Originally Posted by great aunt jacqui

make your own bubblejuice and make wands out of string.
make cupcakes let kids decorate, heach them cake decorating
make your own popsicles with fruit juice and paper cups, insert stick or plastic spoon.
fingerprint pictures, make stamps with potatos,apples, cukes. buy washable paint to dip it in.
tye dye t shirts. textures! paper and crayon rubbed over different textures, wood, concrete, siding, wrought iron furniture, leaves, screening. etc.
if you have access to fallen trees cut slices 2inches, have kids count the rings, make mark on their year of birth, siblings, parents (if its an old tree), then you can seal it, used as hotplate coaster, or tray if it is an old tree.
gather a bag with all sorts of things. pins, sm ball, comb, spool peice of fabric, ccotton ball, bobby pin, pencil,pen. old eyeglasses, paper clip. nail, screw, nuts bolts, sm toys..car,truck,doll. put in hand feel for something special, or try to guess what is in your hand. it can be group effort or 1 on 1 feeling and guessing and then looking, 1 point if right,. put it back if wrong . can even use a timer. close eyes and see if they can sshout out at 30 secs. 1 min 1 hour 38 minutes..maybe they will fall asleep lol. make beanbags and targets. collect cardboard boxes kids tape them all to gether to make tunnels color them.
collect craft stuff to make book marks,door knob hangers, picture frames. decorate small boxes for treasures. then let them go out to find treasures in the yard. that all 4 now