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 […]
Tag: crafts
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.
April is for Craft Ideas!
Wait, you may be thinking, MARCH is National Craft Month! What are you thinking? Here’s the reasoning: MAY has always been the craziest month for me scheduling-wise in the public library sphere. In May, I’ve always been pulling together all the last-minute details for summer reading programs, staff meetings and schedules, school visits and book talks, not […]
Star Wars Programs for Teens
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming December 19th (right in time for everyone’s winter breaks, yea Disney) and the full length trailer released last week, my teens have talked about NO-THING since, and probably won’t. At least until Mockingjay Part 2 breaks through their consciousness, and then it’ll be back to Star Wars. Star Wars Reads Day and […]
Easy Gift Making Programs
Today I’m over on Teen Services Underground sharing ideas on how to put together gift making programs for tweens and teens. These are easy and fun “craft” programs where teens can create scrubs, salts, no bake mixes, or other easy, low-cost presents to give to their family and loved ones during the holiday season. […]
Doctor Who Program- 2015 edition
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman Doctor Who returns to BBC America on Saturday, September 19, and my teen Whovians (and I) cannot wait for the return of our favorite time traveler. Back in 2013 I co-wrote this piece on putting together a 50th anniversary party for your library; since then I’ve changed blogs and we’ve […]
Last Minute iREAD Programming Ideas
Yesterday I shared some of my favorite last-minute program ideas for the CSRP theme. Today, I wanted to share some of my favorite iREAD programming ideas. I always get envious when I like another library’s programming ideas more than the ones that we have, especially when I can’t figure out a way to use them in […]
Last Minute CSRP Programming Ideas
Summer reading is either right around the corner or already started and programs have been set for ages! (Thank you and start passing our the daiquiris!) However, there’s always a chance that something goes wrong- a performer fails to show up, or someone calls in sick and you can’t find their materials, or you just […]