Fun library activities for adults

Don’t be like Philip! This was one of the first photo projects that we ever undertook. After seeing a seminar by Ben Bizzle, I really got inspired by trying to branch out with a little bit …

I want to provide you with some fun activities for middle school to incorporate in your classroom. Fun activities for middle school help create a sense of community and allow students to form a relationship with you. Crafts and art projects act as fun activities for middle school students. Check out

Teaching blog post on using genre crafts to teach genres in the upper elementary classroom

The escape room that we made last year was so much fun that I knew that we had to do it again. But we can’t just do the same one, that would be boring and kids would already know most of the…

How to make mini bookmarks out of beads. Would be a perfect library craft for kids or an activity to promote literacy and reading.

This webinar will inspire you with new book-related programming ideas to engage adult readers in your community.

Escape room activities are a fun and interactive way to work on the skills kids need. My favorite part about escape room activities is that they really encourage cooperation and critical thinking skills. Kids work together and use their collective brain power to solve a variety of puzzles and challe

I think I love dystopian stories because I've always kinda wanted to be in a rebellion. I read the Giver along with everyone else in junior high, took a class on dystopias in college (where I was introduced to the lovely "Uglies" series), and latched onto The Hunger Games and Divergent when they got big. At our library we've done a few Hunger Games programs before (read my posts about the training here and the games here), but I wanted to do something a little more complicated. A little more…

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Supplies Buttons Canvas or Wood Glue-I prefer hot glue Stencils (optional) Step 1 Gather your supplies. Step 2 Sketch out your pattern. For this, I made my own stencil using the cat silhouette image that was included with our CSLP artwork. I made this using a piece of cardstock and have now used it for 2 different projects. Just tape it down and trace it out. Step 3 Start gluing on your buttons. Step 4 Keep gluing on your buttons. This will take a long while. But eventually it will be done…