How do I get crayon off my walls?

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I've just brought my dd (19 months) a brand new set of lovely coloured crayons, her first set. We sat down with a new colouring book and scribled away for ages, she thought it was great.

I popped into the kitchen to put the dinner on and when I came back a few minutes later, she had happily scribbled on the walls and door!

Now it's come off of the door quite easily but I can't seem to get if off the painted walls that easily. Anyone got any advice?

What can I use to get if off without scrubbing the paint off too?

Any advice greatly received. thanks

oo, don't know - are they wax crayons? You could try kitchen towel and warm iron, but I don't know if it will work perfectly.

Are your walls paperlined, or does the paint go straight onto plaster?

Yes they are wax crayons, and they are painted walls, onto plaster so might give the iron idea a go later. Not sure if that will work tho, but am willing to give it a go!

Thanks for your advice.

Jif should work.

I used a scotch eraser sponge thing, which I got in Waitrose, it's a white sponge which you dampen slightly then rub over the mark, it has worked well for us on all sorts of marks including crayon off woodwork, but not walls. Worth looking out for even if it doesn't help this time,
Sorry not to be more specific on the name I can't remember but it was something like I've said!

Jif would probably abrade the paint - anything you try, test it somewhere unobtrusive like behind a sofa first.

Belatedly, my advice is that until a child is old enough to be trusted, confine all crayons, felt tips etc to one room (in our case the kitchen) if theres a chance you'll be leaving the child alone for a moment.

Yes I thought that for years until my cleaner put me right! But test somewhere unobtrusive, yes.

Don't use the sponge rubber thing, you can see where it's been unless the paintonyour Walls is brand new.

What is it with this bloody auto correct?

babywipes get crayon off most surfaces, tho not sure iv ever had to use it on walls

Thank you all for your advice. I'll nip out to the shop and grab some Jif and give that a go. Failing that I'll have to paint the walls bright green to match the crayon!!

Just as an aside, we had our whole hall repapered on insurance when ds, 2, ripped a loose piece off

OK.....

Wax is NOT water soluble.

When my DD scribbled on SILs newly painted wall it came off easily with dry bounty.

My second choice would be babywipes, as they often have a hint (but not too much) of baby oil in which should lift the oil based wax crayon.

I use baby wipes (pampers) all the time to get greasy handprints off my matt walls and they work a treat without evidence of where I have wiped )other than cleaner obviously.

By dry bounty I mean kitchen roll (sorry...it's bounty in our house, even though it is actually Plenty now).

Flash wipes get absolutely everything off, including pencil and biro. Be gentle though, because they do change the colour of the paint and fade it a bit if you rub too hard.

This was a tip from some people we know who manage the inventories for rented accommodation - they have loads of stains to sort out and know all the tricks!

WD40, spray on, wipe off jobs a good 'un and I know!!!

My DD did this and I tried everything - baby wipes, ironing it with brown paper, magic eraser etc.

The only thing that worked was toothpast on a toothbrush and scrub it in the direction it is drawn. Then wash the toothpaste off the wall with warm soapy water.

wd40

or lay a sheet of thick kitchen towel (or 2 sheets of thin) and hot iron over the top of it

melts the wax and the kithen towel soaks it up

i know that works too

Glynis - that didn't work for me. Do you think it was because mine was on matt walls?

could have been coconuts, come to think of it, i always use vinyl silk.

or iron not hot enough?

i see you wrote brown paper, it has to be absorbent paper.

not sure how you'd 'experiment' to see which works best tho

glynis - I would also use silk vinyl by choice but we are in private rent so got to stick with our matt I'm afraid. I used the brown paper on one piece or crayon and some Plenty kitchen roll on the other bit. Neither worked hence the toothpaste. Strange :)