I have some ideas for all you grandmas.. If you want to  plan special times with them. I would suggest a tea party. You don't have to have tea, you can even use just water, apple juice or any beverage, as long as you get out the tea cups and teapot to serve from. Kids love to play at being grown up and use real things. It is a great time to teach table manners. I always tell my grand kids that we will be having a tea party, so bring your manners with you. Then I get then involved in making it. We make grilled cheese sandwiches that were cut with a butterfly cookie cutter. Use a good bread made for paninies. My kids love my garlic bread, so I used a little garlic powder in some butter to spread on the outside of the sandwiches. They loved using the cookie cutters and attaching toothpicks with green grapes on the ends for the antennas. We made a sweetened cream cheese that we stuffed into strawberries. The kids took the tops off the strawberries and washed them. Then the older one was able to make the cream cheese mixture and stuff. The younger ones, cut different small shapes of cheese from Colby-Jack slices. They put them on crackers. We also made cupcakes and I just bought some canned vanilla and chocolate frosting for them to cover the cupcakes. Then I bought the icing in a tube for them to decorate. They sell plastic decorator tips that fit right onto the tubes. We had so much fun making things and it took us all morning. I try to have a theme for each meal we make and read a book to them that goes along with it, if possible. We have gotten so involved in our tea party planning that we even dress in costume or wear silly hats. We all wore head bands with flower peddles on them when we had our garden party. Kids will be better eaters if they are involved in the process.

Also kids love doing art work of any kind. My kids love to paint, so I often just buy up some unfinished wooden things from the craft store and let them paint. We have painted treasure boxes, nesting ladies, birdhouses and toy cars. You can just keep it simple by purchasing some foam stickers from the Dollar Store and have them make a picture. My kids love to use stencils and ink stamps. You don't even have to use ink if you are worried about clothing. We rub waterproof markers on the stamps, before applying to the paper. Have a supply of child proof scissors or the fancy edgers, crayons, water paints, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks, paper punches, stencils, scotch tape, stapler, glitter glue, etc. Also, go through junk mail and keep any stickers. Kids love them. Used greeting cards make great collages and are also good for the little ones to practice their cutting. I make strips of cards easy for them to handle. It is too hard for the real little ones to cut paper. Speaking of paper, I don't through anything out. Used wrapping paper is great for decoupage. You would be surprised at what you can do with junk you think there is no use for. My grand kids also loved to make placemats. We make them for every holiday or season. We use the bright poster board that comes in the perfect size for placemats. They can decorate them anyway they wish. We usually use holiday stamps in different colors, and paper they punched out in various shapes. They use the glitter glue, too. When all is dry, we take them to CopyWorks and have them laminated. They are so pleased with themselves. You can also buy some canvas bags that are very inexpensive or aprons for your cooking projects. Get some fabric paint and allow them to design their own. I wish I could think of all the things we have done over the years to pass it onto you, but I think I have a good start for you. My grandchildren live 3 hours away, so we only get together about once every month to month and a half. I want them remembering me, so I plan lots of memories for us to share.