Craft ideas for a 15 month old, pasta or cheerio/fruit loop necklace. Finger painting, if the child puts everything in there mouth then use pudding chocolate or vanilla. You can cut out shapes and give them stickers to put on. When done take it away to give to Mom.

For backyard fun get a plastic bucket or sand pail fill it with water give the kids each a large paint brush from the dollar store and tell them to paint the fence. This will keep them busy fir a while.

You can do tons of crafts with hand prints and foot prints, one I have always loved to do was get sponges let them dip in paint and make an abstract picture, once dry I would cut out large flowers around 5 then add pipe cleaner to the middle then each child has a bouquet for Mommy.

You can also do collages with cheerios/fruit loops and use paste for glue. Paste is just flower and water.

Another fun one for outside play is to randomly pour glue on paper then let the kids sprinkle sand all over it then shake off and vola!

Homade maracas :http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/13120/homemade-maracas


Oh and mini marshmallows are great for colleges too!