My 6 year old saw one of his friend doing 1 finger knitting (I guess it's more like crochet) but he will sit for HOURS and make chains of stitches.  I bought him a cord of twine and he happily sits in the back sit,

My 6 year old LOVES to cook.  The trick was to find something that he could do "all by himself" and serve to the family.  George Foreman grill to the rescue!  Jake makes us all "fancy"

Summer is here.  We are at home more.  And  I am sick of the clutter...so I've been craigs listing anything I can get my hands on that we haven't used in 3 months.  Amazing what I found