Last night one of my children wrote all over our window sill with a marker. I’m not sure which child it was, because I left the room and when I came back one child was sprinting away from the table with 863 markers jammed in her tiny fat hands and another child immediately confessed “Mama! I colored on my sister! I know she’s not paper, but she looks nice now!”
Oh boy.
Never a dull moment around here, friends.
Anyway, since I literally own no chemical cleaning supplies I didn’t know what to do. How I’ve managed to get nearly 10 years and 4 kids deep into motherhood before dealing with a Marker Nightmare is beyond me, but alas, I felt a bit of panic.
I immediately got on Facebook and asked my mama friends what to use. Everyone said Magic Eraser. Only, I had 4 children asleep and Daddy is away and well, I just don’t like using chemicals at all.
So, I decided to use what I normally use when I clean something that needs scrubbing: Baking soda and hydrogen peroxide.
PEOPLE. This worked better than any Magic Eraser! Here’s how I did it:
DIY Magic Eraser
1. Sprinkle enough baking soda onto the surface of the Marker Nightmare to cover it.
2. Soak the corner of a clean white washcloth into hydrogen peroxide.
3. You’ll need minimal elbow grease to scrub this mess away.
That’s it! Seriously. It took maybe 5 seconds to deal with this mess. And I didn’t even have to leave my house!
Thank you! I used this on my kitchen sinks and it worked like a charm. Love this, thank you so much!!