While Amy slept, Danny and mommy did some sewing and artwork using fabric markers on a pillowcase. Danny's comments as we sewed: " Mommy, i can sew now!!! Now i don't need to play any other games, i can just do this. " When he completed his sewing (a circle) on a not so new pillowcase, i gave him some Crayola fabric markers and his joy was complete!! Especially when he realized it was an object he could actually use. "Mommy, we are not putting this on the shelf, this goes on MY pillow, no other pillowcases ever." After he had covered every inch of the hoop, I ironed the design on the reverse, and we'll find out soon how it holds up in the wash.
Another design mommy made earlier, below.
Paint on an open cardboard box. I've also just discovered poster paints (been avoiding them due to trying to expose kids to 'quality art materials' drill) but hey, this stuff washes off. Blues and purples can be harder to remove.
Another design mommy made earlier, below.
Any excuse to get Danny interested in his ABC's, without appearing to 'teach' him. I used a simple dough for flat bread here, and helfway through rolling it out for some 'naan', brought out some alphabet cutters that had been stashed away for ages - maybe Danny would like to have a play with cutting out letters... He got right into it. No sugar either! 
