Cleaning: Earning a Bedroom Makeover

My daughter is 10 and is getting antsy for a new look for her bedroom.  I agree that it would be nice to patch, and repaint the battered, scribbled-on walls.  However, the last thing I want to do is to repaint and redo her room just to have her deface, damage or pig-sty-ify it.  Plus, I'm not a "give your kids something for nothing" kind of mom.  So I drew up a little contract for her to sign which involves a 2 month probation period to see if she can be trusted to care for a new room.  We'll see if it really happens this summer, or if she needs a bit more maturity and drive before she gets that room makeover. 

Official Room Makeover Contract

In order to qualify for a room makeover, the recipient must fulfill the following requirements for a minimum period of 2 months:

·      Bed made neatly every morning

-       sheets pulled up

-        straightened mattress

-       folded blankets

-       decorative pillows in place

·      No clothes on the floor

-       folded neatly in drawers

-       hanging in closet

-       truly dirty in clothes hamper

-       no wet towels on the floor

·      No garbage on the floor (papers, wrappers, etc.)

·      No slamming doors or kicking walls, doors or furniture

·      No toys, dress-ups, or other items left on the floor, under bed, under chair, behind bed, etc.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
28	29	30	31

Each day your Mom will check your room.  These checks will be at different times of the day so as to assure that your room is kept clean at all times of the day.  If your room passes, you will receive a  ✓.  If you fail in any part of the inspection, you will receive a ✗.  You are allowed 5 ✗.  Any beyond that will disqualify you for a room makeover.  At the end of the 2 month probation period, if you have qualified by keeping a neat room, you will receive: new paint, a new desk and a new dresser. 

You will be expected to participate in wall-patching, prepping and painting as well as any other work involved with the makeover.  If you fail to qualify, you may make another 2 month attempt next spring/summer. 

Mom signature: _______________________________________________  Date: ___________________________________

Emma signature: _____________________________________________  Date: ____________________________________