Keeping the Little Ones Safe: removing "candy" cleaners

I’m a little too thrifty to jump on the individual, pre-packaged laundry and dish washing detergents band wagon. I make my own laundry detergent, and was considering making my own dish washing detergent.

That was, until I found an amazing deal at Target on Finish All in 1 Powerball dish washing packs. I believe all three of these boxes, together, were about $5 and I combined Target and manufacture coupons to get a deal I couldn’t pass up.

That left us with an under-the-sink cabinet full of colorful boxes containing small packs that looked like candy. My kiddos hadn’t come across them, but when my 10-month-old found the doors unlocked and started to pull everything out, I panicked. We do pretty well with keeping the doors sealed with the child lock, but we open them frequently to access the garbage can. I saw those individually wrapped cleaners and thought of everything I’ve heard recently about children eating Tide Pods.

I decided to make them a lot less appealing. I grabbed a large container with a sealable lid and poured the packs into it. Looking at all those wrappers in the clear container, I realized it was almost worse than leaving them in the box because the kiddos were bound to see them and think it was a candy jar.

I grabbed some very dull colored construction paper and lined the container. Much better!

I’m still on the lookout for a container with a lid that is more child-proof, but I already feel more confident that the kids will not be able to easily catch a glimpse of what could be considered candy.

Don’t worry, the doors are still locked tight too!