I swear we keep an eye on Kate, but for those of you that have children, you know that these things happen in an instant. One blink of an eye and BOOM! Crayon on the wall. We hope that you find our tips and tricks as helpful as we have!
Today we are offering advice on how to remove crayon marks from wooden tables and car seats!
How to Remove Crayon from Wooden Tables
We don't have before and after photos but this was the simplest and easiest thing ever!
You'll need:
-baking soda
-a cloth/paper towels
-warm water
Simply wrap your cloth around one of your fingers, dip your wrapped cloth finger into the warm water, and then into the baking soda. Then, in circular motions (wax on, wax off), gently rub the crayon marks. They will disappear right before your eyes! (You'll make Mr. Miyagi proud too!) It is that simple!
Simple and all safe, natural ingredients! That's what we like around these parts!
How to Remove Crayon from Fabric
This one is a little bit more complex. I had the bright idea to give Kate the box of new crayons that I had purchased for her on the ride home from daycare. This is a 5-7 minute ride, mind you. I figured she would either a.) pull them out of the box and put them in the box repeatedly (my preference), or b.) dump them all out on the seat next to her and then throw the box there too. When we pulled in and I opened the back door to pull her out of her seat, I saw this:
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| Apparently gray is too boring for Miss Kate's tastes. |
I immediately cursed myself for giving her the box of crayons and then questioned why I even did that in the first place. It wasn't like she was fussing or anything...
...Anyway, then I searched how to remove crayons from car seats/fabric and got some really ingenious ideas.
For this, you will need:
-a nail file/emory board/sand paper
-possible carpet cleaner
-a cloth/paper towels
-warm water
The first suggestion I found was to use a nail file, emory board, or very fine sand paper. We had a disposable nail file that I thought would be perfect for the job, so I started with that. I gently rubbed/filed the crayon marks off with the nail file. And I was so AMAZED at how much of the crayon marks disappeared!
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| Crayon? What crayon?? |
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| Kate sat contentedly in her stroller while I partook in this little experiment. She may look innocent but those crayon marks are most definitely from her! |
We were left with one crayon mark on the seat part of Kate's car seat that hadn't come out fully, and I noticed after doing quite a bit of rubbing with the nail file on the fabric seat that it was starting to fray a little, so I decided it was time to try trick #2.
That is, spray the crayon with carpet cleaner. We used a very tiny amount of carpet cleaner. I let it sit on the crayon spot for about 10 minutes and then I came back and soaked as much of the carpet cleaner up that I could and then soaked that spot repeatedly in warm water to try to get as much carpet cleaner off the seat as possible. And when I say "soaked" what I mean is I put warm water on the spot, and blotted it with paper towels to absorb as much water as possible and then I did it again, and again, and again.
After a day of drying, the crayon marks were gone!
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| Like new! |
I think I could pick out the red crayon spot on the seat if I really started looking but it's gone enough to where I don't see it so that is fine by me!
SO, what magic did we learn today? How to remove crayon from wooden tables, how to remove crayon from car seats, and not to give your kid crayons unless you are physically able to take them away when they aren't being used properly!
Good luck out there!
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