Art Work on Wall. How to Get It Off?

If you are talking crayon, candle wax remover has saved my furniture and walls. Try it. It works great! If you are talking markers, I would try hairspray. It also works on fabrics ....and with ball point pens.

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If it's crayon, try warming it up slightly with a hairdryer-then warm, soapy water should take it off. Also, hairspray usually works too. If it's permanent marker, try some goof-off. If any of the artwork is on FLAT paint, your best bet is to paint over it-flat paint doesn't wash. Check out "How Clean is Your House" with Kim Woodburn and Aggie McKenzie on BBC America channel-they have LOADS of helpful cleaning tricks that are "Cheap and Cheerful, darling!"

I have an alternative idea: Put a frame around it and make it art your child can be proud of!

ORANGE OIL!!!! I cleaned sharpie from our computer monitor with this and it came completely off! I was shocked, but happy.

TSP. You can find it at Home Depot! We recently put our house on the market and our realtor recommended it. I can't tell you how much this works. We used it to clean everything walls, cabinets, doors it is amazing! It didn't take off paint either and we were scrubbing pretty hard!

Good luck.

You did not say if it was crayol or marker. If it is crayon since they are mostly way you could heat a towel with your iron and the crayon will come off onto the towel.

Or you could do like I have seen other Mom's do. Just frame it!

I personally would just repaint it. Then buy only washable crayons and markers.

Try Goo Gone-we got sharpie permenant marker off of our dining room table with it!

Try W-D 40. it works miracles also.

Extra can of paint from paint store. It's the best way to keep the walls clean.

I second rubbing alcohol! My grandmother swears by it and it worked for us! Good luck! =)

When my son decided to do his artwork on the wall using a sharpie, my husband got it removed with rubbing alcohol.
Good luck

Vinegar. It is really amazing for all kinds of jobs. Give it a try, can't hurt! :D

Try tooth paste. Not gel, just plain old white tooth paste. I used Colgate because it was easy to find and my husband used it so it was always around.

Hairspray - I removed a large mural my kids did when they were little - wish I had taken a photo.........they had been with me when I painted a mural for a client and so, they did their own.........I knew they were too quiet....

Skin so Soft bath oil from Avon works on crayon :) Hope that helps.