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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Origami
Program Name: Origami Folding What: We’ve offered this program a few times for our kids and it’s always met with a lot of interest – but, I’d love to try a program with adults as well. Origami is so much fun because of the hands-on nature of creating something beautiful with…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Bullet Journaling
Program Name: Not Your 13-year-old Self’s Journal What: I tried to bullet journal a little bit last year and unfortunately I just didn’t keep up with it, but I’ve been wanting to offer a how-to bullet journal program at the library for a couple of months now. I think this would be…
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#blogbookaday: The Wolf, The Duck & The Mouse
Summary: “This is a story about a mouse and a duck who get swallowed by a wolf. Early one morning a mouse met a wolf and was quickly gobbled up. When a woeful mouse is swallowed by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set…
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Resource: Creative Live
I purchased a Creative Live course a while ago titled”Building a Successful Creative Blog” by April Bowles-Olin. The course is a 3-day workshop that I’m hoping will jump start me into revamping my blog. It’s been on my mind for awhile now, especially since I’m no longer a children’s librarian,…
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Fun Friday: 3-D Art Sculptures
I took a lesson plan that I created for my summer camp visit and used it again for my Fun Friday groups last week. I had all the supplies left over from camp, so I just grabbed some fun picture books to read aloud and let the kids spend the…
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Lego Block Party – One of the Easiest Programs You Can Do
We don’t have a dedicated Lego Club, but we bust out our Legos, especially when the kids don’t have school. We’ve tried different approaches – themes, no themes, read alouds, games, etc. And I really enjoy dumping the Legos on the floor and letting the kids go to town. A…
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Fun Friday Program: Happy International Dot Day!
Today is International Dot Day based on the absolutely adorable book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. In the story, Vashti is upset because she doesn’t believe that she can draw. With a little encouragement from a teacher, Vashti realizes that she is an artist and begins creating her own masterpieces.…
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Summer Camp Outreach – Shrinky Dinks
This week at summer camp we made Shrinky Dinks! If you’re unfamiliar with Shrinky Dinks you can get Shrinky Dink paper from Amazon. It’s basically a sheet of plastic that can be decorated using colored pencils and shrinks when you put it in the oven (or in our case –…
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Fun Friday: Windblown
Whoosh! This month’s Fun Friday was a wind theme (I’m sick of snow and winter!). We talk about wind, especially about how the wind is created and the kids had some great answers to my questions! Afterward, I gave them the Windblown activity paper and had them cut out the seven shapes…
