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AP got an art easel for C'mas, but I keep forgetting to find the roll of paper to go with it, so we've only used the dry erase side so far. He's very good about ONLY using those markers on the whiteboard, and loves them.
I put a vinyl backed tablecoth on our dining table and let him go with:
washable tempera paints and bulbous handled kid paint brushes (I thin they're Melissa and Doug brand), water colors or fingerpaints. I made stamps by finding cheap foam shapes in the craft section and hotgluing them to the plastic caps off laundry detergent bottles. He loves those.
I also use construction or scrapbooking paper and decorative scissors to cut out shapes, and he uses a glue stick to put these on paper and addes stickers and colors on them to make lovely collages.
Playdough has also been a nice hit - for 10-20 minutes, I can leave him playing with it while I putter nearby. I put him inthe high chair and let him play on the tray, then I can just pop the tray in the dishwasher. Or if you're not still using a high chair, let him play w/ it on a cookie sheet.