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Hellobee Boards Topic: How old was your LO when they learned to color? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:09:25 +0000 mamimami on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-335316 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:41:48 +0000 mamimami 335316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At 21 months, he scribbles, but I'm not sure I'd consider it coloring! Honeybee on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-335224 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:03:33 +0000 Honeybee 335224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ At 15 months, DD was more interested in taking the crayons out of the box and putting them back in than she was actually coloring with them. Right now, at 28 months, DD is super into coloring and will happily color for 1/2 hour at a time, but it took a long time to get to this point. heffalump on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-333588 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:30:07 +0000 heffalump 333588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: Man. I just caught up to the pineapple and you're already going to leave me! yin on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-333177 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:25:13 +0000 yin 333177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO started around 14 months and was immediately drawn to coloring with crayons. I'm a SAHM and he had been observing me write on paper for quite some time. He would occasionally take a pen and start scribbling with the cap on. chopsuey on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-333139 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:06:56 +0000 chopsuey 333139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mrs. Bee: I know! Crazy! :) T.H.O.U. on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-333023 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 09:20:30 +0000 T.H.O.U. 333023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @artbee: Yes she is in daycare but they don't often get crayons. They do an "art" project every day but its often a hand print or finger paints or gluing paper. Mrs. Bee on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332961 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:49:34 +0000 Mrs. Bee 332961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @chopsuey119: dang you could become a wonderful pumpkin today!!!! Mrs. Bee on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332959 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:49:15 +0000 Mrs. Bee 332959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ we couldn't give charlie crayons until 18 months because he would put them in his mouth. now drawing is one of his favorite things to do! he loves markers much better than crayons. chopsuey on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332895 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:12:54 +0000 chopsuey 332895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Lo started scribbling at around 12 months? She loves drawing with markers, crayons, pens.. :) In the beginning everything went in her mouth, but thankfully that stage is over! Lozza on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332879 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:54:57 +0000 Lozza 332879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ LO is 18 months and he sucks at coloring. He's in daycare and comes home with scribbles all the time, but if we just hand him crayons and paper, he has little to no interest in scribbling, though he'll play with the crayons. brownie on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332878 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:53:07 +0000 brownie 332878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My title guy starting scribbling at 12 months old. Mostly just at restaurants. At about 15 months I started bringing the crayons out for dr visits (he colors on the paper on the table. But I saw him really want to color just Monday. He is watched by a SAHM friend with a 5 year old. He sees some coloring but not a lot. Andrea on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332874 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:51:09 +0000 Andrea 332874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Less than a year as they do that at daycare. It doesn't hold her interest for very long at home, though. Maybe she just likes doing it with her friends. heffalump on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332870 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:49:04 +0000 heffalump 332870@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Thehistoryofus: Is your LO in daycare? I wonder if it's something they work on a lot there and I should be doing more at home. T.H.O.U. on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332861 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:40:08 +0000 T.H.O.U. 332861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Wow, my 14 month old LOVES LOVES LOVES coloring. She will even pretend color with a marker with a lid on it. We can even tell her to only color on the paper and for the most part she knows to color on the paper and not the table. I would say she started with crayons around 11 months or so? Coloring was a favorite activity, so I had coloring books at her first birthday party that kept all the kids entertained. heffalump on "How old was your LO when they learned to color?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-they-learned-to-color#post-332860 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:37:48 +0000 heffalump 332860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My LO is 14 1/2 months and she just can't get the idea of coloring. I bought her big crayons, and we try the little crayons at restaurants sometimes, and it's just not a concept she gets. But she does love playing with the actual crayons :)