Diverse writting mediums

I think it's safe to say that everyone is familiar with writing on paper, but for a child, especially a young child, it can make an otherwise dull and tedious task of practicing things like spelling words more enjoyable by writing with more creative tools.

No matter the child's age, for a change of pace, doing something different like copying spelling words onto the sidewalk using chalk can make for a fun change. So this post is a list of ideas for different mediums to use for creating words.

Just to be complete, I'll start with 'the usual suspects':
Crayons
Pens
Pencils
Digital (typing)

Still using things (like pens) that are more common, but perhaps in ways bit outside the norm:
Highlighters
Write everything in 'bubble letters' - outlined block letters like this:
         _______
         |__    __|
             |    |
             |__|
Write using the non-dominate hand
Write the entire list or sentence with the eyes closed (longer passages, espeically with multiple lines
        of text can garner the most amusement with this one)
Write everything vertically rather than horizontally
Paint on scrap cardboard
Try to write with two pens - either holding one in each hand and moving them together, or holding
       both pens together to form one double line.
Use stencils

Materials farther outside the box:
Use alphabet noodles/cereal
Shape letters with toothpicks or broken spaghetti noodle segments
Write in shaving foam or whipped cream spread out on cookie sheets
Write in dirt or sand with finger or stick outside
Use pebbles to form words
Write using streams of toilet paper to form words
Give kids digital cameras to take pictures of letters around town and have them crop the photos and
       paste them together (can be literally pasted together if you print it all out, but I recommend
       keepting this all in the digital world and 'paste' into something like MS WORD. 
Cut out letters from a newspaper or magazine to combine into words
Use their bodies to 'spell' out words (also can work as a P.E. activity if they try to go fast through
       forming words!)
String or Yarn
Chalk
Play-doh
foggy mirror/window
Food such as raisins or M&Ms


I'm sure there are many, many more ways to get creative with this. Of course, the whole point of spelling lists are to encourage your children to learn the words, so I don't recommend doing so much of this that a child loses sight of that, but as an occasional creative outlet to bolster lagging enthusiasm, it might be a lot of fun coming up with new and innovative ways to form the words.