Share the funny, mischievous things either you or your child used to get up to when you/they were little - £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

[EllieMumsnet]

A big part of being a child is all about being adventurous, whether that means your DC has tried to wander around in your size 8 heels for a good hour before realising they don’t fit quite right or even potter in with muddy shoes from playing outside all day. With Peter Rabbit coming to cinemas March 16, we’ve teamed up with Sony Pictures to hear about the funny, mischievous things either you or your DC has done when you/they were little.

“In Peter Rabbit™, the mischievous and adventurous hero who has captivated generations of readers now takes on the starring role of his own contemporary comedy. In the film, Peter’s feud with Mr. McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson) escalates to greater heights than ever before as their fight to gain control of McGregor’s coveted vegetable garden and the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door (Rose Byrne) extends to the Lake District and London. James Corden voices the character of Peter with playful spirit and wild charm, with Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki, and Daisy Ridley performing the voice roles of the triplets, Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail.”

Watch the Peter Rabbit trailer here:

Did your DC decide to have a go at cutting their own hair? Maybe you got caught giving your toys a wash in the toilet? Perhaps you’re always trying to find the TV remote that keeps going missing and turning up in strange places such as the fridge? Or did you ever rummage through your mum’s makeup bag and use every product on your face?

Whatever your humorous, mischievous stories are, share them with us on the thread below and you will be entered into a prize draw for the chance to win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

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1. I used a permanent navy-blue marker to colour in dozens of the white squares on my green and white gingham school uniform. It never came out...

2. I accidentally set fire to my bed using a metal fan heater because I was 'trying to warm it up'!

My son is still only really little, but he's started playing a cheeky game of hiding under the sofa. As he's only just started crawling I'm not used to it yet and keep panicking to find him missing from where I'd originally placed him, only to turn around and see a cheeky little head poking out from the sofa.

The DC thought it was highly amusing to lock me out of the house!!
I thought they were happily playing so I nipped out to put the rubbish in the bin - suddenly I heard the front door close and the sound of laughter! Then saw them waving at me through the window!
It took ages for me to instruct them to find the keys, pass them through the letter box to me so I could open the door again!

When we were shopping in the (extremely busy) January sales my daughter who was 4 at the time decided to hide in a clothing’s rail in tkmaxx. I was shouting and shouting her and spent half an hour out of my mind thinking the worst when she eventually appeared. She thought it was hillarious. I was 8 months pregnant at the time and I sware I nearly went into early labour!!

Apparently I have form for running under the rope barriers at stately homes, archaeological digs, etc and engaging with the artefacts . I suspect that at the age of 3y I was shorter than the barriers and was probably completely unaware of them.

I never damaged anything, I hasten to add!

My sister and I used to go into the top kitchen cupboard and nick a glacé cherry each whilst our mum napped.
We had to pick a dining chair up, so it didn't make a sound, put it against the worktops and then climb onto the worktop til we got to the correct cupboard.
(So outing if you know me.)

Used to offer to vacuum the bedrooms so that I could sprinkle talcum powder over the floor and vacuum it up making pathways or patterns!

My sister fancied herself as a bit of a Vidal Sassoon. She decided that our younger cousins long golden locks need something more cutting edge, mums pinking shears were involved, it was not pretty. My poor mother brought my cousin to a hairdresser to try and redress the damage. When my aunt arrived back she walked past her own dc failing to recognise her new look!
My poor mother was mortified

This is not recommended but I got toilet bowl cleaner that's on plastic bit that dangles it into the bowl and rubbed it on my face including eyes when the vicar was visiting 😳
Another trip to a and e

I often let my toddler pick up the phone when a pesky sales call number flashes up on my screen. He thinks it's his Nan, so proceeds to babble away about rubbish, gush "love you" and throw noisy kisses down the line, while I roll about laughing, listening to the callers' reactions. Some hang up, some laugh, some engage him, some get angry. It never gets old !

My DD9 told DS8 to lie down, shut his eyes and it would be fun. She then nail varnishes his eye lashes with clear varnish. He didn't find it much fun after an eye bath in A&E for a few hours.
She was adamant she saw me do this to my eye lashes every day

When my DS was 2 he swallowed a 1p coin, few hours in A&E, x rays and I spent next few days rummaging poo nappies to find the coin.

When I was upset about something as a young child, I would have a tantrum by pulling my pants down!

my dd decided to draw all over my walls with a red pencil.......we'd just decorated the hall way (it's a very long hallway)

When I was younger whenever I was annoyed with mum or had an argument with her i would hide inside an old divan where I would sneak in through a slit (the actual bottom divsn bit) and my mum would search for me to no avail sometimes for hours on end ....sorry mum

DD aged 2 was put in the naughty step and kicked a metal bar out of the stair gate in her tantrum !!!! Now an aged 6 angel you can envision it...but I experienced it !!!

I used to post the front door keys out through the letterbox of the locked door, my poor mum had to run round to retrieve them.

When I was about 8 I went in my mum's handbag and found the list of all the Christmas presents she has bought my sister and I - I thought is was great until I realised I would have no surprises on Christmas day!

I have a brother who is 4yrs younger. When he was a baby I used to threaten my mum with waking him up if she didn't give me chocolates. I have two boys of my own now (one a baby), luckily the older one has not figured it out yet....as for my mum, I apologisedon't now 😊

My brother used to help himself to Bailey's from the cupboard and pour it into his feeder-beaker. He was caught when a creche helper told my mum he had 'tea' in his cup and my mum later watched and found him doing it. He was probably just under two at the time!

my son was 2 when he called me to show me something in the toilet - he had taken all his socks and thrown them into the toilet!!

On a holiday to Florida as kids, my cousin and I stole every single packet of my mum's precious duty free cigarettes and hid them in a wardrobe. I didn't know whether she was going to kill us or cry!

I used to knock on people's doors and ask if they needed their garden cleaning in return for £1 (in the good old days when this was acceptable) I would then throw the rubbish into the neighbours garden and continue my way down the street doing the same thing

Ds was obsessed with talcum powder when he was about 2. I had to keep it hidden away.
I came into the living room to find talcum powder explosion one morning complete with perfect little footprints leading from the scene of the crime into the kitchen!
Was really funny and had to try not to laugh so he wouldn’t do it again!