Well, I sure wish I could show you this rather than type it in. Its a bit like what Gordon is getting at. Ok, three and four fingered chords are hard to pull off well when you're starting out... you won't quit on learning them, but you can give yourself a break and have some fun at the same time.

First, take a break from thinking of the guitar conventionally, as in 6 strings all needing to be "strummed" together. Next thing, forget about what notes are what, what notes form what chords. I'm not saying you won't learn & pay attention to these things in the future. I'm saying take a break from conventional approach, but instead of putting the guitar down, try something different.

1) Experiment with a capo. Get something like the Planet Waves Capo, slap it on any one of the first 5 frets. Now, just try fretting one string at a time, and picking just that string, and one or both adjacent strings... experiment. Sometimes the notes will sound terrible together, some will sound really good together. Try adding just one other finger, so you're never using more than one or two fingers to fret your "chord". Try moving around on the fretboard, experimenting with different positions with different open strings. You'll probably come up with some cool stuff. Remember, you're not strumming all the strings... you're just picking two or three strings... whether you play them together, or pick them individually is up to you, you may want to do both.

2) If you go on Wiki-pedia you can find out about alternate tunings. One I like is (starting with the thickest string, the E string, and then moving up):

D-A-D-G-A-E Using the same experimenting technique as in #1, but without the capo, you can play around and see what you come up with.

You may also want to learn some simple fingerpicking patterns as taught by Lisa McCormick on this site. Fingerpicking is a great way to really add interest to a relatively simple chord. It also sounds great on acoustic guitar.

Give it a whirl and see what you can come up with.