Coloring is great therapy, as is playing with Play-Doh.
Play-Doh rocks. We used to Play-Doh nights with the boys and sit around making stuff for hours. 
Have you tried Japanese Puzzles (or Tsunamis)? 
No! Thanks for the link. I used to love these Altaire books as a kid, too -- they were just geometric designs you could color in. I don't know if you can find them anymore. 
Gives AmyLiz the hairy eyeball.
What? Innocent whistling... 
	
 
		
		
 I got props. 
Rightly so.  That's funny.  My high school teacher/mentor, Dave Arnett is a midwestern white guy.  When his first class of students (mostly black) started to act up, he'd turn on 'em and say, "Child, please!" and his kids would crack up.
	
 
		
		
Play-Doh rocks
I loved smooshing it onto the Sunday comics, peeling it back and seeing the pictures backwards.
	
 
		
		
I loved smooshing it onto the Sunday comics
We used to do that with Silly Putty. 
	
 
		
		
That sounds like Silly Putty.  You can do that with Play-Doh?
	
 
		
		
Play-doh beathen, or Silly Putty?
	
 
		
		
Most Buffista Xpost ever?
	
 
		
		
It's a giant Silly Putty cross-post.
	
 
		
		
It's a giant cross-post cross-post.
	
 
		
		
oops.  silly putty.  same family of smooshy things though.