How to clean plastic toys
Those toys your kid always chews on? So. Many. Germs. Here’s what to do.
1. Toss plastic toys—action figures, Playmobil, dinosaurs, any dirty Smurfs—into a mesh laundry bag, and tightly tie up the top.
2. Toss the bag into the washing machine with a bit of detergent, and run the gentlest cycle with warm water. (Warning, this will be noisy.)
3. Retrieve the laundry bag, open it up and lay toys flat to dry.
Read more: How to clean the house in 10 minutes or less When your toddler is obsessed with being clean
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