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How to get kids to sweep your sewing area

Old 06-21-2009, 04:47 PM
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My sewing area is in the basement of our house. Because I am the only one who goes down there except for laundry retrieval, I am not very good about keeping the floors picked up. I drop my threads and snippets where I am standing. I miss the trash can and thread catcher half the time. It can build up after a while, and who wants to spend time cleaning it up.
So I take a few dollar bills and hide them in corners, under shelves or under the sewing machine and tell my son he can have them if he sweeps them up. I change hiding places each time so he has to put some effort into finding them all.
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Old 06-21-2009, 05:13 PM
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a very creative and great idea!
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Old 06-21-2009, 05:16 PM
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That is sooo awesome!!! Love It :D :D :D
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Old 06-21-2009, 05:24 PM
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No kids anymore - think it would work for the husband?
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Old 06-21-2009, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by beachlady
No kids anymore - think it would work for the husband?
Mine are never home!:)So, I was thinking the same thing beachlady...only instead of money...parts of sandwiches...:)It just might work!!
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Old 06-21-2009, 06:30 PM
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What a great idea. I may have to try that.
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Old 06-21-2009, 07:39 PM
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Clever idea for kids of a certain age. No kids here, so it won't work! :?
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