After having 4 kids, we have TONS of bathtub toys. Boats, ABC letters, cups, sponge animals, fish and more. Having a variety of toys is nice because the kids can't wait to take baths. However, when one of the kids has an upset stomach and takes a bath, all the toys in the water become contaminated. The easiest way I've found to get the toys clean is this:
Gather up all the toys into a mesh bag that closes with a zipper. A lingerie bag
or baby's laundry bag works great for this.
Zip up the bag and throw it into the washing machine to run a delicate wash on cold. Add in a little detergent or a cap full of bleach.
After the wash is done, pull the bag out of the washer and hang it up to air dry.
That's it! Clean toys! No need to sanitize each individual toy, and no worries of little sponges getting stuck in the washer. All the toys are clean with minimal work and in a short amount of time!
Wow. I never thought about putting rubber bath toys in the wash. They come out okay? And plastic?
ReplyDeleteGreat advice!! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteawesome idea!
ReplyDeleteWith detergent, yes. Water, soap, and being tossed around isn't too different from a normal bath with toddlers ; )
ReplyDeleteWith sqeezie toys, though, you need to make sure the water is squeezed out ahead of time. If water gets in during the wash, it needs to be squeezed out again so it can dry out well.
Keeping that in mind! Thanks for the great tip!
ReplyDelete~Luke
What a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWhy do I continue to make my life difficult when I could just come here and read your tips, which seem so much less complicated than mine!
ReplyDeleteI usually just soak all the toys together in bleach water in the kitchen sink. But throwing them in a mesh bag in the washer seems so much easier.
Where were you with this tip about 15 years ago when I had a tub full of gross toys?
ReplyDeleteI was just thinking I needed to clean my son's bath toys!
ReplyDeleteI wish someone had told me that when my kids were little and had all that stuff!
ReplyDeleteGreat tip! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteYet another awesome Morgan tip.
ReplyDeleteI have been out of the swing of things with a broken computer.
I see that you have not been posting much. I hope this only means that you are a busy momma and not that you have sick little ones!!!
Take care of you,
Julie
Ooh, good tip!
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCleaning the toys is realy the bad job to do, thanks for sharing us for the useful tips, keep it up
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