When your child is in the mood you'll be ready with the proper supplies. Use a styrofoam egg carton to place glue, paints, and glitter in while working on that special creation. I'm a Baker Get out your cookbooks or recipe file and find a simple recipe like cookies or muffins that would be fun to work on together. Read the recipe all the way through, assemble the ingredients and get started. Use egg cartons to organize beads for your older kids and macaroni for the younger set.
Older kids can thread the beads using fishing line, and make long enough to slip over their head.
Preschoolers will enjoy threading their noodles onto shoelaces. Buy an inexpensive vinyl tablecloth with felt backing. Use the back of the tablecloth to draw roads, houses, parks, schools, etc. with permanent markers. Or cut out pieces of felt in the shape of lakes, trees, animals and people. This activity encourages your child's creativity and imagination.