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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Zentangles
Program Name: Learn About Zentangles What: As part of our De-Stress December programming, I offered a Zentangle program at our library. “The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.” There are a ton of resources available on the Zentangle website and on…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Unique Crafting
Program Name: Crafternoon What: This has been a hugely successful craft for kids and library staff alike – we called it Crafternoon! We pulled out all our craft materials – things that have a few pieces, extra leftovers from other crafts, pieces that we don’t have enough to use for another program…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Passive Programming
Program Name: DIY Programs What: Passive programs are a librarians best friend when you’re short on staff, space and money. These programs can be super simple and easy to create and allow patrons the chance to participate any time they stop in the library, rather than attending a program on a specific…
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AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Knit Night
Program Name: Knit Night What: Knit Night is an easy program to offer the community that allows knitters, crocheters and other textile artists a place to gather, talk, share tips and tricks and spend time working on their craft. We gear this program toward adults, but also allow older children and…
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Picture Book Month: Shapes
This is an adorable story of a perfectly happy, perfect square until it goes on an adventure! Each day of the week the square finds itself changing in color and shape as it is cut, crumpled, ripped and put back together into beautiful illustrations. And in the end, the perfect…
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Programming for Millennials
I’ve been thinking about how to entice millennials to use our library more for over a year now. And now, I feel like I’m finally in a place to start planning some programs to attract this generation into the library. Being a millennial myself, I know how much millennials hate…
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Passive Programming: Clear Out the Craft Room
The kids in our school district had the whole week off for spring break so with that in mind, I knew we would need to offer a few programs to keep them busy. We had a screening of the ever-so-popular Minions with quite a large audience on Tuesday evening and on…
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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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Star Wars Party
Have you ever had one of those programs that you started planning and after it was over it looked nothing like the way you planned? That was our Star Wars party. When I originally began planning the program I talked with my supervisor and we decided on reserving our large…
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Arts & Crafts Thanksgiving Weekend
I took the day off yesterday and created these adorable creatures! I found a lot of great ideas on Pinterest and online and created my own pattern and went to town! Many of my bookclub friends have had babies over the past year and I thought it would be sweet to…
