Who doesn't struggle to get their children to tidy up?

What if we tried to do that by teasing their competitive instinct, by stimulating their agility and potentially laughing a little…?

Ciao-Bazar-Mickaël Jordan

Classic: you put the Ciao Bazar in the middle of the room, and then I throw a toy into it, then another, etc., starting one step away from the target, then two steps away, etc. You can do the same thing with the dirty underwear in the dirty laundry basket. Problem: it can be a bit long. Especially if you don't have, exactly, a Michael Jordan at home but rather a Jo-sends-it-like-a-banana. In this case, you can fall back on the Ciao-Bazar Usain Bolt below, which is less technical.

Ciao-Bazaar-Hide-in-the-Sky

We have to make all the red toys, then blue, multi-colored, etc., disappear (in other words, put them away in the Ciao Bazar) from the room. We can spice things up a bit by adding some competition: whoever hides/puts away the most in a particular color gets to... here, we have to find a reward that works. At our house, we win the right to choose the bedtime story. Or to choose Friday night's cartoon, or more simply, a little candy (a reward not validated by the association for oral health, but we have to admit that it's the one that works best).

Ciao-Bazar-Usain Bolt

Even more classic than Michael Jordan, the famous stopwatch trick. Every day, we improve our performance. Ready, set, go, tidy up. Meanwhile, we can follow their time while scrolling through their Instagram, punctuating the tidying up with encouragement and advice, a bit like in Fort Boyard, when one of the competitors is looking for the key: "YEAH, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT, THERE, ON THE RIGHT, THERE'S A SPIDERMAN LEFT, THERE UNDER THE DESK, QUICK!"

Plus, it makes them work on their left, right, lateralization, and all that. Well, we won't hide from you that it only works for a while (that's the right word), or not at all when you have an artist rather than a performer.

NB: try a Ciao Cache-en-ciel in this case?

Hello Pac-man Bazaar

A child or parent plays Pac-Man: they pick up the Ciao Bazar in their arms, another picks up and throws the toys one by one as quickly as possible.

Pac-Man tries to gobble up toys with the Ciao Bazar, moving around if necessary. Watch out for collateral damage: a toy car hurts when you get it in the snout.

Or we put on a Pac-Man knight helmet.

Ciao-Bazaar-one-two-three-sun

Everyone knows the rules, right?

Here, you have to tidy up super fast while the one counting against the wall says "One, two, three, sun." And stay still otherwise. Whoever is caught moving has to count in turn. Which in itself is actually more fun than tidying up. It's better to have at least two children, because otherwise, finding yourself picking up toys while your child says "one, two, three, sun" is immediately less fun.

Ciao-Bazar-Jacadi

Jacadi tidying up sounds like this: "Jacadi said: Tidy up the toy cars." Then: "Tidy up the books." And bam, the trap. Hence a role change. "It's your turn to do Jacadi." The problem is when you have a smart guy who has figured out that it's also nicer to be the one who says Jacadi than to tidy up, and who therefore deliberately loses.

Anyway. We'll leave it there, everyone can refine the rules...

Come on, tidy up, lucky you, and above all, have a good laugh ;-)!