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Wash the car (properly)

Buckets, sponges, and one child on hose duty. Somehow it's fun.

  • Outdoors
  • About an hour
  • Active
  • Free
  • Ages 3–13

What you need

  • Buckets
  • Sponges
  • Car shampoo
  • Old clothes

How to run it

  1. Split the car into zones, one per child.
  2. Rinse, wash, rinse again.
  3. Inspect together and re-do the misses.

Making it work for every age

Younger children: Their own bucket and a sponge for the wheels — the low bits are theirs.

Older children: Hire them: agree a rate, and they inspect and sign off the finished job.

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