I’ve seen tile murals done where a famous piece of artwork is broken down into a grid, and each student takes a blank tile and paints (with pottery glaze) the design from that grid section onto the tile. They are all fired and reassembled into the piece of art. It’s really very cool and if the right piece of artwork were chosen, it could turn out awesome. Think Monet or Van Gogh!

Another idea with tiles would be making sets of coasters, or with larger tiles they could make hotpads for putting on dining room tables under hot foods

I’ve also seen them do “stepping” stone tiles. Again, same concept: kids decorate their stones using mosaic pieces, colorful marbles and rocks, etc. Then each tile is individually auctioned or sold for about $25 to $30.

Take them to a park or botanical garden where you have previously arranged for them to “harvest’ good smelling things.

Dresing jars up with a ribbon is cool, too