Back in the old days when my kids were little, I remember using Crest toothpaste. The paste kind not gel. Of course toothpaste seems to have a different formula now. I just googled removing crayon marks and several methods seem to com up. WD 40 seems to be a popular one.
Good luck.

I had crayon in my dryer; I used that stuff called goo-gone; worked great.

For where you painted, maybe sand paper?

Thanks for the replies. Roselvr - I had crayon in my dryer too - more than once! That's when I used the WD 40 on the clothes, I didn't think of it for the walls because I think of the walls absorbing the oil or smearing it around.

Lynne

After you use WD 40 you need to wipe it off with Dish soap or Mr Clean or Lestoil to get the grease off.

WD 40 works on a myriad of removals. And it doesn't harm the item. I love it.

Since you have already painted, suggest you sand the area down to at least the crayon and then try WD40. Or just sand the crayon off and repaint. I'm not sure how the paint will react over the WD40 as it will soak in and hadn't thought about what to wash off with.

I'm surprised the Magic Eraser didn't take it off. I've used in on pen and crayon and it removed it. Took some scrubbing and elbow grease on my part but it did come off.

I remember having to clean some artwork DD did as a child off a corner wall. I used a nylon stocking and I think it was 409. I remember it came off the wall fairly easily.

If nothing else sand it before you paint. Crayon is made of wax and wax repels liquids.

lkplatow your story cracked me up!

Came in to say Kilz (or other lacquer based primer)...see lkplatow took care of it...with a great anecdote as well. ;^)

Kilz is what you need...and the stinky stuff, at that.

Ok, I tried the WD40, and it did remove (enough) of the orange and black crayon, but not the yellow. Then I started to think that the yellow is not crayon, but highlighter. Carol, I too am surprised that ME did not remove this, especially now that I suspect it's marker - but maybe highlighter has some other property? I'm going to see how the wall comes out with 2 coats of primer over the yellow mark, and 2 coats of paint. If I can still see it, I'll use some kilz spray I have on the other area.

Although, I have to say - really not impressed with this primer at all. The walls are sponge painted with a periwinkle blue on top, and a deeper violet blue on bottom, you can clearly see both - but worse on bottom - of both after 1 coat of primer.

Is there a separate painting forum I should be on for this stuff?

Lynne

I would clean off as much of it as you can, then do a thorough cleaning with soap and water (or paint thinner, or 409, Dirtex, or whatever your degreaser of choice is)then use BIN primer. I'm not a fan of the KILZ products at all.

The primer is used to block the stains on whatever you're painting so they won't bleed through the paint, and give the new paint a good surface to stick. How many coats of paint it will take to cover the old paint will depend on the quality and color of paint you're using.

There's a painting forum on GW that has very helpful posters, so you may want to check in with them, too.

Don't worry about the primer covering the stain. Just put it on maybe a second coat and then use the paint and see if that doesn't cover it. I had one room painted a burgundy color and used Bin primer. You could still see the burgundy but when I painted it covered completely.