Clapperboard allows you to create an amazing atmosphere of celebration and carnival for relatively little money. The only person to whom she will bring doubtful joy is the mistress of the house, on whose shoulders lies the cleaning of confetti. It’s not so easy to remove hundreds and thousands of rainbow flakes from the carpet and floor. Knowing this, we prepared 3 step-by-step instructions, following which, it will be possible to clean the room after the holiday as quickly as possible.
With a vacuum cleaner
A miracle machine will help to remove confetti from the floor quickly and without unnecessary nerves. Choose a nozzle of large diameter, which is easy to penetrate into inaccessible places. Collect Confetti Sequentially:
- Vacuum first the sofa, chairs and the entire upper space, where pieces of paper have fallen.
- Next in line carpet (if any). Clean it, roll it up and put it to the side.
- Vacuum the room, moving from the far corner to the exit.
- If the confetti scattered strongly during the shot, it makes sense to move the furniture and use a vacuum cleaner to go there too.
The faster you collect confetti, the less time you spend on cleaning up in the end. Small pieces of paper are very easy to carry around the house, from the draft they rise into the air and fall into the most unthinkable corners. Then multi-colored circles unexpectedly are in a glass, on clothes, in the folds of a sofa and even inside shoes.
Using a broom
Using a vacuum cleaner to remove confetti is much easier than a broom. But not everyone has such a technique. To speed up the process, use the following approach:
- Sweep pieces of paper from a cabinet, sofa, or other furniture. All the flakes should be on the floor, otherwise during the cleaning process they will fly off the surfaces, and you will have to do all the work again.
- Pour water into the spray bottle and spray on the confetti to prevent it from scattering.
- Sweep the floor (total debris will decrease significantly).
- To clean the carpet, it is better to use method number 3.
Using tape or a sticky roller
To collect confetti from the carpet, you can use a roller to clean clothes. Pieces of paper and foil stick to it perfectly, leaving the floor clean. But if there is a lot of work, it is much more profitable to use adhesive tape for these purposes.
Make a useful fixture:
- Unwind adhesive tape 10 cm.
- Glue it to the edge of the broom.
- Do not cut anything!
- Then turn the skein in the opposite direction, so that the sticky layer is on the outside.
- Wind the tape around the entire broom, leaving only the handle.
- Lock the end of the tape and cut the skein.
It is best to make a device for collecting confetti together so that it does not fall and does not stick to anything. Cleaning them is very quick and easy. You need to walk around the perimeter of the room and furniture with patting movements. All small debris will stick to the adhesive tape, after which it can be removed and discarded.
To make cleaning faster
Everyone is happy with the clapperboard and confetti - both children and adults. With the exception of those people who have to clean up the consequences of the holiday. But do not rush to be horrified.
Use the following tips:
- Encourage family members to clean. Everyone celebrated, and you need to clean together - a great slogan. Try to agitate your husband and children to help you in this difficult task. You can clean everything together or in turn.
- Ask your friends for help. As the saying goes, trouble shared with a friend becomes 2 times less. If there is a lot of confetti, it might be worth asking your friends for help. Promise to give them a delicious tea after all.
- Turn on the music. Cheerful, rhythmic music will cheer you up. Cleaning will take place if not faster, then at least on a positive note.
- Divide the rooms into zones. Immediately after the holiday, clean the center of the room. Then take a short break for yourself. Drink tea with cake or be distracted by another pleasant thing. Having calmed down, collect confetti from the carpet, vacuum up behind the sofa - and so clean up in all areas. Better yet, distribute the zones between the assistants you can find.
Many cleaning companies offer services such as "cleaning the premises after the holidays", "cleaning confetti." If you don’t feel the strength to clean yourself, you can call specialists. They will clean your whole house to shine. True, you have to spend a little money on this - to pay 3000-5000 rubles.
Cleaning confetti from a cracker after the holiday is not a pleasant occupation. But if you take into account all the above tips and life hacks, you can deal with it in less than half an hour. The main thing is not to let colorful circles spread around the house. Of course, the most effective remedy against them is a vacuum cleaner, ordinary, and even better - a robotic one. In the absence of technology, confetti can be removed most quickly using a broom (from the floor) and scotch tape (from the carpet).