Clean your face song for kids — "Schmutz!" cover art by Snuggle Bunch

Schmutz!

Wolfie from Snuggle Bunch about to attend a video game conventionByWolfie

About This Song

There’s always something on their face. You don’t know what it is, or how it got there, but it needs to come off before we meet the grandparents! “Schmutz!” is a love letter to that universal parent move — the lick-the-thumb wipe, the sleeve grab, the “hold still for one second” that never actually takes one second. Sometimes it’s crusty, sometimes it’s soft, and it’s always the most embarrassing moment.

This playful kids’ hip hop track turns the everyday schmutz situation into a catchy sing-along for toddlers and preschoolers. With its funny rhymes and back-and-forth dialog, it makes face-wiping feel less like a battle and more like a groove. Because a schmutz-less face? That’s how ya gotta be.

If your little one loved this, check out Sorry Mommy, Squeaky Clean, and Time To Get Dressed for more everyday routine Snuggle Bunch songs!

Lyrics

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Uh oh, come here
You got a little schmutz
Just a little schmutz on your face
Don’t fuss I’ll be quick
Ok ok how about I tell ya in a song?

Wipe it off!

Schmutz is a mess you can wipe right off
With a cloth or your hand
Or the top of your sock
Or the edge of your sleeve
Just don’t let em see
A schmutz-less face
That’s how ya gotta be

So wipe off the schmutz!
Wipe off the schmutz
After a wipe it’ll all be kaputz
Schmutz is a mess we can take care of quick
Get too much schmutz, you’ll probably get sick

Schmutz is a mess you can wipe right off
Sometimes it’s crusty, sometimes it’s soft
No sense to stress with schmutz on your face
You can pick that stuff up all over the place!

Now wiping off schmutz is a messy business
Gimme a minute, we’ll be finished
Can’t let gramma or grampy or any of your friends
See ya lookin like that without a good cleanse

So wipe off the schmutz!
Wipe off the schmutz
After a wipe it’ll all be kaputz
Schmutz is a mess we can take care of quick
Get off all of that schmutz, you’ll be looking quite slick

Now ya see?
Schmutz is not a big deal

So I can go play?

Just a minute lemme get this last bit of schmutz

Listen to Schmutz!

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Wolfie from Snuggle Bunch about to attend a video game convention

Wolfie Williams is a North American Gray Wolf (aka Timber Wolf) and a seasoned music producer, producing and performing on hip hop and rock music back as far as the 1980s!

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