A little girl covered her face in permanent marker before proudly showing off her artwork to mum.

The naughty three-year-old Noor Mikayla Ammara was given a set of pens to keep her busy while her mother had a Zoom meeting in their home in Perak, Malaysia.

But the toddler was seemingly uninterested in the images in the book and did face painting instead.

Footage shows Noor Mikayla with her full-on purple-inked face while giggling proudly in front of her parent. She was still holding the marker she used for her creation.

Mum-of-five girls Noor Hidayah Muhammad said: ‘She called me and even looked happy about the result. I don't know where she found the permanent marker but she was supposed to work on a colouring book.'

The cheeky youngster even said to the woman: ‘Mommy, look at me. Am I cute?'

Noor Hidayah said she had to leave the Zoom meeting to tend to her daughter.

She said: ‘I applied baby powder on her face to keep the marker from dying into her skin. The marker stained for a week but it was gone with regular baths.'