Originally Posted by Catherder:
It is HARD for old dogs to learn new tricks.... I AM trying, though. 
If you know some great "starter" art stuff...PLEASE tell me about it. 
The BIG crayola washable crayons, with paper already peeled off, and spiral notebooks, one per child. Plus close supervision--do it all at one time if you can.
Immediately redirect and squash anything inappropriate--"we do not break crayons, we do not eat crayons, leave the paper on the table, crayon ONLY paper, etc".
Then once they understand crayons, you can ease into other stuff.