Kids Create: Spooky Mobile
Enjoy this spooky season with a fun mobile! Create your very own Spooky Mobile by making a haunting (not really) moonlight night scene full of ghastly ghosts, batty bats and laughing pumpkins. Materials: Construction Paper Pencil Yarn Glue Stick Scissors Hole Puncher Instructions: Draw moon, cloud, bat, ghost and pumpkin. Cut shapes out and attach moon to cloud. If desired use scraps to make facial features for the spooky figures. Take hole puncher and make a hole at the top of each cutout. Get ready to…
Summer Reading Highlight: Books for Preschool & Pre-K
Tired of reading the same three books with your little one? Over and over again? On the hunt for new titles? No problem. Take a look at our nifty Summer Reading Booklist for some reading inspiration! If you haven't stopped by your local branch yet, make sure to visit and pick up our Summer Reading gameboard. Collect stickers by reading books with your young one, visiting library programs, and doing early literacy building activities this summer, and you will be entered into our grand prize bookset giveaway. Bee-Bim Bop! By Linda Sue Park, Illustrated by…
Kids Create: Mother’s Day Felt Banner
Nothing says "I love you mom" like a handmade gift from the heart. Create a sweet felt banner to express your love and appreciation for the special mom in your life. Materials: Felt Dowel (or branch, popsicle stick, chopstick) Twine Pom Pom Glue Scissors Instructions: Fold felt in half and cut from inside to outside to create pointed bottom. Cut out and glue desired shapes and words to decorate banner. Fold banner slightly over dowel and glue. Attach twine from one end of dowel to the other. Add embellishments…
Kids Create: DIY Block Printing
Create a fun block print with your little ones while learning about different shapes, patterns and textures. Materials: Cardboard Glue Scissors Paint Paint Brush Paper Instructions: Divide cardboard into two pieces (you will be using once piece as the base of your design and the second piece as the material for your stamp shapes). Peel one piece of cardboard to reveal corrugated side. Using your freshly peeled corrugated cardboard, cut out a variety of shapes and arrange and glue on to cardboard base. You now have made a stamp! Brush…
Kids Create: Fall Leaf Mobile
Library Lab: Exploding Chalk Baggies
Looking for a quick STEM activity to beat the heat? Then this post is for you! Materials: 1 cup Vinegar 1/2 cup Cornstarch 2 tbsp Baking Soda 1 Zipper Sandwich Baggies 1 Paper Napkin Food Color/ Liquid Color Instructions: Place baking…