Bedroom Cleaning Marathon

The kids and I just had a bedroom cleaning marathon.  I have a checklist for the kids to follow to make sure their room gets clean.  Much progress was made.

To encourage the kids to get rid of clutter, clothes that don't fit or they don't wear, and trash, I pay them anywhere from 1 cent to 50 cents per item.  Most of the kids earned $1.45 or more.  We got 4 trash bags full of stuff to take to the D.I.  I do let the kids buy things from each other if there is something they want.  Like clothes or toys.  Or the wooden chair that Daughter #1 made with her dad that Daughter #3 wanted.  This system has worked out pretty well.  There is way less crying this way than when I go through their things and force them to get rid of stuff.  I've learned.