uh oh, dh has just come in and said, "ask mumsnet how to get crayon off the walls"!

[phdlife]

tips please, experienced and wise MNers??

Flash Eraser? it gets most things off IME.

What's the surface? Painted plaster, wallpaper...?

it's painted, underneath is some kind of fibreboard.

I have successfully used wet wipes in the past. More than once

That was from a painted plastered wall. Not sure about painted fibreboard.

Try rubbing the marks with bread.

hairspray & rub with a dry cloth

bread, GO? I've heard of everything now!!

I've heard of bread before, but never tried it.

You can buy stuff from GLTC.

definitely Flash Eraser .. it worked for us - or stale white sliced bread!

watched how clean is your house once and they put hairdryer to it warmed it up and then wiped it off with a damp cloth - it was amazing!

I guess that makes good sense as it is wax! must remember that one!

I got a big box of those Flash Eraser type things from Aldi the other day and it was only £1.50. Definitely recommended, and I speak from crayon induced experience.

Spray furniture polish on then wipety wipe.

hm we do have Aldis here, shall pop in and see if they have flash eraser. Don't own a hairdryer, hairspray or furniture polish.

Ds seems very determined to draw all over things!

Ooh, now I'm reminded of my lovely pregnancy craving for JML's Doktor Power magic eraser sponge. Phwoar.

springy, do you have ANY idea how kinky that sounds (for a person who has no idea what you're talking about???)

Pfffft! Well I suppose if you will read it with a dirty mind

It's a special sponge which you just add water to & it does stuff like remove crayon from walls, etc. I don't know if you can get it there - I doubt it, from your confusion

But my pregnancy craving is just touching it. I don't want to eat it or anything, but I carry bits of it around with me & find it really relaxing & lovely for no apparent reason.

WD40 will take crayon off a painted wall!