A non-messy but COOL project: place a sheet of construction paper in the bottom of a plastic tub (the $1.99 tubs in the housewares dept. at Wal-Mart are perfect), squirt different colors of paint onto the paper, toss in a golf ball–or anything that rolls—and tip away! The results are interesting, the process is entertaining. A little glitter adds to the pizazz.

I’m so proud of you, BooMama!
(if I repeated a comment suggestion, I’m sorry! 63 were too many for me to read!)

Use scissors as much as you can stand them and bite the bullet and make sure he plays with modeling clay (don’t even worry about all the different colors, just get plain tan) EVERY DAY! I can give you a tried and true recipe to make a 1/2 gallon of it! It will last at least a year. Also, you can let him play with tongs and tweezers, picking up small items and placing them ina container for a fun game. that really helps develope those little bitty muscles and hones his skills.

Kindergarten teachers love them some kids with skills!

Another thing I think will be helpful is to help Boo learn to make his strokes starting at the top of the page and going down — also going left to right. These important pre-reading skills are not “wired” into our brains, we have to learn them. With the popularity of computers for everyone, we now have a generation of children who don’t know how to write properly; one of the best tools I have seen is a block set that is used as a pre-writing skill-builder from “Handwriting Without Tears”. You can find them online.

Happy Day with the art! You’ll never regret having less structure and more fun!

Great ideas. (And just between us non-crafters, I know how big this is!)