Their responses often do not show any commitment to discontinue and it most times goes thus:
Mum: Who coloured this wall (pointing at the location)
Mimi: It’s not me, its Didi
Mum: Didi, who did this?Didi: I don’t know o!
Mum: Can both of you tell me who did this? (Pointing to the wall)
Mimi: Mum, I did not do it, I saw Didi do it
Mum: Mimii are you sure? Didi who did this? (stern look)
Didi: Mum, please I won’t do it again (putting on her best baby face), don’t spank me and don’t tell dad please.
Mum: If you do not want to be spanked, then stop colouring the wall. If you must colour, use your colouring book. If I see another … (Sermon continues)
How do I stop my preschoolers from constantly using the walls as their painting canvas? Are you facing a similar challenge? Please share your success tips at discouraging or stopping them.
Help a mom save her walls!
Ok, I'm not a mum yet but if I find myself in this situation and nobody owns up to the act, i'll have to lock up both in the bathroom or any similar punishment until they stop and learn how to use their drawing books. I hope that helps?
Lool! I'm not a mum either but I can so relate! My little cousins do the same in their sitting room. Funny thing is that its a new house and the walls already have 1,2,3 on it. My uncle and his wife have given up. Lol
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@cassandra Ikegbune, thanks for dropping by.
I have decided to paint the lower part of the walls with coloured oil paints.
Writings on an oil painted wall can be washed off. I hope this will solve this problem for now.
@cassandra Ikegbune, thanks for dropping by.
I have decided to paint the lower part of the walls with coloured oil paints.
Writings on an oil painted wall can be washed off. I hope this will solve this problem for now.