Natural remedies to safely clean and sanitize our children's toys
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousIt is known that the toy most loved by your child is surely the dirtiest, full di germs, this is because it is dragged not only into any room in the house but often also outside.
Although I am opposed to my little dwarf carrying his toys around everywhere, and not just for a matter of hygiene but also because I am of the opinion that the toys of the house stay at home, just as the school toys remain in school and the same thing goes for those of the grandparents' house, unfortunately I often have to soften up and agree that the favorite toy is brought with us wherever we go.
And so to prevent that dirt and germs, at the end of the day, they keep him company even in the bed, I often find myself having to wash and sanitize his toys.
So here are some natural remedy to wipe out germs and dirt even from those toys, let's say a little more complicated.
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Small Plastic Toys
If small plastic toys such as superheroes, toy soldiers, animals, building bricks, etc. .. do not have batteries and stickers, you can wash them easily in the dishwasher placing them on the upper shelf or, for greater safety, especially the smaller ones, in the cutlery container, using a teaspoon of percabonato and some ecological detergent for dishes or even better a homemade dish soap (you can find here some prescription).
Larger Size Plastic Toys
If these also do not have stickers and batteries, germs and stubborn dirt can be washed off withhot water and an ecological detergent, using a toothbrush to reach the most difficult parts. After cleaning the stubborn dirt, you can rinse and sanitize the toy with a solution of water e vinegar at 50-50, which you can mix using a spray bottle.
Plastic Toys with Batteries
First remove the batteries, then with a cloth damp sponge, soaked in warm soapy water (also in this case you can choose an ecological or homemade detergent), gently wash the toy avoiding the mechanical parts and any electrical wires. Once the stubborn dirt has been removed, rinse and sanitize delicately with a clean sponge cloth always soaked in a 50-50 solution of water and vinegar.
Dusty Plush Toys
If the stuffed animals are only dusty, you can avoid washing them with water and eliminate the dust by brushing them with a cloth brush. Later, you can put them in the freezer, inside a plastic bag, for one night. The cold will kill the dust mites.
Or you could proceed with a dry wash: put the soft toys inside a plastic bag and add a teaspoon of bicarbonate it's one sale for each stuffed animal you put in the bag, plus 10-15 drops of tea-tree oil; close the bag hermetically; shake and let it rest for 2-3 hours.
After this time, remove the puppets from the bag and brush them again to remove all the baking soda and salt residues.
Dirty Plush Toys
Put the stuffed animals in a fabric bag or pillow case and wash them in washing machine selecting a delicate program with del ecological laundry detergent or homemade. I usually add a teaspoon of percabonato to sanitize and somecitric acid, dissolved in water, which one softener. You can dry in the sun or in drying.
Dolls hair
First, remove all accessories from the doll, such as earrings, dresses, etc., untie the hair and put it under running lukewarm water. Make one shampoo with a little mild soap (for example the one you use for children), rinse with lukewarm water and lather again.
Rinse thoroughly, comb and let them air dry.
Wooden Toys
Wooden toys can be cleaned easily by gently rubbing the surface a cloth moistened with a little water and an ecological detergent. Once this is done, you can also sanitize this time by passing a cloth moistened with a 50-50 solution of water and vinegar over the toy.
Books
To sanitize book covers, you can wipe a cloth slightly moistened with a solution of water and vinegar. After doing this wipe immediately with a dry cloth.
How do you like to clean your children's toys naturally?
