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My kid "drew or wrote messily" on the paper (look at the picture)

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all over the place (British English also all over the shop) (US English also all over the lot) (informal)

1-​everywhere

New restaurants are appearing all over the place.

​2-not neat or tidy; not well organized

Your calculations are all over the place (= completely wrong).

I am thinking about "to write or draw all over the place", but not sure if it is idiomatic.

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    I think the word you are looking for is "scribble." Another possibility is "scrawl."
    – SarahT
    Commented Apr 20, 2020 at 6:31
  • So, maybe scribble or scrawl all over the page.
    – Jack O'Flaherty
    Commented Apr 20, 2020 at 6:55
  • FYI, "all over the lot" is not, in my experience as a native AmE speaker, a common expression
    – Kevin
    Commented Apr 20, 2020 at 13:51

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Scribble is the word you are looking for.

scrib·​ble | \ ˈskri-bəl \
1: to write or draw hastily or carelessly a note scribbled on the back of an envelope Harriet scribbled in her notebook as soon as she took her seat. — Louise Fitzhugh He took a stump of lead pencil out of his pocket and scribbled a moustache on the lion's upper lip and then a pair of spectacles on its eyes.
— C.S. Lewis
2: to fill or cover something with careless or worthless writings or drawings

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The verb I'm gonna tell you is not an idiom but i just wanted to share that with you: To scrawl: to write in a careless and untidy way, so that your words are not easy to read

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