Crayoning on the furniture - how to discourage?

[Socci]

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Socci - I would advise not making crayons accessible to her. But getting them out frequently, sat at a table with paper, and make it fun. Praise her for her wonderful creations, and display them for all to see.

As soon as she starts attempting to crayon on the furniture, just remove the crayons and put them away. She will soon get the message.

I wouldn't advise 'open access' crayons until children are 3 or 4, and certainly not until they have learned what is and is not acceptable to do with them.

HTH

Yes, we too had many 'lovely' child portraits on various walls and pieces of furniture I would suggest putting the paper and crayons on the floor, away from the furniture and keep a close eye on your dd. If she attempts to draw on anything else apart from the paper immediately remove the crayons and put them away. Do this a few times and she'll soon understand. HTH

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I made a big fuss about 'we crayon on paper', lots of positive re-inforcement of paper and crayons go hand in hand.

DD has had a vast collection of crayons available to her since she was very, very young (about 1 1/2 I think). We never had any problem with her drwaing anywhere else than on the paper. Of course you have to keep an eye on her and at first sign of her attempting to draw on the wall etc you have to say very firmly that crayons are for paper only. of course make sure there is always some paper to hand for her to use. In DD's room I used to attach a big piece of paper to the wall and she would draw on that. I had to supervise her at first and encourage her not to go outside the paper borders and she did learn very quickly. The bigger the paper the better actually (I use 'value' lining paper from Homebase). And drawing on a vertical surface (IMO) encourages more creativity as teh child has a clear view of their 'masterpiece' and can move hands freely.
And I do believe children as uyoung as your DD are capable of understanding of what they can and cannot do in realtion to writing on the walls or paper. Consistency is the key here and a bottle of white spirit to hand to clean any crayon marks!

i hated crayons, pens pencils plastacine - play dough OMG hated play dough - iw as fortunate in that i had other people who would look after them occasionally, so i would either be really really proud of school scribble pictures ( then throw in bin after a week) or tell other people if they wanted to buy these things they must keep them at their house for when my babies came to visit. - so my kids painted other peoples walls!!!

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