Thanks to Dawn and Double Duty Divas for partnering with me to make this post possible. All thoughts and opinions are my own, as always!
Our oldest is working hard on learning how to ride a bicycle. Her confidence is growing with every ride around the block! It wasn’t long ago that she couldn’t really figure out how the pedals worked, and now she can’t be stopped!
But the more she uses her bicycle, the more it gets, well, USED. And every once in a while, it needs some maintenance and care provided to it so that it can stay in good working order. Teaching children how to care for their possessions is an important aspect of helping them understand how to get maximum value from them. The idea of bicycle maintenance isn’t new to Darah, since she’s seen her dad work on his bicycle many times. But this weekend, she got the chance to give her own bike a little TLC!
All you need to get started with basic bicycle care is a bottle of Dawn and some water. We all know that Dawn cuts grease in the sink, but it can do the exact same thing with bicycle wheels and chains! Wherever grease and dirt can be found, let Dawn get to work for you. All you need is a few drops!
Let your child take the lead, but provide some guidance. They will be shocked by just how much grime-fighting power they can get out of just a tiny dab of Dawn. Have them help you fill the bowl with warm water and teach them how to ring out a sponge if they don’t already know. Then, set them free on their bicycle to get to scrubbing!
While Darah was cleaning her bike, her father was talking with her about the various parts of the bicycle, teaching her the names of the parts, and talking with her a bit about their jobs, and how they all work together to make a bicycle. By seeing and touching the parts as she cleaned and as she learned about them, I think she really absorbed what she was hearing. It was a sensory experience!
Darah felt proud of the work she did on her bicycle, and Dawn did a great job of making it easy to wipe away the grime that had accumulated on her bike during her practice sessions. I’m guessing that she’s going to ask to clean her bike again before it really and truly NEEDS to be cleaned. But that’s perfectly fine with me…this activity helps her better understand bicycle mechanics, and instills in her the importance of taking care of what is yours. And maybe we can work her up to cleaning our car for us, too! 🙂
If you’d like more ideas on great ways to put Dawn to use once your dishes are clean, check out Dawn’s page for a big list of alternative uses!
I think our lawnmower is the hardest to clean.
The lawnmower.
It would have to be our lawnmower and weed eater.
The hardest tool to clean is our electric saw.
Hardest tool to clean would be the push mower under carriage.
i would have to say the push mower would be the hardest
My microwave is so hard to clean
The lawnmower is the hardest to keep clean. Ugh.
The weed wacker after my husband uses it!
The snow blower is a hard one to keep clean!
I hate doing the grill and paint brushes. both of those are hard to do.
My grill is the hardest to clean in my backyard
Thanks for the giveaway… our gasoline string trimmer / edger was really tough to clean before I stored it for the winter: used it all summer to trim back wild berry bushes in the yard, it was a sticky mess.
I think cleaning tool that you use on cars (greasy wrenches etc.) are the worst!
I’d say my shovel is my hardest tool to clean. Lots of stuck on mud!
i love my power tools i have
See I am stuck on a tie between this the grill and the lawnmower both is so darn hard to clean
I think the lawnmower is the hardest to clean.
The hardest thing to clean (other than my cat) is the riding lawn mower my husband had to have. It gets all covered in grass and he never washes it, so at the end of the season it takes about 3 hours to get all the grass and dirt off.
I would have to say that the hardest tool for us to clean is probably our chainsaw.
We use it all winter cutting wood for heat and it is always a mess.
jweezie43[at]gmail[dot]com
I’m going to have to go with our band-saw being the hardest tool we have to clean.
My vacuum cleaner is the hardest tool I have to clean.
I am not a fan of cleaning the vacuum. Pet hair gets caught sometimes.
The lawn mower is so tough to clean.
The hardest tool to clean is the plunger – mostly because I would rather just throw it away.
Any shovel used in gardening is hard to clean, for me. I can hose it off but then it has to be dried and oiled some way to keep it from rusting.
My sander with dust catcher…there’s always more sanding dust coming out from somewhere.
The grill is a pain to clean
The lawnmower is the hardest the clean.
the weedeater and lawnmower..
I would say the grill!
I would think the hardest tool to clean is a wrench after my hubby has used it to work on car, especially the tools he uses during an oil change. Oil is so very hard to clean! But that is what I love about Dawn, it really is the best on grease and oil. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
The disgusting wet dry shop vac we own—does a great job cleaning up but is awful to clean!
The lawnmower!
Our lawnmower…the mud and grass packs so tightly that it is a difficult chore at best.
I would say any of the tools we use to paint are hard to clean.
our grill
the grill with all the grease
Hardest tool to clean is our lawn mower.
The lawn mower is our hardest tool to clean.
I’d have to say the lasagna pan when I forget to soak it. Yikes! I also love the way Dawn smells. I’ve actually used dawn on my truck before and it cleaned it right up. Thank you for the great giveaway 🙂
The grill is a pretty tough one to clean.
Paint sprayers are a mess to clean
I hate cleaning the vacuum cleaner.
My grill is hard to clean and takes a lot of time doing so.
I really hate cleaning our vacuum cleaner. It collects so much hair around the bristles, so it’s really undesirable to clean it. Plus it stinks!
Definitely our grill and ATV!
My riding mower is a pain to clean and also the grass baggers, when it gets clumped up and wet and stinky, yuck.
It’s gotta be our grill; gets really grimy quickly and I think it’s a chore to clean it.
I don’t know if a gas grill is considered a tool…but it is hard to clean. I think Dawn could help!
Thank you!
I make my husband do all the hard cleaning! I very much dislike cleaning our ceiling fans…involves getting the huge ladder from the storage shed.
The Riding Lawnmower is very hard to clean. It takes a long time and a lot of work.
My husband’s riding mower is terrible to clean, especially under the deck. Thanks for the chance to win!
My hardest clean is an old frosted glass table and the iron streaks on the concrete from our well water.
anything that has to do with painting. Like brush and roller handles
I hate cleaning the garden rotatiller
my husband’s lawnmower