I hate crafting I have 5 under 3 so the older two do colouring and they all like to draw on the chalkboard..... But other then at holidays I don't do it .... At that age it just ends up being my creation that gets sent home. I have done finger painting for a holiday gift to go home and I did each child one at a time with a paint smock on and I could focus my attention on that one kid so there was no putting it in their mouth, minimal mess, ect..... I have two crafts lined up for Halloween ... One is foam stickers and the other is stamping.... But as you can tell they are non messy crafts .... I never liked crafting as a child I hated to get my hands gooey and I still hate it. Not to mention with 5 toddlers I have enough to do without cleaning up more mess. Parents that craft at home with their child is easy they only have one.
Same as baking .... I'm not a huge baker but when I do I try to do it without my kids unless its just cookies.... My 9 yr old loves to bake and he does it all the time. He can read the recipe and get out all the ingredients, he checks with me if he's unsure about something but I only do the oven part he does all the rest and puts each ingredient away after he uses it. ; ) my kind of baker !!!