I though I didn't have anything for this thread, but then I went out in the backyard, and DS was playing in the firepit. We told him not to do this, and he talked his way out of it by deciding to make paint from the charcoal. Proper egg tempera, to be specific. His little brother helped grind the char, and then gleefully made those fold-in-half type things.

They are now very, very dirty.

DS1: Hon, you already finished your homework
DS2: Quit it with the protesting already!