On yesterday's daycare sheet, they said that B was able to use a jumbo crayon on his own. This got me thinking, should I get him crayons, so we can do art projects at home? So, question, what age did your LO start using jumbo crayons?
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I gave her a few regular crayons the other day, but she didn't do much but throw them. At least she didn't eat them
she is almost 8 months.
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@Bao: hahaha sounds like a fun game, through the crayons..
B is 10.5 months.. I forgot to mention
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@littlek: when I worked in a daycare they had the babies doing art at 2 months old! As long as it is safe for them, I say go for it! LO finger paints
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@Bao: Yea, he does that in daycare but I don't want to do anything really messy at home (we have hard wood floors and white berber carpet). So, I was thinking coloring would be cleaner option.
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Ooh, ooh! I have a tip about messy play I heard the other day! Buy a cheap paddling pool..... then you can do arts and crafts like finger painting in the paddling pool (inside the house - with no water in it) and it stops your house getting covered in paint!
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@Cherrybee: great idea!
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@Cherrybee: Great idea!!
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J is nearly 14 months and still not into coloring. He'd rather eat the crayons.
My 18 mos old nephew loves coloring though.
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DS is 16 months and loves to color! I think we started around 10/11 months.
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L is almost 14 months and will occasionally try to scribble. She would rather break or try to eat them though
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My LO will scribble once or twice and then proceed to eat the crayon.
I bought him the toddler Crayola crayons (the ones that are egg-shaped to develop a proper grasp) and those were even worse because he would continually take them apart, gnaw on the crayon part and render them useless. We do have an aquadoodle that he likes that is not messy at all and helps to develop pre-printing skills.
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My LO had no interest in coloring until 20 months.
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I was searching back for tips on first crayons @Cherrybee and your post made me LOL. I totally would've thought it sounded like a great idea pre-LO but now I can only laugh because no way would mine be contained in a pool
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We did these huge animal toddler markers around a year. They are pretty good with crayons at 18 mo, but they still go in the mouth sometimes
she is almost 8 months.
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