Craft ideas
Playdough
2 cups plain flour
4 Tablespoons Cream of tartar
1 cup salt
2 Tablespoons oil
2 cups boiling water
food colouring
Mix the first 3 ingredients together in a large bowl. Combine the boiling water and oil in a jug and pour over the dry ingredients. When it comes together into a dough ball, knead in whichever colour you wish. You can also add glitter, rolled oats, ice cream sprinkles etc to add extra colour and texture.
Threading - Coloured macaroni
To make your own coloured "beads" from pasta, put some raw macaroni into a cup or zip-loc bag. Add a few drops of food colouring and mix around until coloured. Spread out on a sheet of paper or a paper plate and let dry. They can then be made into a range of bracelets and necklaces - but keep it dry!
Fairy Wand craft (click to download instructions)
Kids just love boxes
Drop into Bunnings or Retravision and grab one of their used boxes. The kids will love to turn it into a car, spaceship, house, tunnel, snail-shell, "dump" and so the list goes on.