Kids are the gift that keep on giving. They give love, joy, and endless entertainment. Children are excellent decorators as well, as you will discover if you leave a child alone with a permanent marker for 30 seconds.
If you've recently been given a lesson in patience (or know that you will sometime in the near future), check out these tips on how to clean up your newly "redecorated" property. For everything else, there's alcohol.
1. Fix a broken keyboard easily.
All you need is a screwdriver and some patience. Check out the eHow tutorial here.
2. Remove gum from carpet with one of these five methods.
This tutorial doesn't call for anything you won't already have. Like it or not, that gum is coming out.
3. Instead of throwing out that ratty doll, recondition her hair.
It takes a bit of work, but you avoid the inevitable fight over getting rid of your kid's favorite doll AND you save money. Check out the how-to here.
4. Is your clothing stained with crayon? Chances are you can still get it out.
All you need is detergent, vinegar, and dish soap. Check out this tutorial for the how-to.
5. Remove even the stubbornest blood stain using this method.
Tip: keep a meat tenderizer on hand for dried blood stains. Find the tutorial here.
6. Repair your scratched discs using household items.
All you need is petroleum jelly and tissue. Seriously. Clean the disc off gently, then apply the petroleum jelly in small circular motions and buff out until the disc is shiny again.
7. Fix your broken iPhone screen at home.
Pick up the repair kit on Amazon and follow this tutorial.
8. Use acetone to remove nail polish spills from carpet.
Because beauty hurts. It really, really hurts. Find the tutorial here.
9. Clean permanent marker off of leather using spray-on sunscreen.
Hey, anything is better than the mess above, right? Make sure to spot test in an inconspicuous place first (AKA the back). Find the eHow tutorial here.
10. Refresh car upholstery and remove stains with this easy DIY.
The only thing you might not have is washing soda, which you can pick up at the grocery store. Check out the how-to here.
11. Clean up sticky crafting messes.
If your little munchkin ran off to the living room with the glue, have no fear - you can probably get it out of the carpet yourself following these steps.
12. Get gum out of hair without scissors.
Avoid the trauma of a bowl cut by trying these tricks.
13. Patch up that hole in the wall on the cheap with a home drywall repair kit.
Watch this easy tutorial video to find out how to cover up the aftermath of Tommy's last temper tantrum. Or you could just hang a calendar over it.
14. Give new life to your microfiber couch with rubbing alcohol and some elbow grease.
Spills are inevitable when you have kids. This tutorial is great for damage control.
15. Use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser to take crayon off the wall, remove nail polish stains, and wipe away greasy little handprints.
Mr. Clean is your best friend when you have little ones running around the house. Check out this awesome list of uses here.
16. And finally, a glass of wine to forget about the damage that has been incurred.
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