Make Cleaning Fun Again: Top Cleaning Tips to Make Chores More Bearable

Household chores aren't always fun. Not everyone enjoys the thrill of cleaning up or performing tasks, and honestly, there are so many more exciting things you can be doing than washing the dishes for the 5th time that day.

So, whether you need to take care of your household chores or you want to make gardening better and more fun, this post is for you. Check out these ways to cut down on chores in your home and still get the results you need.

Go Robotic

This doesn't mean breaking out your best dad robot dance moves. Instead, you need to invest in robotic appliances that take over cleaning for you. But what exactly can you use robots for in your house? Sadly, they are not as evolved as the movies have led us to believe they would be in 2025, but they can still be pretty epic when it comes to chores.

You can invest in a robotic vacuum cleaner that moves across floors in a methodical pattern to sweep up dirt and dust. This eliminates the need to drag a vacuum around. Plus, you can even set it off when you leave home, so it's all clean when you get home. For added luxury, get a self-cleaning robot vacuum or one that sweeps and mops at the same time!

Or would a robot lawn mower be better for you? If mowing the lawn isn't on your list of favorite tasks to carry out, then automating lawn mowing is the game-changer you've been looking for.

For those with a pool, you can invest in a robot pool cleaner, so you're not dredging up leaves, insects, and other debris from your pool. For people who just don't want to clean their windows, there's a robot for that, too. You can even get a robot assistant to manage tasks within the home and generally be a source of support, even if they can't wash the dishes.

Reward Yourself

Chore charts aren't just for kids, and if you need a little bit of motivation to get through the quite frankly boring task of cleaning the oven or unblocking drains, then you need a treat for ticking it off your to-do list.

The treat you give yourself for completing tasks can be anything you want it to be. From a cake to a new book, a shopping spree, or a bottle of wine, whatever is going to help you make cleaning more fun to complete, reward yourself with it, and get the chore chart ticked off? FYI, if the thought of a visual chart isn't appealing, you can use apps to create cleaning schedules and track your progress to know when the treat is ready to collect.

Get A Cleaner

The ultimate cheat for household chores and a complete luxury is having someone else do it for you. If you find you can financially stretch to hiring a regular cleaner and know you will not want to do it yourself, then there is no shame in getting someone to help you. However, it's really important you and your cleaner are on the same page over what tasks they will perform, what standard you expect, and how often they need to be doing certain tasks if you vary it up. This way, they get to do those tasks you really don't want to, and you get to have fun not doing tedious chores.

Call Someone

Even being on hold for a service provider can work for you. Distracting your mind by cleaning while holding a conversation can be highly beneficial when it comes to cleaning up, making it more fun. Having another person entertain you makes chores a little bit less of well, a chore and allows you to get on with things while multitasking and taking the pain and boredom from what can sometimes be repetitive and laborious activities.

Playlists Work

Whether you get your favorite music on from your childhood or your partying days, or you indulge in a musical or two, getting music on and dancing through the chores can make things so much more fun.

The activity and adrenaline from enjoying your favorite music can be enough to help you get on with even the most hated of chores. You are still cleaning, but you are making it slightly more bearable until it's completed.

Fun Tools

Despite chores being boring, the tools you use don't need to be. Invest in fun, funky, and quirky items that bring you joy to use. From colorful patterned rubber gloves to bright feather dusters, that angry mom microwave steamer, the foam cleaners that make it more creative to use over boring liquid sprays, battery-powered brushes for stubborn stains, and ground-in dirt to no scrub cleaners, you simply need to apply, leave, and rinse off a few hours later, there are so many quirky, fun products you can purchase to make cleaning easier and more enjoyable. TikTok shop is a minefield of random products that could be exactly what you are looking for.

Timelapses

Take a leaf out of the cleaning influencer's book and film your cleaning process to create a time-lapse of it. Whether you post your cleaning videos or not, the aim is to help you create something fun at the end of it and to utilize your phone so it does not distract you while you clean. The task of creating content and making fun timelapse videos can make it easier and more enjoyable, and you never know, you might end up wanting to upload them for others to use, too, which means that you get to share your cleans with others. Another motivation boost to help cleaning be more fun than it really is.

Conclusion

Cleaning isn't everyone's favorite task. Sadly, it's part and parcel of life, so finding ways to motivate you to complete those tasks you've been putting off can help improve your living situation and give you a home you can be proud of, especially if it's clean and healthy all the time. So, if you want to cut down on time spent cleaning or simply want to make it more enticing, these tips could be exactly what you're looking for.