How to get crayon and pencil marks off a wall?

Kids will scribble on anything. In my experience, they don’t mind if it is a wall, a fridge, the floor, cupboards, mirrors, bed sheets, plates, human beings, dogs (not cats, cats wouldn’t stand for such a thing) …

There are two ways of dealing with this. Plan A: You watch your child like a hawk every time he/she has access to crayons or pencils. You keep repeating ‘only on the paper’ to them like a parrot. You stop them as soon as you see their hand move away from the paper. As you can guess, this is not a great plan, for a hundred reasons. So plan B: You learn to get the stains off whichever surface they choose to deface.

I’m sharing how I get crayon and pencil marks off walls.

1. I get a tube of white toothpaste. You will need more than a tube if the damage is widespread across multiple walls.

2. I apply the said toothpaste liberally over the crayon/pencil marks. I use my finger to spread the paste thickly over the area.

3. I use a clean cloth and a good amount of strength to rub the toothpaste off the wall in neat strokes. When the toothpaste is cleaned off the wall, you will find the marks below have disappeared as well.

4. If the wall shows some residue white colour from the toothpaste, I wipe it with a wet cloth.

I have tested this on both white and coloured walls. It works like a dream.

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