Puppets!

My daughter is often very shy and doesn't like to talk when I want her to speak French. It's not that she doesn't know how to do it, she just is shy. Today, we spent the morning making different kinds of puppets. Then, afterwards she and I had conversations with our puppets in French. By using a puppet a lot of shyness vanished. And we had a great time at the same time.
Even if your kids aren't shy, it's still a great way to practice French and change things up a bit !

You can make sock puppets, paper bag puppets, paper plate puppets, or a gazillion other types of puppets. This site has a lot of directions for various puppets:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/toddler/