I went to KMart the other day to look around and found these really fun Christmas ceramics you can paint.
They were on sale for really cheap, around $5 each, so I decided to get a couple for my kids.
I got each of them one and bought them home and they were soooooo excited! I figured since they were so cheap, I did not care if they go ruined, broker, or whatever. The only complaint I had is that the paint does NOT wash off well at all. It was still OK as I could scrape the paint of of the table with my nail but as you can see, my two year old made quite a mess! 
Well the picture does not sow the end result but it was all over him, the table, the floor…everywhere!
I don’t know why I did not take a picture of my daughter’s but she was about as messy, but did get more paint on the actual ceramic then my son did.
The whole point is that I did not have to spend a lot of money at all to give my kids something new to do. They loved the art and it really kept them busy a few times over a 2-day time period.
Now my daughter is giving hers away to my in-laws for Christmas. My son’s, not so much, but he loves looking at it and saying “fun!”
Hope you have some wonderful bonding time with your kids too!
LOL…. he looks and says fun. That is funny. He must of had fun or he wouldn’t say it.