What do YOU do to get rid of the "monsters" in your house?

Question

Also, do you have monsters at your house during the day?

Jeepers, folks, I'm talking about normal childhood fears of monsters and the dark--not actual demons or anything. I guess I need to be more explicit.

Answer 1

Well, as any well known monsterologist will tell you. Monsters hate ducks. Just sound of quacking will get rid of them, and of course, the more quacking the better. And just in case, you can have a teddy bear who's job it is to guard them at night. Mine is Arthur Mc Bear, from Clan Mc Bear. He has a gruff voice, and is very protective. (he sounds scottish).

Answer 2

Two things come to mind. The movie Monsters, Inc. use the example at the end of the movie and explain that monsters just want to make you laugh not scare you. Second, get a can of room spray, tape, glue whatever a new label on it and turn it into a can of Monster Raid! If the child feels scared, they can spray the monster or where they think the monster is. The second has drawbacks. Kids can get spray happy, but both seem to work from personal experience with my kids.

Answer 3

First thing monsters in my childhood was horrible. They never were seen in the day. They were mostly seen in closets, under beds, and on t.v. Well the best way my mom solved it was 1 night she turned all the lights off then turned a flashlight on then looked everywhere and nothing was to be found so this is how i got rid of "monsters"! I no longer have this problem but this did happen when I 3 years old. Not many years ago either!

Answer 4

Monster Spray (air freshener) I had some from bath and body works it came in a pretty can if it is normal air freshener then wrap a piece of paper around it that says monster spray. If the kids complain about Monsters, bad dreams etc. then I would say hold on let me get my spray and they would show you were to spray, closet, under the bed, etc. I would say a very little works because this monster spray is powerful. The monsters won't come in the room because it smells so pretty, you know how monsters hate to smell something pretty. Then as an extra measure I would spray a little outside the door way to ensure them the monsters wouldn't get in. It really worked on mine. I would catch them trying to spray it too. GOOD LUCK!!

Answer 5

I got my son a "giggle" stick. it is a noise maker that makes a sound when you turn it over or shake it up and down. Then I told him that monsters are afraid of giggles!

We would then parade around the house shaking the giggle stick and giggling ourselves and chase all the monsters out the front door. (I would even open the door and let them all out!) After that the house was clean of monsters for the night.

It was something he could do to make sure there were no monsters to scare him. You can choose your own noise maker. A little uncooked rice in a paper cup and just cover the top of the cup with a bit of paper and tape, then have the child shake it to scare the monsters.

It is ok to acknowledge the monsters. To your child they are real! They were real when we were little too!

Good Luck and God Bless!

Answer 6

Monster spray works great because monsters only like stinky rooms and they most definately run when they smell something pretty....i just bought my 3.5 year old one of those lights scent things that are a airfreshner and a multicolor nightlight that changs colors every few seconds that way the room "always" smells good so you dont have to spray every night and theres the added bonus of the cool nightlight...its about $12.00 a little pricey but you can buy refills for the scent and there are alot of choices if you dont like a smell,its made by Glade i think.

Answer 7

PLAN A: I used the spray bottle wit a few drops of eucalyptus oil. It's natural and safe, keeps fleas off my dog, and worked wonders on monsters. However, my son (4) likes to drench his room with it and then when it is empty he would get scared all over, so we went to plan B.

PLAN B: We also taught my kids to sing a song to Jesus, and it really helped. My twelve year old still sings it in the shower. If you don't like the religious aspect, I'm sure this could work with some other song you invent to banish monsters, and it is good to give them something that will never run dry or damage the wall-paper, like the spray bottles eventually will.

Answer 8

I had a can of air freshener that I placed a label on stating it was Monster be gone spray I sprayed this at bedtime to abolish all monsters in the room. I also had a chant that went along with it something like Monsters be gone Monsters be gone night has come and you are banished till morn. Sounds corny but my kids loved it and their fears were stilled. We didn't have a daytime problem. Trains could be heard from our house and my girl developed a horrible fear of them the monsters were easier as I couldn't spray away the noise of the trains. I finally took her to the railroad yard and she was able to touch the train and get on one to see there was no fear..

Answer 9

You keep a night light ,do a monster inspection. When you don't find them you say see there are no monsters just imagination. Keep the bedroom door open or ajar to help little ones with fears. And no TV shows or movies that frighten . I was afraid as a child so night lights helped to disperse the shadows. But I kept watching scary movies too so still had some *blush*
Ready for Halloween are we O_-

Answer 10

When working with children and nighttime fears, I have always found that anything that can be labeled as "monster remover" will work. All the suggestions, baking soda, vanilla spray, etc, are good ones. When my cousins were going through this, We used chamomile and lavendar scented spray, since they are also good at helping a child relax.

With my own son, We use the Febreeze Scent Stories (at least I think it's by febreeze) which is like a CD player, but it's fans a scent out in the room rather than playing music. We found a disc that smelled of Lavender, and we told him that it was a special CD player that he couldn't hear, but would keep the baddies away. after an hour or so it turns itself off, but it's enough to get him to sleep.

Answer 11

Keep the closet light on and leave the door ajar. Read a couple books real slowly and yawn all while running your fingers slowly through his/her hair. Maybe hum a song quietly until sleep finally comes. If your child should wake up crying, have him/her pray along with you to rid the monsters to go away and leave you all alone, that this is their room and monsters are not alowed. Stay and hum a tune and do the hair thing again until sleep finally comes again. Good luck.