVDs or CDs you don't want.
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9Finished! Reward yourself with a small treat.
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Community Q&A
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QuestionHow can I tidy up a messy kid's room?Community AnswerUse bins to organize and donate things they don't use or play with anymore. If there is anything they don't want to part with, make a memory box.
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QuestionWhat should I do if my family is doing construction and a lot of their stuff is in my bedroom?Community AnswerTidy a corner of your room first, and carefully place all the construction stuff there. Then tidy your room normally.
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QuestionWhat do I do if I don't have any time to clean my room?Community AnswerTry doing a bit of tidying when you get home from school/work. Do this every day until you have finished. It will take a while, but the end result will be worth it!
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Warnings
- Make sure that the glass cleaner says that you can use it on electronics safely or you might short-circuit one of the devices.⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Do not overwork yourself, you might actually work much slower than if you actually took regular breaks.⧼thumbs_response⧽
- Don`t shove stuff where it does not go, it will just make it harder.⧼thumbs_response⧽
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Things You'll Need
- Broom
- Vacuum cleaner
- Glass cleaner
- A clean bed sheet and pillow sheet
- Garbage bags
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