“I want to move in with you, Miss Pam!” my daughter’s best friend lamented recently. “Why did we move out on our own? It’s so expensive! I could live in Miss Pam’s office and she could cook for me!” After briefly enjoying the reality check the kids had received, I thought what a great “just because” present a kitchen cleaning gift basket would be. I started with a mini tote, great for storing anything!, and added two microfiber dish clothes, five sponges, a dish washing scrubber and a brush for when the kids forget something is on the stove and let it bake to the bottom of the pan. On top of this I added a bottle of Dawn dishwashing liquid and a roll of paper towels. Voila, an entire cleaning kit, giving my spare daughter some extra money to splurge on ramen noodles.
Why did I add Dawn? Not only does it remove tough grease from my dishes (yuck!), and is gentle enough to use on my china, it’s also a multipurpose cleaner! It can be used to as a pretreatment for laundry, clean those messy tire wheels, and cut grease off of tools. I use it in my kitchen to get rid of greasy messes on counters, my stove and my microwave. Believe me when I say Bryan loves the taste of bacon and is happy to cook it almost daily, leaving a thin layer of grease in my microwave. I didn’t realize what was wrong the first time I opened the microwave door and saw a thin white layer covering the turn table. “Is that grease? Ewwwwwww!” I don’t fry many foods, but when I do, some grease always splatters out of the pan and onto my stove top. Here’s the three step cleaning method using Dawn.
- Apply a squirt of Dawn to a sponge/dish cloth under warm running water.
- Scrub the greasy surface, and watch Dawn put grease in its place.
- Dry the surface with a paper towel and that’s it.
Pretty simple, huh? Easy enough that even a time pressed, semi sloppy college student could do it! Want to know more uses for Dawn?
Cleaning out the seal on my dishwasher! Ish!
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My worst cleaning job is cleaning the slow cooker! I always have a hard time getting it super clean!
Love Dawn! Such a great idea to make a cleaning gift basket!
My elderly mother made a boiled dinner and the water boiled over everywhere. It took over a week to get the top of the stove clean. I had to take a blade and scrap the burnt water off. What a mess.
We love Dawn around here. It works great on everything!
My worst kitchen cleaning job is just my daily pickup! I have two toddlers and a messy boyfriend lol so clean up is always a bit rough!
That would make a great housewarming gift! I love using Dawn dish soap, it works awesome for my dishes. It is my go to dish soap.
Very amazing gift idea in my opinion! Seriously, I do love to clean you know!
Ugh my cluttered kitchen needs a makeover. I’m thinking the 2 week break at christmas I may have time to work on it.
Just picked up a bottle yesterday. It’s my favorite brand!
I love the idea of a kitchen clean up basket. That would make a wonderful housewarming gift and I have a friend that just bought a new house!
It really is an incredibly effective dish soap. I couldn’t love it more, but I do need to take it beyond the sink and use it elsewhere!
My worst cleaning job is weekly I make baked spaghetti it’s soo good but the task of cleaning the pan is a chore, all the sticky burnt cheese and tomato stuck to the pan, love to make it don’t like to clean after it.
I use Dawn, I like it a lot. I recently tried to cheap out with a dollar tree brand last month, big no no. There were no bubbles and didn’t clean worth anything. You get what you pay for with this brand!
The worst kitchen job is pulling out the refidgerator and cleaning the coils under it and all the gunk behind it. Then I get to the inside of the fridge which is equal as the worst job.
Cleaning the kitchen floor after dropping a pan of lasagna or the bottle of balsamic vinegar was the worst clean-up job so far.
Dawn is definitely a great product! Thanks for sharing.
Awesome giveaway! My least favorite kitchen job has to be keeping the cabinets clean! It’s never ending!
That is a great gift basket! We love using Dawn.
Dawn is just amazing! Always my first choice for a dish cleaner!
My dirtiest kitchen job is when my son’s cups go missing and we find them with bad milk inside. UGH!! So nasty.
I think my worst kitchen cleaning nightmare is the crockpot. Sometimes things just get so cooked on and you can’d submerse it in water, so it can be a real chore.
I love Dawn, great for getting stains out of clothing too. My worst kitchen job is cleaning our floors or the glasstop stove and cleaning out the fridge.
This is the best gift idea ever for my MIL! Thanks!
My worst kitchen cleaning job is the microwave after someone’s left something in there to get all over the top and sides and not cleaned it up. I like Dawn, and I’ve used it to pre-treat clothes too.
This is such a great gift idea. Would make a nice housewarming gift!
I love how gentle Dawn is. I used to clean all of my baby bottles.
this is a great housewarming gift. you can even go bigger with more supplies and a bigger bucket
The worst clean up I’ve ever experiences was when a 2 liter bottle of soda went everywhere in my kitchen, and the other is why my oldest dropped a bottle of corn syrup from the top shelf of our pantry, it poured over every thing.
One of the greatest days was when my oldest son came home for a visit after moving out. ‘Mom, I totally understand why we ate so much chicken. Do you know how expensive steaks are! I’m sorry I always complained on chicken nights…” It was awesome. This is THE perfect gifts for those smartie pants kids we have!
Very cute idea – I have a couple of bridal showers coming up in Spring. I will start buying items for the baskets.
My worst kitchen cleaning job is tie between the tops of the kitchen cabinets and the oven.
I have an old oven, after baking and using the broiler it leaves a big mess , I do hate to clean the oven, Thank you!
My worst kitchen cleaning job is an even tie for when my nephew made soup and didn’t watch it and the pot boiled over on the stove and my niece once wanted to mix with the blender but of course did not immerse it right and cake batter splattered EVERYWHERE! Not a pretty sight either time, they are officially banned from Auntie’s kitchen. Let them mess up their mom’s kitchen instead! LOL
That is a great gift to give to a new homeowner. It will be well used
Dawn is hands down the best! I hate when I run out!
I hate when grease splatters all over the place! Dawn works great on everything!
my worst kitchen cleaning job is the pots and pans after we eat dinner…thankfully Dawn comes to the rescue!
I helped a friend clean up a rental house that they owned. The tenants were so disgusting.. It took a week to find the kitchen – it was disgusting. Dawn was my biggest friend – got rid of the grease and grime.
CUTE martini glasses! Dawn is our go-to dish soap. My worst kitchen job is scrubbing a burnt pan after it sits for a day….shudder…
I would say when my husband decided to shake a soda and it went all over the place. It was sticky and annoying since I kept finding more spots as I went along.
Worst kitchen job, trying to scrub off years of grease from the stove top, especially the tight spaces between stove top buttons the area between the stove and wall.
What a helpful gift! Perfect for young adults or as a housewarming gift!
What a great gift idea. I love Dawn dish soap.
Now that is a gift I would probably gift to a friend getting married. Forget the crockpot. Everyone is going to get her the crockpot. But this is something they’d find helpful! Love the cleaning basket gift idea.
This is definitely a great gift for anyone moving out on their own! I didn’t know that Dawn had so many uses.
What a really great idea! I never would think to make this but it’s. Perfect gift especially house warming!
I would have loved a basket like this when I moved into my first apartment. The kitchen was absolutely disgusting! I am certain that I cleaned up years of caked on food from the floors, counters, and stove.
I would say any of the major holidays… My kitchen is horrible… ha!
I love Dawn because I can use if for multiple things. It works well, and it seems to be one of the longer lasting dish soaps.
We use Dawn for all of our tough kitchen messes. Did you know the duck on the container represents their help in wildlife cleanups after oil spills?
Dawn is ALWAYS our go-to dish soap, and I think the kitchen cleaning gift basket is a fun idea! Would be great for someone who just moved into a new home or just got married.
I love Dawn dish soap! I woudl also love to receive a basket like this! It is the perfect gift for me!
I’ve tried several different brands of dish soap, from the cheap stuff to the really expensive stuff. NONE of it works as well as Dawn. It just doesn’t.
We have always used Dawn in our house. This gift basket would be great for anyone moving out of the house.
When I was in my 20s and all my friends were getting their first places with their significant others or just moving out of the dorms I would make little gift baskets like this from the dollar store. They always appreciated it. Dawn has so many uses so you can’t go wrong with it!
That would be a great basket to give to new homeowners! I could always use items like these!
Worst kitchen cleaning job would be when my son tried to microwave chili and instead of 60 seconds, put it in for 6 minutes. I was in the other room and heard the container pop. Chili covered the microwave and seeped everywhere! I love Dawn products, and it cleaned it up no problem.
This is a great idea! Especially for college students, new moms, new homeowners, and newlyweds!
worst cleaning job is cleaning up after hubby tries to cook dinner
Dawn does wonders on cleaning
You know…I really wouldn’t mind getting cleaning things as a gift set. It can get expensive! However, I am not a Dawn fan b/c of the triclosan. I prefer more natural cleaners. Love this idea though!
This is a great gift for any college student. Left to their own devices, they’d live in squalor.
I’m telling you, if I gave my wife a cleaning gift basket…well…I think we all know what would happen.
I would LOVE to get something like this. Dawn is the only dish soap I use. I’ve tried bargain brands, but they’re so useless.
I always use Dawn for my dishes and hard to clean pans after making ribs for my families favorite food but the caramelized pan is tough but Dawn takes care of it.
This would make a really nice housewarming gift for newlyweds, college kids or someone who just moved into their first home.
Great idea, Dee! This really would be a great housewarming gift!
I think the worst kitchen cleaning job is salad bowls. I don’t know what it is, but I really dislike cleaning bowls with dressing in them – ick lol
I always use Dawn. It’s the only brand I do use. It works wonders.