Toddlers and Scissors

[PotterWatch]

My kids have never cut their hair or clothing, but they have coloring on the walls. My youngest didn't leave one single wall clean at an apartment we used to live at. Thank goodness for magic eraser!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Yep. All my kids cut their own clothing at some point in their lives. Really, it might help moms stay calm if they knew that some of this was coming. LOL

My son didn't cut his clothing. I was getting ready for work and had my clothes laid out on hte bed while I took a shower. Finished the shower, got dressed and dressed him. Then walked him across the street to his babysitter. As I was waiting for he to answer her doorbell, I looked down and noticed a number of holes in my nice new skirt

AARGH!

 

[journey11]

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That's what my mom always said, with my littlest sister when she used to do the same. She swore by those magic erasers!

 

[saddina]

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Go buy:
Chalkboard paint (hardware store, just ask, they can make it any color)
plywood sheet
chalk

Under $30 whole thing.

Make her a XL chalkboard. Paint the plywood sheet with chalkboard paint, mount it to her bedroom walls with a screw in each stud (just above the baseboard). Now that is her "art area" put a big bucket of chalk there, and she'll draw anything she likes there. The rest of the house is a no-art area, and make her clean off the drawings herself (mr clean magic eraser). Worked well at the preschool.

 

[journey11]

Oooh, I'm gonna try that (before the wall coloring starts..ha). I have a 'play room' dedicated to toys and stuff, this would make a nice addition!

 

[canada-goose]

Oh my. I need to be careful. You may have exposed the risk of this site!

 

[mamaKate]

My neighbor's little boy was super jealous of his baby sister. He cut off her EYELASHES. Thank God he has steady hands. We think he probably heard us gushing about how long and curly they were.

 

[silkieluver_07]

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I'm so glad she was alright!!!

 

[Ewe Mama2]

I had to shave the hair off of three of my five little ones after they annointed each other's hair with vaseline. That stuff wouldn't come out, even with Dawn and a scrub brush. Nothing like having two boys and a roly poly baby girl run around totally bald in NE Ohio in the dead of winter. Did I mention that one of the boys has a phobia where hats are concerned?

The two youngest have colored on every wall in our new house. Magic eraser gets off some, but not all of it. I have discovered that permanent marker is definitely...well...permanent.

I'm not going to bother painting until they are all old enough to date and then they can be embarassed by the walls.

 

[wombat]

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Yeah, we had so much graffiti for a while the house was lookin' ghettofabulous. Luckily they've gotten past that stage, and we've painted over their artwork. I say "they", but my son generally stayed on the dry-erase boards and chalkboards and paper. My daughter would go for the walls any chance she got.