Crafts get your kids working with their hands and thinking critically and abstractly about how they're going to create their project. Even something as simple as creating bead necklaces or bracelets is fantastic. Different colors and patterns will emerge from your children with each new thing they create, and they will probably have a story for you about why it looks the way it does. That's fantastic, it means they're putting thought into their crafts and loving it.

If your kids are old enough you could teach them to make something more complicated like a dream-catcher or some type of specific design. These things will take long to make, but because they're more complicated to create your child will benefit more from doing something more advanced like this.

Paint and glitter are also loved by kids all over the world. You can buy some blank t-shirts or baseball caps and let your children go to work on them. Just be careful because paint and glitter spread easily, and can make a huge mess if you're not careful.

You can also create a big, on-going project for your kids. Get a giant piece of cardboard or wood and put it in your basement with a bunch of paint, glitter, cotton balls and anything else you want. Then let your kids work on it for an hour or so each day, and after a month they should have an amazing and beautiful piece of work finished.

As long as your kids are using their hands and being creative when they're creating arts and crags, you can't go wrong.