Problem Solving 101 « Charlotte was Both

Problem Solving 101

March 24, 2008 by Amy

Problem: The three dozen or so wooden train tracks you have aren’t satisfactory.

Solution: You decide to construct your own.

By drawing them.

With crayon.

On the hardwood floor.

Problem solved!

Some problems, solved, anyway.

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on March 24, 2008 at 7:41 am Kalynne Pudner

Well, at least he didn’t use wide-point black Scripto.

Christos anestos!
on March 24, 2008 at 12:18 pm Philip

A rag dipped in paint thinner makes crayon marks disappear like magic with minimal effort. And no, the paint thinner dipped rag won’t mess up your wood floor’s finish, or the latex paint on your walls, or the oil based paint on your trim/ house exterior…

Philip
on March 24, 2008 at 7:03 pm Marie

The Crayola website has helpful tips on how to get their products out of or off of all sorts of places.
http://www.crayola.com/canwehelp/staintips/index.cfm?n_id=32
My kids have yet to get something somewhere they don’t have a suggestion for. I am not mentioning this outline in hopes they don’t take it as a challenge to their creativity : )
on March 24, 2008 at 10:55 pm Jacqueline Y.

Did you take pictures? When my daughter (now 29) was barely three, she drew a credible likeness of her father in black crayon on our butcher block dining table. I scrubbed it right off (not hard to do, since my husband had given it a couple of coats of polyurethane). I’m still kicking myself for not photographing her artwork first. Ah, the things we regret!