Washing Doll Clothes: An Easy Summer Activity

This time of year, getting kids in water is always a great idea, whether it’s the water of a swimming pool or bath, their feet in a creek or their hands in a tub.

One of the ideas in my summer activity pot was washing doll clothes, and we finally got a morning without rain in which we were able to do it.

Had I been thinking ahead better, I would have had some supplies together for it, but it wasn’t a big deal.

What You’ll Need

• a tub or two for washing clothes
• soap (we used wool wash because I had it handy)
• doll clothes (the girl gathered some in a basket while I got the other supplies)
• clothes pins or hangers (regular clothespins are fine for older kids, or I found some jumbo plastic ones at the dollar store that would be easier for little hands)
• clothesline
• a place outside to work

How to Wash Doll Clothes 

Put soap and water in one tub and plain water in the other and set up outside. We used a table for washing.

Tie the clothesline somewhere easy for your child to reach. We used the sides of the deck.

Wash and rinse clothes and hang them up.

This is a super simple activity but kids find it oddly fun. It kept her occupied long enough for me to mostly clean up from our Memorial Day gathering, and I would have had even more time if I hadn’t had to go hunting for clothes pins.

Does your child like simple chores as a game? If you’ve never tried it, you might be surprised at what your kid gets excited about. And now we have clean doll clothes, which is good, too.