Practical toddler art question

pixy_stix

So, my niece who is 3 got in *big* trouble with her crayons recently *cough*drawingoneverysurfaceshecouldfind*cough*.  (My poor sister.)  As a result she's no longer allowed to have crayons.

I was going to make her a crayon roll for Christmas, but now I'm scared that my sister might murder me.

Would a chalk mat be acceptable?  Is chalk any better, or would it be a mess?

Linky to one of the many tutorials out there.

I need to call a few stores to see if I can find the chalk cloth.

Lady Galadriel

umm, I think a crayon roll would be great. Give her a chance to learn to pull out one color at a time and put them back in place. When color time is done then her mommy can roll it up and put them WAY out of the reach of little hands to safe guard her home.

Lotte134

I think it's a great idea!  Chalk can get dusty but that's about it and it's easy to clean up.  We have a small chalkboard that DS can color on now that it's too cold to go outside and it's great.  We just limit him to a couple pieces of chalk at a time and have no problems.

papagena

I'm pretty sure you can still draw with chalk on the walls.  I'd imagine (but don't know) that it'd be easier to clean up, however.

Dobie_Mama

Chalk is definitely easier to clean up than crayon.  S has a full chalk wall in her room and sometimes she's decided the floor needs colored too, but it comes off easily.

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

pixy_stix

Dobie_Mama:

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

That's what she has now.  :oD

Dobie_Mama

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

That's what she has now.  :oD

She was able to color on stuff that wasn't the color wonder paper with the color wonder markers!?!  Crap.  I think I need to call my mom about what she bought S for Christmas. lol

pixy_stix

Dobie_Mama:

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

That's what she has now.  :oD

She was able to color on stuff that wasn't the color wonder paper with the color wonder markers!?!  Crap.  I think I need to call my mom about what she bought S for Christmas. lol

Oh, no!  I meant, that's what my sister replaced her crayons with.  So far, so good.

Dobie_Mama

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

That's what she has now.  :oD

She was able to color on stuff that wasn't the color wonder paper with the color wonder markers!?!  Crap.  I think I need to call my mom about what she bought S for Christmas. lol

Oh, no!  I meant, that's what my sister replaced her crayons with.  So far, so good.

Ooooh ok!  Whew.  I know my mom bought S the lap pad color wonder thing for the car and I was just envisioning her, her car seat, her clothes, etc. covered in marker. lol

proudarmywife08

Dobie_Mama:

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

pixy_stix:

Dobie_Mama:

Another idea might be to do the crayon roll & get her some of those color wonder markers to go in it instead of crayons.  I think either idea would be fun!

That's what she has now.  :oD

She was able to color on stuff that wasn't the color wonder paper with the color wonder markers!?!  Crap.  I think I need to call my mom about what she bought S for Christmas. lol

Oh, no!  I meant, that's what my sister replaced her crayons with.  So far, so good.

Ooooh ok!  Whew.  I know my mom bought S the lap pad color wonder thing for the car and I was just envisioning her, her car seat, her clothes, etc. covered in marker. lol

DD has all the color wonder stuff and she has colored on everything with them and nothing has actually been colored.

Poonico

We take away crayons... and chalk and markers and colored pencils... a lot, lol.  They get them back eventually.  I think the crayon roll is okay if that's what you want to do.  Be sure to buy the washable ones.  They still are a pain in the rear, but it helps.  And she may be over the incident by then.