poster paints are more suitable than water paints. I have a variety of painting utensils. Sponges cut into shapes, chunky paint brushes, sponge type paint brushes and foam stamps [milk bottle lids with shapes cut out of funky foam]
PVA is fine for use for toddlers, it does take a little bit to dry, or pritt stick for quick stick fixes. you can also use double sided sticky tape too.
DD is 21 months and loves collages, on a dry day recently we went and collected leaves in the park to stick onto a collage, you can paint the leaves and push them onto the paper to make prints too.
Stickers are also popular, just simple dots, stars or other shapes.
playdough is always popular, it is very easy to make.
rainbow rice is also fun to play with, though it's something mummy should make and it does keep quite well.
glitter, but it makes a helluva mess. Best massaged into playdough imo!
this is a pinterest board of crafty type activities to do with DD