Getting children to help you clean up can be a chore all unto its self. I found that making it fun can make the kids want to do it, Here are a few of my tips for getting your kids to help clean:

• Set a timer. See who can get the most toys put away by the time the bell dings. I usually give a small reward to whoever wins this game. My children race around and LOVE it.
• Customize their storage boxes. Each of children have a box in the living room that they themselves decorated. They have to put any toys, shoes, etc that need to go to the bedroom in this box at the end of the day. This makes getting the items in their correct place easier for me.Anything not in the box and found in the living room I put into the donation box. I tell them if they don’t care enough to pick it up then they don’t really want or need it.
• Let them spray. I have them help with wiping things down I put a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in warm water in a spray bottle and let them go to town cleaning the table or whatever. It’ll clean just about anything without ruining it.