Moms and Providers--What Is Your Favorite Craft/project to Do with the Kids?

*Painting with pudding

*Going on a nature walk and taking the items to make a collage or picture

*Anything to do with holidays - for Arbor Day, plant a tree, for Christmas - make a stocking, etc. There is pretty much a holiday each month so you could do something for each one.

*Planting flowers, veggies, fruit - a chance for her to get dirty!

*Playing with shaving cream - either in the tub with no water (in suits if you are a babysitter), outside in a pool or at the table. Bonus: The table gets clean and it smells nice!

*Cotton ball or Q-Tip painting. Don't forget about finger painting!

*Make gak (outside) - this is fun and kids love to play with it!

*Make an obstacle course (inside or outside) using chairs, toys, etc. Have the kids see who can go through it.

*Making noodle necklaces, popcorn on a string, having a game of 'who can eat the marshmallow off a string without using their hands, bobbing for apples

*Decorate aprons, cups, tshirts, shoes, etc with puffy paint

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I think you pretty much have everything down packed. My daughter since she was little liked puzzles. I did almost everything you are doing. My boys like coloring and drawing pictures. They would do stories just with pictures :) You can have them do that, a story with cut out pictures and even something fun they did over the weekend with their family.
I used to get a lot of print out from the pbskids.com website and have them color and make stuff.
Cooking something has always been a big thing, cookies, cupcakes, cake, and even make your own icecream sundae, lemonade, stuff like that. The holidays activities always came in handy :)
The other thing we would do was movie time, I would make some popcorn and put in a dvd and enjoy.
But I think you are doing great just by reading what you posted. So, there is not much more I could suggest. :)
Blessings

Have you considered buying a preschool teacher's book? I know our school uses weekly readers and gives the teachers a theme for the week. So our "sand and water" table has become a "sensory table"...one week they discuss trucks, another plants and growing, eating healthy, etc. Then this THEME has different activities, arts n crafts, books/stories and applicable items in the sensory table. Maybe just thinking of a THEME for each week will help jump start your creative juices. Also, I'm SURE the library would have some books that would help you with arts n crafts projects at home.

I know our teachers do a lot of THEMES related to the upcoming holidays, weather/seasons, too. The parents LOVE getting Valentines', Easter baskets made out of cut up paper plates, etc.

I get a large roll of paper, then tape it to the floor. I trace their body with a marker, then let them decorate it. They can draw an outfit on themselves and embellish it with glitter glue, stickers, etc.
Lots of fun!