get a big bag of salt and side walk chalk and rub the side walk chalk in the salt so the salt will turn colors of the chalk and make sand art with that.
another one is……..
take shaving cream and color it with food dye and just let them play in it with the older one have him/her write their letters and numbers in it so they wont forget when they get back to school. and just let the other to draw shapes and picture. fun way for learning and keeping their minds thinking..
**hope this helps**
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make easter bunnys, cut up old closthe and make stuff with them, scrap booking, hide things and who ever finds the most wins a prize or whatever
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I have three sons and three stepdaughters, ages four through seven, I feel for you! One thing the two little ones love doing while the older kids are at school – they take safety scissors and cut pictures out of magazines and sale papers, then I help them tape or glue them to construction paper. We call it their "shopping lists." Sometimes we’ll have a theme, like what they want in their Easter baskets or for back-to-school shopping. As long as they know that it doesn’t mean they’re getting everything (or even anything!) they cut out, they have a blast because they can "shop" for anything they want!
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OMG I was in your shoes last week. LOL My kids are 8, 3, and 1, all with coughs and we had a few days of rain. Blah!

We rented movies, made play-doh, then played with the play-doh, baked cookies, did every board game we owned, played ‘grocery store’ in the house, kicked the ball around outside, blew bubbles on the kitchen floor (then used the soap we spilled to mop the floor – fun AND cleaning, gotta love it)…

One day was pajama day, another day was dress up day, I even brought a mini swimming pool in the house on the non-carpeted floor and put pots and basins of water in it for the kids to play water play in. I didn’t fill the pool itself, just the basins and had towels on the floor so they didn’t slip around. The kids even brought out a few of their stuffed animals and decided to give them ‘baths’ – so that took care of another cleaning task, I guess!

We did legos, puzzles, origami, went to the grocery store and visited Granny… the time flew by now that I think about it, but it sure didn’t seem like it at the time!!

Good luck. Be sure to take a bath every night just to relax yourself – it’s not easy having them home all week. 🙂
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I go to this really cool website and get ideas for my little one that is 2 and me to do together….they have craft ideas that are catagorized in your children’s age groups. The site is called http://www.familyfun.com. Have fun.
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I feel you girl!! Mine are 3, 5 and 7….all boys!!!! They are on easter break now also. Boys? Girls?

With my boys today since they love to help, I had gotten some seeds, the biodegradable start pots and soil and we planted seeds this afternoon. You could lay out a tarp or blanket inside to minimize the mess and have them plant seeds. Get bigger pots or the long rectangle ones or even shallow bins or shoe boxes and have them make little gardens with seeds and or baby plants. you can also the the terranium or what ever it is called….get a cactus or humidy dwelling plan and a plastic container that seals, transfer the plant into it, watter it, close it up. you can display them inside or replant outside when the weather is right and they lean to care for plants. you can even use egg cartons for this.

play video games or boad games with the older ones, they will love the mommy time. Have them help you bake cookies or cupcakes, even the little one can pitch in and help stir/decorate.

If you have old socks (or extras} and craft eyes, puff balls etc, have them make puppets and put on a show for you or work with them to put on a show together for daddy. You can also use brown paper lunch bags.

Got a bday coming up? make cards. construction paper folded in half and whit pc paper folded in half, stencils, crayons (makers/paint/color pensils), glue, glitter, craft balls, pasta or anything you have on hand. Have them decorate the cards. put some glue down the inner seam of the construction paper and put the outer seam of the pc paper to it and the kids have cards from the heart to giveMy kids love to act goofy for the camera so we will let them make funny faces and pose for snap shots, print them or have them done at walmart and they can show them off…you can have a good laugh with the kids looking at them.

Have them create their own scrape book, just get them a binder and paper. punch holes in the paper and let them decorate, draw and put in the pictures you allow them to have in it. works well with the snap shot idea.

scavenger hunt inside. use your imagination for this one or hide a treat for them all and give them clues or directions/paces for them to find it. this helps with following directions by words or pictures and counting. They learn and get a reward.

Build a tent with blankets at the table or where ever for the boys to play camping or have a fort. for girls it can be a princesses castle, the imaginations will run wild!!!

Hope this helps. Like I said, my 3 are boys so girl ideas are a little harder for me to suggest but anything can be altered at their ages. Also some malls have inside paly areas that are nice, mine here has one and it is free to let the kids play at. Great for all their ages. Don’t forget to ask them what they want to do. They may just want to watch a movie with hot chocolate and popcorn, have you/them read a book to the rest of you or something relaxing for you. Mine like to all go lay in my bed with me to watch a movie or cartoon.

Have fun with it!!!
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There are a bunch of Craft Ideas and directions here:

Craft Kits – http://www.craft-kits.net/craft-projects.htm

Other ideas are to make pet treats

Dog Treat Recipes – http://www.dog-pound.net/other-dog-treats.htm

Or if you are into organic these are directions for organic recipes that could be a great craft.

Organic Recipes – http://www.organic-items.com/organic-directory.htm

Have fun!
HTH
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