Coloring inside cardboard boxes - Whose idea?

[Pilsy]

Who posted about this?  I'd like to buy you a drink.  

My 15-month-old has been happily coloring on her own for 20 minutes now.  I'm so overwhelmed by awe, I'm not even making good use of the time.  

[itsme]

Don't make eye contact! Your peace and quiet will be over if you do.

[barefootcontessa]

I saw Brie do it. It is brilliant.

[arch01]

I'm so jealous. DS hates coloring.

[Pilsy]

Jul 29, 2015 17:54:20 GMT -5 luckydog said:

Jul 29, 2015 17:47:36 GMT -5 itsme said:

Don't make eye contact! Your peace and quiet will be over if you do.

LOL! I hold something in front of my face when DD is playing quietly and looks at me. FIVE MORE MINUTES!

And yes, DD is 13 months, but I love to give her crayons and a box. A lot of the time the box turns into a toy, but WHATEVER. (Ok wait, I just realized maybe the box helps hold the coloring sheet? LOL, I just have DD color on the actual box.)

Just coloring the box here, too!

[Deleted]

This is genius. I'm totes doing this with our next big Amazon box.

[spk926]

Another fun thing to do is to take a side of a big box and hang it onto your fence or deck and have the child "paint" it with water using dollar store paint brushes and rollers.

[chickadee77]

We used to do this as kids - so much fun!

[namasteak]

I'm jealous of these kids younger than DS who don't eat the crayons!

[cricketwife]

I've seen this on Pinterest but I feel like I never have a big box. Sad trombone.

[timorousbeastie]

Jul 29, 2015 18:37:52 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I'm jealous of these kids younger than DS who don't eat the crayons!

That's exactly what I was thinking! Every time I give DD a crayon, she colors for about 2.5 seconds, then bites a chunk of crayon off. I want to be able to color with her! (or leave her in a box to color on her own )

[glinda]

We turned a box into a robot and 2 months later DS still finds spots to color. If you really want to blow her mind get some stickers for her to put on it. He occupied himself for 45 minutes just putting stickers on a box.

[lmb5109]

Ohh, we get our monthly Amazon shipment tomorrow!!

[orval]

My ds has been doing this for years - he is 8. Unfortunately we have a pile of boxes in front of our fireplace that is 6 ft wide and 4 ft tall and 4 ft deep. He doesn't want to get rid of them and sometimes adds to them. he actually makes thing out of them.

[boxerdog]

Jul 29, 2015 18:37:52 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I'm jealous of these kids younger than DS who don't eat the crayons!

I know! DS is almost 15mo and won't even attempt coloring.

[greencrayon]

Jul 29, 2015 18:37:52 GMT -5 namasteak said:

I'm jealous of these kids younger than DS who don't eat the crayons!

My daughter only eats red crayons. I don't get it.

[cajunmom]

Jul 29, 2015 18:53:32 GMT -5 cricketwife said:

I've seen this on Pinterest but I feel like I never have a big box. Sad trombone.

The answer to this is more online shopping.

[bazinga]

I posted about this not too long ago. Maybe it was me?

[simpsongal]

OMG - I have a giant box DS has been using as a fort. It will become a coloring fort once my Prime crayons arrive
Muhahahahahahaha

[smock]

My dd used to eat crayons, too. Now I pop a paci in her mouth, and she will actually color. (luckily she prefers the paci to the crayons!)

And now I'm all excited to get a big ol' Amazon box (diapers and wipes) for her to color in!

[shellbear09]

I have not seen this but great idea!

[Purple]

Ugh today was recycle pick up day. I'll probably have another one soon though.

[adlove]

I love this idea. Just tried it with my daughter and she lasted about 3 minutes. I'll definitely be trying again though.

[niq]

We have a bunch of leftover boxes from making the quiet space. Hmmmmmmmm.