House Chores - Folding Clothes...........

Mackzee

Family household with young kids. All the house chores are fine, except folding and putting away clothes after they are washed and dried.

The clothes tend to build up either on the kitchen table or bed or left in baskets for days.:mad:

Anyone have any tips or tricks or system for smoothing the transition from clothes line to wardrobes?

PhilOssophy

Get them to fold their own clothes?

gifted

Mackzee wrote: »

Family household with young kids. All the house chores are fine, except folding and putting away clothes after they are washed and dried.

The clothes tend to build up either on the kitchen table or bed or left in baskets for days.:mad:

Anyone have any tips or tricks or system for smoothing the transition from clothes line to wardrobes?

It's magic I thought.....I open the cupboard and hey presto the clothes are washed and ironed....thought all homes had a cupboard like mine ....lol lol









I'll get my coat lol lol

Treppen

Mackzee wrote: »

Family household with young kids. All the house chores are fine, except folding and putting away clothes after they are washed and dried.

The clothes tend to build up either on the kitchen table or bed or left in baskets for days.:mad:

Anyone have any tips or tricks or system for smoothing the transition from clothes line to wardrobes?

Smooth the transition by staying permanently drink.

Del2005

Mackzee wrote: »

Family household with young kids. All the house chores are fine, except folding and putting away clothes after they are washed and dried.

The clothes tend to build up either on the kitchen table or bed or left in baskets for days.:mad:

Anyone have any tips or tricks or system for smoothing the transition from clothes line to wardrobes?

Put the clothes on the person's bed and let them do the rest.

Ann22

I too hate this chore. I wear headphones and listen to podcasts while I do it.

PhilOssophy

gifted wrote: »

I'll get my coat lol lol

You better hang it up or fold it.

PhilOssophy

Ann22 wrote: »

I too hate this chore. I wear headphones and listen to podcasts while I do it.

Joking aside OP, this is what I do as well. Podcasts, or have a TV show you like in the background.
What age are your kids though? I fully intend letting my kid sort out own clothes once hit 8-9.

Capt'n Midnight

If they fold clothes they get 15 minutes on the ipad / tablet / xbox

Vita nova

Create as much hanging space in wardrobes as possible and hang clothes rather than fold as it's quicker. I take an item of clothes off the line and immediately put it on a hanger and then put all the hangers straight into the wardrobe. Some items can't be hung but many of those don't need to be folded or can be roughly folded and bunged in a drawer.

Alternatively, interest your children in origami and then apply to folding clothes :-)

Ultrflat

it's called finishing a job...

Edgware

What folding is there in a thong?

tscul32

I fold them as I take them off the line, mainly cos I don't iron. Then separate them into piles and either they take the pile when I catch them in the right room, or I leave the piles in their rooms and they put them away. But we do usually have 5 piles in the kitchen getting bigger by the day u till someone knocks one over and then they all get told to bring them up and put them away.

Better Than Christ

I find it cathartic. I lay the clothes onto a bed in several neat piles, depending on which section of he wardrobe they're going into. And then I put them into their respective sections of the wardrobe, as the scent of fabric softener gently permeates the room. I lead a very exciting life.

freshpopcorn

I'd leave clothes in there bedrooms and relax a little about them being a little wrinkled!