Quote Originally Posted by Lee-Bee View Post
I can't help but giggle reading this. I cannot just give them all crayons while I focus on someone else...even for a minute. They seriously all eat the crayons still. They colours some...but the darn crayons keep going in the mouth...and they like, chew them up...and swallow. lol. They are just way to young. If I had even one partially older child to show them how to do it properly I'm sure it would make a huge difference but they all just eat.

I completely agree that kids, even at 12months can do a whole lot more than us adults typically expect. I am reminded of this daily with my group BUT...we are so, so, so far away from major art projects due to them ALL being under 19months. I know they would learn quick with me there telling them what is expected but when I turn to tell little 'jimmy' to stop eating his crayon, 'johnny' starts eating the paper and 'jenny' starts eating the stickers...and we are just not there yet :-)

Soon...soon.
LOL...sounds like you have your work cut out for you! I have had kids chew/eat crayon before but they get seated beside me and learn fairly quickly that we don't do that haha. I usually always have a younger crew but I've been blessed with kids who enjoy art so they've always caught on quickly what the rules are! As soon as anything goes in their mouth, it is taken away and they don't get another chance until the next time. I usually plan for it to get messier than it does so this sometimes means they do art in just diapers...makes clean up easier and the process less stressful because I'm not overly worried that they'll make a mess.

Good luck!! Soon they will learn the expectations!

Oh, just thought of this....for the ones who like to eat crayons or put marker where it's not meant...the colour wonder markers and paper work great! (As long as they don't bite the tips lol, that has happened!)