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First, no need to look in the phone book for an exterminator. They don't advertise in the Yellow Pages.
When my kids were little we had a serious infestation of closet monsters. Being desperate I had to do SOMETHING!
I didn't want to tell the kids that CM's didn't exist and it was just their imaginations. Doesn't work anyway. So I devised a 'Magic Anti-Closet Monster Spell' to rid our lives of the dreaded nocturnal beasties.
It requires a paper bag, a flashlight and participation from the children or it won't work.
Open the bag and place it in front of the closet door. Turn off the bedroom light,and turn on the flasight then point it at the ceiling and repeat the following;
"Away with you foul beast! Thy presence annoys me! Your growls scare me no longer. I banish you!"
The bag will imprison any monster that dares to leave the closet and renders them invisible until you can throw them away .
I know it's heavy on the theatrics but it took care of those CM's!
According to my oldest daughter it also works on boyfriends.
That is a cute idea. We just convinced our son that Febreeze doubles as "anti-monster" spray. Get's rid of monsters and leaves a clean fresh scent, lol.
What's wrong with the old fashioned rememdy of looking in the closet and under the bed and assuring the child that there aren't any monsters?
I think it goes back to what GloryB was saying. "Monsters" are just a personification of an actual fear or anxiety such as being left alone or the dark. When it came to my son, simply being told there were no monsters didn't seem to work very well, because he was convinced they were still there. Letting him shoot some "anti-monster" spray into the closet and under the bed made him feel like he was capable of dealing with it himself.
My oldest kids never had a fear of closet monsters, but my youngest went through that phase. Someone recommended a book to me, that she had used for her own kids, and it worked! It's called "Goodnight, Baby Monster", by Laura Leuck. It's a book about baby monsters, with the mommy monster putting them to bed at night. The little baby monsters all look real cute and non-scary, and the child identifies with them, and feels less scared of monsters. There are all kinds of mommy "monsters" with their babies portrayed in the book, everything from bats-to-spiders-to-ghouls/vampires/etc.
We had "Monster Banishing Spray" that came in left over windex bottles. It was mostly water with a couple of drops of red food coloring in it. We sprayed it at the closet, under the bed, ect...monsters were ALL GONE!!!!
Worked for us.
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