Another in our ‘How To’ Series

This post is for those of you whose children, of any age, have trouble making their bed. I have 7 children, and I have begged, bribed, threatened, and instructed these children on the making of their beds. I have paid them. I have a friend who actually retrieved a child from school, bringing the little slob home to make the bed. I have not gone that far, but have often wondered how in the world to get them to do it daily without my actual presence in their room, standing over them, saying,

MAKE THIS BED NOW!

Blair came up with the idea of a list of directions we could print on a poster and hang above the girls beds, next to the very large image of Justin Beiber.

Good Idea honey!

Here are the directions. Feel free to copy them onto your own poster sized paper and hang them in a location that is sure to embarrass the crap out of your kids.

1. Sheets are required. Go get one.

2. The sheet on the mattress is supposed to have elastic. Go Back.

3. Attach the sheet on EVERY corner. There are 4 corners. They should all be covered by the sheet.

4. That lump is NOT supposed to be there. It is meowing. It is the cat. Release a corner and free the cat.

5. Reattach the corner. All 4 corners should be covered by your sheet.

6. Find your pillow. It needs a case. Go get one.

7. Put the pillow ALL THE WAY into the case. Leave it there.

8. Put a flat sheet on.  The bed, not you. These sheets do NOT have elastic corners. They are flat. Hence their name, Flat Sheets.

9. Put your blankets on your bed, in a smooth flat way, matching the rectangle shape of your blankets to the rectangle shape of your bed.

10. The blankets, once on, should have a smooth appearance, and be free of any underpant, shoe, or cat sized lumps.

11. Put the pillow on the bed.

12. Leave all the bedding ON the bed. Do not take it out to the backyard, into the TV room, kitchen or living room. Your bed coverings are not Fort Walls, sleds, or clothing. Do not show up to breakfast wearing anything that was used to make your bed.

13. Make your bed following these instructions daily. Bed making is for EVERY DAY, not just when Grandma is coming.