Our doors may be closed for now (see here), but there's still plenty of digital awesomeness to explore and enjoy! The following list pulls together the many library member and free online resources that'll keep your mind active and alert.
It's hard to be stuck at home--but there's plenty of stuff to support your mental and physical health. Check out some of the links below and say ✋ 'bye, boredom'.
★ This list will be continously updated! Last edited: 4/29/2020
Low-cost, colorful coasters: take a ceramic tile from plain to POW ✨with only a few inexpensive supplies! During the Craftzilla: Watercolor Coasters event (June 13), participants experimented with a variety of blending and wash techniques.
Craftzilla: DIY Locker Deco September 7th, 4:00-6:00 PM
Locker looking like a drab steel box? Make it a thing of beauty and self-expression with these easy DIY crafts: pattern magnets, glitter photo clips, pom garlands, and mini cork boards!
Also want to give your Biology notes some pizzazz? Drop in for washi tape notebooks and folders!
Come hang out, snack, and get your casual craft on! You can drop by anytime between 4-6 PM.
★ This event is for: the 7th-12th grade + 2017 high school grads, typically age 17-19.
In 28 days, Summer Reading Program participants have logged 3,255 hours! I think that's worthy of a dance!: \(>.<)/( >.)//\( )\\(.< )\(>.<)/
That's 651 prize slips earned, going toward 20 different finale prize packages! Come in to the library to look at the prize display and--because I couldn't fit all the awesomeness into the glass case--the prize binders which have photos and descriptions of each prize bundle.
It's not too late to sign up for the Spark A Reaction SRP! Remember--you don't need a library card to participate in the logs or events. (But yes, you would need a card to check stuff out.) Signing up is easy!: Step 1 Saunter up to the Front Desk! Step 2 Say "I want to sign up for your really cool SRP!" Step 3 Write your name/age/phone #/grade in the Official Sign-Up Binder and you'll receive all you need to join in! (And SRP event registration is at the Front Desk too! Calendar here.) Step 4 Exclaim (quietly, because you're in a library) "Why thank you, you really cool librarian!" (◕ฺ◡−) *WINK*
Yourlast day to turn in logs and drawing slips is Friday, July 11th, by 5 PM! Prize winners will be contacted July 14th-18th, leading up to our finale party, Bellcon, on Saturday, July 19th! More details to follow!
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Just a reminder that your second meeting of Random Fandom is tomorrow, from 3 to 6 PM! It's a drop-in event; come join the anime-watching (courtesy of crunchyroll.com), food-eating, craft-constructing, mascot-naming, and friend-making! Tomorrow is also Custom Buttons: Part Deux! You can cut out extreme shojo faces (as pictured) from one of our many mangazines (shonen also available). Or make a Chi button, with soft felt ears! =＾● ⋏ ●＾= Been dying to make a Dr. Who or David Bowie button? Feel free to bring in your own cutouts! (The number of buttons may be subject to limitation, though!)
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Coming soon >> Photos from the Teen Iron Chef and Bottle Terrarium Workshop events! (๑>ᴗ<๑)/
Pinterest is full of amazingly fun and simple crafts, but one that I have been dying to do for a while is temporary tattoos with gel pens. After seeing gel pens on sale, I decided it was time to try it; which is why we are doing it today during Wednesday Recess!
It just looks like so much fun and so easy. As always, the reality is a little more complicated than the fantasy of the craft (Craftasy?) . . . but it is still crazy fun! Here's the instructions:
Pretty simple, right? It really is! With a few caveats, of course. For one, getting just the right amount of ink takes a bit of trial and error. Also, the time you keep the damp cloth on the paper will depend on the type of paper you've used and the how much ink you've used and how long it sat before starting the transfer. You will have a couple muckups. In fact, you will see that the Hanklerfish I made in the first pictures do not match the final product. I had to try a couple times before I made one I was happy with. Don't be afraid to touch up your tattoo after the fact, either.
Anyway, give it a try and post your results in comments!
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Okay, I mentioned in the last post that I would be showing you how to make moss garden terrariums. Well, I'm not gonna do that. You see, today is Wednesday Recess at the library and we are making things from shrink plastic. We had so much fun that I just HAD to focus on this one instead. So easy, and so fun. It really NEVER gets boring!
Many are familiar with the wonders of Shrinky-Dinks. It is a name brand crafting/activity material that has the fun ability to shrink when heat is applied to it. So, you do neat designs, cut them out, and toss them in an oven for a couple minutes and you get these cool shrunken plastic creations. ShrinkyDink has done some tie-ins with other intellectual property and character. Here is a fantastic image of a Mr. T Shrinky-Dink set . . . he pities the fool who doesn't have fun with shrink plastic!
I stumbled across this gem of a craft project while looking for examples of new things to try with shrink plastic. For the uninitiated, many consumer plastics are shrink plastics. This means they shrink and become malleable when heat is applied. What is SUPER cool is the fact that number 6 plastic (the type most deli containers are made of) is the same type of plastic used for Shrinky Dinks. I've been harvesting the flat pieces of these containers from empties found in the staff lounge at the library for years. We've done shrink plastic crafts at a couple of programs and it is crazy fun. I definitely suggest you give it a try . . . and it is certainly a better fate for something that would end up in the recycling bin, at best.
So, I was looking for shrink plastic ideas that were a bit out of the ordinary . . . making rings or manipulating the plastic into different things. This is when I found the Rainbow Suncatcher that was posted by Life in the Nuthouse a couple years ago. Let me tell you, if thereis one craft I've been wanting to make all summer it is this one. And I promise you I will be making it after the summer reading program ends with our Finale Party this Saturday. I usually don't post crafts I haven't tried myself, but with my past experiments with shrink plastic, I can promise that it is super easy. Given all the cookouts and parties most of us will be going to throughout the summer, the cups should be easily acquired items . . . so summer is a great time to tackle this craft. Nuthouse suggests using unused cups, but a bit of soap and water should clean used ones enough to be usable. Just make sure they are number 6 cups, check the reference photo above for an example of the #6 identifier.
For this week's "Make at Home!" I thought we'd do something sweet. I have yet to meet the person who dislikes rice krispie treats. I'm sure they exist, but given their poor taste, I don't imagine I'd spend much time talking with them if I was given the opportunity. I mean, they are gooey, crispy, sweet, and like edible Floam. Anyone remember Floam? For the uninitiated, Floam was this amazing substance that involved a kind of thick slime with tiny Styrofoam balls all mixed up inside. This made for an amazing moldable and sculptable substance that had a crazy fun texture. Here, I'll find a pic . . . There you are.
Anyway, it is much like rice krispie treats in its sculptiness. Which got myself and the La Vista Librarian excited when we were thinking of ideas for her Minecraft event . . . we could make RICE KRISPIE TREAT CREEPERS! People have done some pretty amazingMinecraft stuff with Rice Krispie Treats, but we didn't find any actually sculpted versions. So, we did . . . and they turned out crazy fun. Check this guy out made by a participant!...
Every week we will have an activity that you can do when you're bored at home. These will be things we've made up ourselves or found online and loved so much we had to share with you. Each week will be something different that anyone should be able to make using things you'll likely have on-hand. Post pics of your creations in the comments, we'd love to see them!
This week: Dr. Who Papercrafts!
Love Dr. Who? Who doesn't, really? Well, there are some bad guys and gals across the chronosphere that aren't fans, but we aren't them! We are firmly on the Doctor's side! We found some great papercrafts that you can build at home to have your own Whovian adventures. Check em out!
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