It's a classic parenting move: redirection. Instead of leaving the kids with a giant box of crayons and nothing to color (except your walls), set them up with a wardrobe and some home furnishings that you want them to color. They get to color and wear — or sleep on — their creations. You don't have to wash the walls. It's a win-win.
This collection has everything they need to turn pajamas, shirts, and bedding into works of childish creative genious.
Spare the walls! Redirect the urge to graffiti toward fabrics instead!
A set of unicorn pajamas and fabric markers
$38
from
Uncommon Goods
These unicorns need help! They have no color at all. But everyone knows unicorns are colorful, magical creatures, and that's why there is a pack of fabric markers and some practice templates included. Hand it all to a child and see what happens.
Kids can color in their own jammies and then sleep in their creations.
A creative outlet for the dinosaur obsessed
$38
from
Uncommon Goods
Got a dinosaur-obsessed child in the house? How about letting that one color these dinosaur pajamas with the included fabric markers? They can reimagine dinosaurs in bright colors or do their best to maintain scientific accuracy.
Once the coloring is ironed and cured, it's permanent, so your aspiring paleontologist can sleep in them till they are too small.
Rest your head on your own dinosaur art.
$20
from
Uncommon Goods
Let your children rest their heads on their own artwork. This creation won't get shut away in a coloring book — it will become a part of the bedroom decor, and the kids can sleep on it every night.
The pillowcase is a prehistoric scene complete with volcanoes and dinosaurs. The colors come from a child's imagination. And everything you need is included: the 100% cotton pillowcase and the markers.
Not happy with the results? Just run it through the wash and try again.
These T-shirts are a blank slate for your daily message.
$25
from
Uncommon Goods
What's the mood today? Why not let everyone know by writing that message right on your chest? Bad mood? Got an A on a test? Sad? Happy? Or maybe there's a cartoon or piece of artwork that says how you feel?
This T-shirt has a blank chalkboard on the front, and it comes with a set of chalk crayons. The message comes off in the wash.
For ages 3 to 14.
Why would you color the walls when you can color the bedding?
$40
from
Uncommon Goods
This duvet cover looks like a giant notepad, and writing on it is encouraged. In fact, coloring on it is the point. And that's sure to keep the crayons away from the walls.
It comes with 10 markers. So have at it: Color, tell stories, get all your friends to sign it or draw a heart or a message. And when you're tired of that, wash it and start fresh.
There is a matching pillowcase, so you can make this set.
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