Sing this song to the tune of “Jingle Bells” to remind children to clean up:

Chorus: Tidy up, tidy up, put your things away.
Tidy up, tidy up, we’re finished for today.
Oh, tidy up, tidy up, put your things away.
For we’ll get them out again another school day.

We’ve had lots of fun as we’ve worked and played.
Now it’s time to all join in and play the clean up game.

Chorus.

Select one random piece of trash to be the "magic trash."

Have children pick up the room. As they dump the paper and scraps in the trash can, inspect what they have in their hands. The one to find the “magic trash” gets a prize or gets to be the line leader.

Hint! If there is still trash on the floor, say, “Oh, I see another piece of magic trash. Who can find it?”