DEAL! You sew too?? Oh, this is too much to take! (don't tell my husband that we women still do this stuff!!)
As silly as it sounds, tape measures make great gifts for children. I bought them for my daughters last year at Christmas (like your husband, mine always disappeared).
My girls always play with the tape measures, but the Leap Pad they received at the same time is still sitting in its' box under my bed.
thank you for mentioning the Leap Pad - I need to replace ours......she used it so much she wore it out. Actually I think she spilled something in it .........but she used it all the time.
I don't sew much - but as long as I only have to deal with seams and not fancy stuff like ruffles or button holes, I'm reasonably competent. So things like pillows and curtains are within my realm of abilities. I need to pull that kind of stuff, and the crochetting out here soon - hubby is starting to make noises about me helping him reshingle the roof. one of my projects for this coming week (weather permitting) is scraping the kitchen windows so we can get them painted.
Kids can learn so much from so many everyday activites - if they are included in them and not told to go play in their room or watch TV. Today was unusal in our house in that she has a friend here for the weekend, so they kept each other occupied. Tomorrow we are going to make candy.