My tweens and teens are in love with emojis. Half of their devices’ memory is specialized emoji, whether it’s additional faces and gestures or specialized characters devoted to their favorite fandoms and movies. There are times when I will get messages from them entirely in emoji, and I actually enjoy figuing out the puzzle of […]
Category: Programs
Bookish Crafts
I am a movie lover. I am also a book lover. So when the two combine I get extremely excited. When there’s spinoffs of concepts, such as this weekend’s release of The Huntsman: Winter’s War, it brings out the geek in me and I want to bring out some of my favorite bookish crafts. Having been […]
Resist Art Ideas
I’ve always been drawn to resist art. For those who aren’t sure what I’m talking about, resist art is art that is created by layering two different and incompatible mediums (or techniques) together, and then removing one to reveal the space beneath. You see it used a lot with negative space art- people will put down […]
Free Comic Book Day Ideas
I love Free Comic Book Day! The first Saturday in May (so this year May 7), comic book stores around the country have purchased specially created comics and give them away to comic lovers of all ages. They have special events, have parties, and celebrate the love of reading of comics. Libraries get into the […]
Upcycling T-Shirts
I missed the dress-up gene somewhere along the line. I go to conferences, I go to amusement parks, and I see people in business casual attire or dresses, going around in heels or other dress shoes, and all I can think of is, “How can they do that?” My work shoes are a dressy version […]
Duct Tape Inspirations
If you asked them, the one material that my teens have loved to work with more than anything else has been duct tape. Doesn’t matter when, where, or what, it has been, “Miss, when are we doing another duct tape night?” or, “Miss, can I make a duct tape thingie?” I made it worse […]
String Art, Steam, and Teens
One of the most stress relieving, intense, and coolest projects I’ve done with teens has to have been string art. I had seen it done online, and wanted to do a really neat hands-on project that would appeal to a wide variety of teens, geeks, romantics, everyone, and string art seemed to fit the […]
Fandom Sensory Bottles
In September over on Teen Services Underground, Faythe wrote about creating glitter jars with her teens and how big of a hit it was. If you missed it, the article is here. She used small jars, and then what over here in Orlando they call fairy or pixie dust jars, itty bitty baby jars that look […]
New Uses for Sharpies
All throughout school I was always coloring on my shoes. I had canvas shoes for the most part, and they just begged to be colored. Then the white parts of other shoes needed to be colored. I would get in trouble if I colored on my jeans, but I could mark all over my shoes […]
Star Wars and Glass Jars (No Jar-Jar)
With the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the upcoming Star Wars Holidays, I’ve pulled together three of my favorite jar crafts and put Star Wars variations on them for library programs.