Now I know this blog is totally non dance related but figured it was useful to anyone with children so here goes!
Our story starts when Eliza asked Father Christmas for a baby that would cry. Well Father Christmas delivered and Eliza received a baby who cried and who's face moved when she had her dummy or a drink. As dolls go I thought it was quite cute.
Now moving on a week and the children were playing nicely with their babies in the lounge so me and lee snuck into the kitchen because we needed to discuss in Secret whether we were going to adopt one of my nans Kittens.
Thats when disaster struck!!
There came an alrighty scream from the lounge followed by lots of shouting! Call it mothers intuition but I turned to Lee and said “Elsie has just drawn on Elizas dolls face”.
Sure enough Eliza was stood yelling at Elsie and holding her doll which had been drawn all over!!
Now starts the Cleaning Process
I had read that hairspray was good for this sort of thing so we sprayed it all over the dolls face, and scrubbed - nothing it didn't even fade.
Next I tried Vodka (I keep some in the house for its cleaning properties) This time it faded, well one line of pen sort of faded as it smudged into the rest of the dolls face. So I trundled off to the shop, actually in all honestly I shouted and went out to the shop in a total strop! I spent £8 on cleaning products, magic erasers, bleaches, Wipes all sorts. I came home with them all and started scrubbing again - nothing was even fading the pen and Eliza was still crying.
Now moving on a week and the children were playing nicely with their babies in the lounge so me and lee snuck into the kitchen because we needed to discuss in Secret whether we were going to adopt one of my nans Kittens.
Thats when disaster struck!!
There came an alrighty scream from the lounge followed by lots of shouting! Call it mothers intuition but I turned to Lee and said “Elsie has just drawn on Elizas dolls face”.
Sure enough Eliza was stood yelling at Elsie and holding her doll which had been drawn all over!!
Now starts the Cleaning Process
I had read that hairspray was good for this sort of thing so we sprayed it all over the dolls face, and scrubbed - nothing it didn't even fade.
Next I tried Vodka (I keep some in the house for its cleaning properties) This time it faded, well one line of pen sort of faded as it smudged into the rest of the dolls face. So I trundled off to the shop, actually in all honestly I shouted and went out to the shop in a total strop! I spent £8 on cleaning products, magic erasers, bleaches, Wipes all sorts. I came home with them all and started scrubbing again - nothing was even fading the pen and Eliza was still crying.
Now for another trip to the shop and I bought a new doll and spent some time searching on the internet..
Here's the life saver
I Found a life saver of a tip which pointed me in the direction of Benzoyl peroxide and apparently it can be found in acne and spot cream. I managed to find some of this cream and put it over the pen marks on the doll… I left it for a bit and nothing happened.
So back to the internet. I found another post which said she had used Acne cream but had also put the doll in the sun.
Well it was winter so I have waited for a sunny day and along one came. I put spot cream all over the pen marks and left the doll out in the sun for a whole day. It faded but there was still a lot on the doll, it wasn't that sunny so I thought Id go back and try it another day.
Here's the life saver
I Found a life saver of a tip which pointed me in the direction of Benzoyl peroxide and apparently it can be found in acne and spot cream. I managed to find some of this cream and put it over the pen marks on the doll… I left it for a bit and nothing happened.
So back to the internet. I found another post which said she had used Acne cream but had also put the doll in the sun.
Well it was winter so I have waited for a sunny day and along one came. I put spot cream all over the pen marks and left the doll out in the sun for a whole day. It faded but there was still a lot on the doll, it wasn't that sunny so I thought Id go back and try it another day.
I have just gone back 2 days later to try it and apparently magic has happened… The pen has almost all disappeared. There is a little bit left on her nose where I didn't get the cream in well and also under her chin where the sun couldn't get but its a huge improvement and Im going to put her back with some more cream now and her chin up!
Heres the thing...........
I left the doll in the window with her face looking out at the sun, and left a thin layer of the Benzoyl Peroxide cream on her face.
I don’t know for definite if it was the time frame or being left in the window with the cream on but it has worked! the cream, the sun and the window all combined have got rid of the pen. So if this situation happens again that will be the first thing I try.
I can’t wait to show Eliza when she gets home... and to put the dolls clothes back on
Good luck to any of you who have a similar problem!
Heres the thing...........
I left the doll in the window with her face looking out at the sun, and left a thin layer of the Benzoyl Peroxide cream on her face.
I don’t know for definite if it was the time frame or being left in the window with the cream on but it has worked! the cream, the sun and the window all combined have got rid of the pen. So if this situation happens again that will be the first thing I try.
I can’t wait to show Eliza when she gets home... and to put the dolls clothes back on
Good luck to any of you who have a similar problem!
If you have found this useful or know somebody who may need to save a doll then please do share it with them... from one very happy mummy xx
