My Mom told me that me and my two brothers never wrote on walls . I never thought how uncommon it was until I became a Mom.
When Asti came, I started subscribing to Mommy blogs, and I read a lot of articles written by Mommies for other Mommies. What I found out is that almost 8 out of 10 Mommies had a problem with their kids drawing on walls, floors, furniture and just about anything they can reach.
That made me appreciate my Mom more than how I already did. Now that Asti is starting to draw. She found out how pens and crayons work and is enjoying writing and drawing. I searched about some ways to teach her how not ta draw on anything she's not supposed to draw on.
I asked my Mom and I asked other Moms. Here are the top 5 ways they told me.
Get all the scratch papers you can and give your child pens and papers. Tell them as you give them the paper that they should draw there. You can draw a sample line for them to see.
If you are going to let them draw on the table or floor, set up a huge plastic cover before you let them settle. In this way even if they accidentally draw out of their paper, you can easily wipe it of or wash it of after.
When you wipe the plastic after, let them join you in cleaning it, so that they will know that you are cleaning away what they drew out of their paper.
Make this a habit and see how in the following days, the drawings on the plastic will lessen day by day.
Buy colored chalks and set up an outdoor activity where you can write on the pavement or your garage. This will release their urge to draw as they enjoy.
You can also play "draw with water" in your backyard. Just as long as they get to write or draw. If you have an area in your backyard that has no grass, you can draw using stones too. These activities will stay in your child's mind when they grow up. I should know, mine did.
Tape a cartolina or some papers in a wall where they can get to write what they want. Tell them they if they want to write they should go to that wall.
You can also keep all their drawings when the wall gets full. Just keep the old one and tape new papers again.
Lastly, keep all their drawing materials out of their reach. Tell them that if they want to draw, they have to tell you.
A bonus tip is to use a hanging door shoe organizer to store all the drawing and art materials. I'll be blogging about how to make your own hanging organizer in the future, please subscribe to be updated.
How did you teach your child not to write or draw on wall ? I'd love to hear from you.
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