Art attack! Toddlers wreak havoc on their home by smearing the walls, carpet and even the MATTRESSES in blue paint after their mother turns her back for just 10 minutes

  • Mother Charlotte Wilson left her children alone while she filled up the pool
  • She returned after 10 minutes to find her home covered in bright blue paint 
  • The toddlers smeared the paint across the walls, windows and the carpets 
  • Her Facebook video clip of the chaos has been viewed more than a million times 

By STEPHANIE LINNING FOR MAILONLINE

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It is a feeling familiar to parents everywhere. 

You take your eyes off your children for a split second only to look back to see the devastation they can cause in just a few moments. 

But very few parents have ever returned to the sight that greeted Charlotte Wilson, from London, whose children covered her house in blue paint while she was outside.

Taking to Facebook, the mother explained that she had left a one-year-old, a two-year-old and two three-year-olds inside the house while she nipped out to fill up the swimming pool on a warm summer's day. 

While she was only gone for a few minutes, the toddlers still found plenty of time to wreak havoc in the bedrooms, corridor and stairwell of the family home. 

Charlotte came back in to find large swirls, dashes and splatters of paint across the walls, windows and furniture. 

The carpeted floor of two bedrooms, including a nursery, were ruined, as was the uncovered mattress of a double bed. 

Redecoration: Mother Charlotte Wilson left her children alone while she filled up the pool outside and returned after 10 minutes to find her home covered in bright blue paint, above

Redecoration: Mother Charlotte Wilson left her children alone while she filled up the pool outside and returned after 10 minutes to find her home covered in bright blue paint, above

Chaos: The group of toddlers, aged one, two and three, smeared the teal paint across the doors, walls, carpets, windows and mattresses of two of the bedrooms in the family home

Chaos: The group of toddlers, aged one, two and three, smeared the teal paint across the doors, walls, carpets, windows and mattresses of two of the bedrooms in the family home

Creative outlet: They also covered furniture and storage boxes in the nursery, pictured

Creative outlet: They also covered furniture and storage boxes in the nursery, pictured

The teal paint was also smeared on the door, wall and cupboards. 

Charlotte's video clip of the destruction has been viewed more than one million times since she posted it on Facebook last week. 

In the caption, she said she had initially lost her temper with the children but later saw the funny side, writing: 'I thought I'd share with the world what a one year old, 2 year old and two 3 year olds are capable of doing to a house in the space of ten minutes while I was filling a swimming pool.' 

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