I have a very devious daughter....  

my younger daughter had drawn on the walls a few times when she was younger but funnily enough, my older daughter did not. now they are older (12 and 16) and my 12 year old is very creative...maybe because she drew on my walls!

Sounds like you have quite the little artist there! Maybe she will be one one of these days! Good luck. I had one too in the family but she didn't turn out to be the most creative out of my three children. She did frame herself though by writing her name on the wall, so she couldn't blame it on her sisters. She did try to hide it though by moving her dresser to cover it up. We found it years later. LOL! Of course there were other markings here and there, I guess it is all part of having kids! Try the new Mr. Clean Eraser, that should bring it right off!

Our middle daughter is quite the little Picaso, she doodled on the wall of the nursery (behind the door the little sneak) with a black sharpie marker. This was slightly before I learned about the wonders of Magic Eraser so I had plenty of time to vent my anger and frustration and come up with creative punishments for the "little artist" only to be reminded by my mother that I colored a window sill in a rental apartment with every crayon in my box of colors and also defaced a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs story book. She still got punished, since I still remembered the whipping I got for my "artwork" and now she sticks strickly to the paper....but she's still a sneak, lol.

My oldest is a little artist. Started early to. He know draws alot on his desk in his room. My husband and I own a boat dealership, when Josh was about 3 he decided that he did not like the way a new boat looked and decided to add some pretty colors to it. I was very lucky and blessed that Mister Clean Magic Eraser took out the art work. That would have been a tough boat to sell to someone with all his lovely art work.

Kids are very quick and smart. You only look for a second to another side, they can be already up to their shoulders in something(like paint...).
Maybe it will help keep her "artistic talent" in one place if you buy her a small table, only for her, with lots of crayons and paper.She'll know that's hers and she's aloud there.And everytime she "creates" something, you can hang or tape on the walls in her room.If it's something special, something that she puts lots of work in it, you can tape on your rooms' walls.
That's what I did with my little artist.
She knew she's aloud to colour, but only on her "special" spot, full with crayons, paper,and all kind of crafts things.
When she did something special, I taped it in my room.The walls beside my side of the bed were full of her "creations" My husband did not like it very much, but he ended having some "art works" on his side too...

oh my gosh, I would have a heart attack...LOL, my son never really wrote on the walls but he did write on his toys with crayon when he learned how to write his name, this may be normal but he wrote it all over his toys...and because my mother always got him sidewalk chalk he would sometimes take crayon and write on the sidewalk, his name again....LOL at least I always knew who did the writing...

A pretty little artist is going to be discovered soon! Amazing that she can actually climb on and get her tools to draw! She must really like drawing stuff :)

Thanks for the response on my discussion!

well im glad they got many things these days for cleaning up such things. when mine were little they had a worse habit. they liked playing with matches and lighters. it was so hard to keep all that out of their way. somehow they managed to make it grown. but i dont have any firemenin the bunch

I'm glad you took a picture, someday, in a hundred years, it will be funny and you'll cherish it. After you move out of that house and forget how hard it was to scrub off the walls. LOL. My niece used a Sharpie to practice her name writing on the wall by her bed instead of napping a few months ago. Where she got the Sharpie from, we still don't know. <3

Hi Jae!

Maybe your daughter is going to become a famous artist when she's older! keep all those drawings! hehe I'm not trying to make light of the situation, it can be very costly to redecorate and replace items that are ruined. Devious is one way of looking at it... clever is another way, she IS only 17 months, i'd say that was a pretty smart move for a kid that age. My grandaughter did it once on the wall in my daughters house. When i knew i was moving home i let both kids draw and paint on the walls,(house was being demolished) but stressed that they must never do it in mummys house/thier house or nanas new house when she moves... they have never done it again. Kids.. dont you just love 'em! lol

Alice :)