DD (aged 6) has started drawing on walls and furniture

[DarciesmumandBump2]

DD aged 6 has never done anything like this before and i'm really starting to loose my patience with it.

She has been drawing on walls, furniture, the TV in her room (which is only connected to a dvd player) and thats not all.

DP just called from MILs to say DD has pulled wallpaper from their hallway in more than one place. Now she was over there for a few days in the half term as we were both working.

Just want to scream and shout as for a child of 6yrs old she should know better especially considering shes never done it before as its always been made aware to her its a big NO NO.

Help & advice really appreciated,

Thanks

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well to start with i would remove ALL drawing tools!

has she said why she did it?

funnily enough my 6 year old did this at the end of last year, was most odd as he had NEVER written on anything like that before, it's just so like him
i can only imagine that he wanted to know what it was like and just couldn't help himself

he had a stern talking to and hasn't done it since

if she can help with any cleaning up that would also be good

TIY Thanks for replying. All her drawing tools are now in the draw and only come out when either me or DP are present.

You ask her and she shrugs her shoulders and says don't know just did

Really odd behaviour from her as she's never done it before.

Hi
It's a real pain when they do that and very frustrating too! Like you it came out of the blue.......

Sometimes they don't know why they do it i.e. shrugging shoulders, and that doesn't help you.

I've found it useful to not to persist with asking 'why did you do that?' and concentrate on saying (sternly) this is not acceptable - we write and draw on paper etc.

I would also get them to help clean the mess up and give an apology for their behaviour too.

It worked and no more scribbles in the wrong place! :)

Hope your little artist draws in the right places.....

Best of luck

DD did this last year (also 6yo). She had gotten the idea from Toy Story 3 and wanted to do a height chart on the wall. Seems she got carried away and drew everywhere including her mattress. I went mad and took away all drawing stuff which was a big punishment for her as she loves art. I did not let her have it back for a month but to be honest the bollocking she got was enough to put her off. I made her try to help me clean the mess up - sadly it was indelible marker but we tried anyway for 30 mins.

She hasn't done it again.

Thanks ladies.

Will keep these things in mind. :)

Hope its a very short phase.

My angelic dd2 did this last year - a massive picture of a boat in black pen on her bedroom wall, as well as outlining her pillow and doodling on her bed frame. It was at the same time as they first did chalk drawings in the playground at school. I told her off and gave a consequence - not allowed to use felt tips for a week - and set what the consequence would be next time. She hasn't done it again yet, well one of them drew on the sofa a tiny bit but I haven't worked out who yet...