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3 clever laundry hacks every parent should try

These genius tricks will almost take the drudgery out of doing the wash. (Hey, we said almost.)

By Amy Valm

illustration of a shirt with a grease stain Illustration: Sarah Rafter

When you have kids, you have laundry—lots of it. We can't make it fun, but we can offer up few laundry hacks to make it a bit less ugh.

1. Why can’t they ever use napkins?! Get rid of your kid’s grease stains by rubbing white chalk over the mark. Leave overnight, then launder. Magic!

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illustration of a towel in a dryer Illustration: Sarah Rafter

2. Your kid's favourite blankey in in the dryer—but it's 10 minutes past bedtime. Speed up drying time by throwing in a dry towel to absorb the moisture from wet clothes.

illustration of toddler socks in a mesh bag Illustration: Sarah Rafter

3. Keep tiny toddler socks together by washing and drying them in a mesh lingerie bag. You can often find these at the dollar store.

A version of this article appeared in our January 2017 issue with the headline “How to make laundry day way less annoying,” p. 38.

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This article was originally published on Jan 09, 2017

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