Bake biscuits – Dig out your kids’ play-doh shapes and use them to cut out unusual and fun shapes.
Make “Marie Art”- Make up a batch of icing and then divide into at least 3 parts. Add food colouring to the icing, throw in some smarties, edible silver balls, vermicilli etc. and…VOILA! Move over Picasso…
Keep an “Art Box” – Fill it with cheap stickers, pipe-cleaners, felt, scrapbooking supplies, coloured paper, old egg boxes…anything you can think of, and get creative!
Teach your child how to train your dog to do tricks – or involve both in doggy obedience classes (if you are lucky the obedience thing will rub off on the kids…)
Play the “other uses” game – Pick an ordinary household object and challenge your kids to come up with alternative uses for it (e.g. CD’s – smash up and use as mosaic pieces, use as a painting canvas, play frisbee…etc.) This is great for stimulating creative thinking, and is a great game for long, boring car trips. You will be truly impressed with what your children come up with!
Sing silly songs – Make up your own if you fancy.
Take a walk and en route collect all kinds of leaves and flowers. Press them between tissues inside a heavy book (alternative use for a Bible?) for about two weeks, and you can then use them in your creative projects.