I’m not going to lie, but as a stay-at-home-mom, I find it really hard to keep my kids busy and entertained all day long. They probably get more screen time than I’d like, but my sanity has to count for something. Besides, I’m going on year 6, so the energy level and enthusiasm that I had initially has slightly diminished with each year and kid. In years past when I was pregnant, during winter we pretty much just hibernated in the basement playing hockey and watching television.
However, that doesn’t mean that I stick them in front of the TV all day long. I’m not a terrible parent! There are a slew of activities, games and toys for the kids. But my favourite ones always involve doing something creative. Arts and Crafts has always been a personal passion of mine, so I’m always eager to have the boys drawing, painting or creating whenever possible. My oldest son Kyle, who is 6 years old, has taken a real liking to drawing this year. He even asked me to buy him a sketch book. While his pictures mostly consist of sports, I’m just over joyed that he’s sketching!
What I don’t like about my kids doing art work is the aftermath. It usually involves a big clean up, scrubbing paint and markers off the floor and washing / sometimes throwing out permanently stained clothes. Enter every parents dream… Crayola’s Color Wonder markers! Ideal for kids ages 3 to 5, but my two year old son Nate and six year old son Kyle are both obsessed with them just as much! The mess-free Color Wonder markers and ink appear clear, but on Color Wonder Paper the colours comes to life! It’s almost magical.
My boys have been having so much colouring in dinasour and Mickey Mouse colouring books but also creating their own master-pieces.
Best of all, it’s a great activity on the go. It’s been so great for Kyle, who typically gets car sick. He draws and it keeps him occupied and I don’t have to worry about any mess to the car or to himself.
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Disclosure: As part of my participation in Crayola’s Color Wonder campaign, I received their products for free. The opinions represented in this post are my own.
My daughter coloured on her white headboard and dresser.
My child painted on my Mom’s new Truck with permanent marker,he was so proud he could write his own name
My oldest son coloured on his clothes once and a wall too
The worst place my kids colored was on their toys and the walls but that was only a few times as they ;learned to color on paper only
They coloured our stone fireplace mantel and wood paneling.
I think that would be me. Once my brother and I ‘coloured’ a cabinet with whiteout. Our punishment was to get it off. It was way more fun getting in on than off. (it’s still kinda funny that we did but never again)
My daughter coloured on my couch, it was a nightmare!
My niece used a Sharpie and coloured all over freshly painted walls. Her parents were not impressed!
All over my living room wall! 🙁
Where didn’t they colour, on the walls, furniture and appliances.
My child has coloured on the floor and the walls – yikes!
nothing to bad yet. just in random places in the kitchen, but we use Crayola ultra clean so it comes off easy
we were renting and moving soon.. the landlord was going to show the place in a few hours.. my son took a black marker and made big circles all over one wall in the living room! Was the only time he had ever written on a wall! My daughter used to use crayons and draw lots of pictures on her bedroom wall.. we would clean it up and there would be another masterpiece the next day!
He colored on a new rug we had purchased- right in the middle!
My nephew coloured around my windows in black sharpie in my kids playroom.. Thankfully it was builders paint and I didn’t have to worry about covering it as we were painting it..
She colored on the kitchen table and the walls once!
My son has coloured on our walls and floors before.
The worst place a little one has colored in my house is markers on my couch!
My kids never really used markers or crayons on anything except paper! I, on the other hand drew my name into my father’s brand new car the day after he bought it lol
The worst place my girls have colored was on the hardwood floor and the side of the kitchen island
My oldest son once coloured all over my work clothes. My blouses. My white blouses. The marker was NOT washable. My youngest once coloured on the cat. Thankfully the markers in that case were washable.
That would be when she coloured the leather boots that just came home from the store.
My oldest never coloured on anything but paper, but my youngest has coloured on our hardwood floors, her clothes, and her hands/body. Luckily all with washable markers, but still it was hard to get off, especially off her skin!
My daughters had bunk beds and so they thought it would be fun to colour all over the ceiling with magic marker
my oldest coloured on his bedroom carpet, the walls and his changing table!
the worst place was on the walls in his bedroom
The worst place was on my walls!
My oldest son coloured on his clothes
My daughter used to love hiding in closets and colouring all over the back of the door. My son is a fan of walls.
My daughter coloured herself. She had it all over her, on her legs, arms, and face.
On the wall! But it Was at my mother in law’s house so I wasn’t that upset 😬
Hahaha!!! Best answer….
My daughter drew little smiley and frown-y faces all over her windowsill just before we moved out of our last apartment!
We were really lucky that he’s never been a big doodle bug, finger paints on the couch was the worst. He thought he washed his hands.
My daughter coloured on the white wall of the entry way of our apt….with BLACK SHARPIE! The landlord was less than impressed!
on my white pants. why did i think i could wear white?
Fortunately, it was “only the walls” in the closet in their bedroom. I used the Mr Clean sponge and it cleaned up in a minute. I’d like to avoid that so no mess markers is my idea of a Happy Mom!
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My son got ahold of a black marker when he was little and wrote all over my brothers bedroom walls.
Sophie coloured all over the back seat in my new car with metallic pastels. It still shimmers.
My boys colored my porch walls one day , I could have cried!
My nieces have coloured on our couches a time or two. They’re so sneaky sometimes.
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Nico’s been pretty good so far. I try to make colouring time our time and we sit at the table and do it together. He’s gotten away from me once or twice and hit the couch and the carpet and well…of course his face! Thanks so much Maya! Good luck all!
My daughter colored my wood dresser and I could not get it off.
brand new freshly installed bathtub tiles with a set of colourful sharpies! After the shock wore off we enjoyed the “hand crafted” “limited edition” tile work for a few months before we had the time and energy to redo more than half of the tiles again. And put the sharpies in a locked toolbox.
It would have to be the bedroom door oh my god it did not come off
My daughter coloured on my bedroom furniture.
The worst was when my youngest coloured, with a SHARPIE, on the fridge! Ugh.
worst was on our good couches and chairs
My toddler has coloured every where so not sure which one constitutes the worst lol. i guess the permanent markers on the face and arms and legs was the worst , took a week and a half to wear off
My son likes the back of the bedroom door for his canvas.
My daughter once did the wall with permanent markers, thank God for Mr Clean! Now my grandkids are at the age & I try to keep a close eye on them as soon as they ask for stuff!
spilling craft paint on ivory carpets 🙁
There have been many incidents of wall colouring. Thanks goodness for Magic erasers!
He coloured on the wall when he was little
My oldest once used a permanent marker to paint our family picture on a throw pillow. It was kind of funny and a relief because we can just replace it easily.
Oh, the wall, the baseboards, doors…you name it, really!
My son drew on the walls since he was a toddler few years ago. It is still there and wouldn’t come off because it’s in pen 🙁
My children have coloured on my newly painted walls and my couch.
My kids decided to decorate the coffee table one day!
Worst place was my headboard
Marker on our living room table – a fixture in the room that we are in the most.
On the hardwood floors! And we haven’t gotten the pink marker marks off!
our kids used sharpie for coloring our floors.
My niece & nephew coloured my entertainment center!
The windows. The have done some awesome wall art too. Really it’s the younger. We never had this problem with my eldest.
My kids coloured on their bedroom wall.
The worst place she’s colored so far is the wall. Luckily that was easy to wipe off!
My son coloured on the walls at my in laws house.
oh the carpet for sure…never did get it really out