Crafts
Cindy Crushes Programming: Seurat Inspired Paintings
Teen Librarian Cindy Shutts shares a quick, easy and inexpensive teen craft inspired by the art works of Georges Seurat
Tween and Teen Programming Idea: DIY Photo/Note Holders
Teen librarian Karen Jensen walks you through a tutorial to DIY photo frames or note holders that tweens and teens will love
Tween and Teen Crafts: No-Cook Playdough with Robin Willis and Scout Jensen
Making grab and go craft kits for tweens and teens? Never underestimate the joy of mixing and playing with DIY playdough. Yes, even for tweens and teens.
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Cindy Crushes Programming: DIY Silhouette Mugs
Turn plain mugs into works of art using this simple DIY tutorial.
TPiB: Locker Crafts
It’s back to school time which for a lot of middle school and high school teens means one thing – LOCKERS! Well, I’m sure it means a lot of things. But for the creative side of me it means LOCKERS! I love making a locker personal, which means MAKING STUFF. We’re all about making! So […]
Teen craft cabinet essentials
When I began hosting craft programs at the library, I wondered how people could possibly talk about crafts as an inexpensive activity. Everything cost money! Even many “cheap” crafts don’t come cheap if you don’t have any supplies stored up. Case in point: Poetry Month favorite, blackout poetry. Use your damaged and discarded books and newspapers and […]
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Book Review and Program Ideas: Playing with Surface Design by Courtney Cerruti
When The Mr. and I were in college, he was an art major. I had the distinct privilege of of learning about an array of artistic ideas while watching him take classes. Because of this experience, or perhaps just because of the moments we’ve shared and the influence he has had on me, I’ve always […]
Take 5: Postcards from France, programs, books and more for a France themed day (Quarto Week) (TPiB)
In my home, Paris is a dream destination. The Tween collects a variety of memorabilia and we tend to collect and read books that take place in France. This post for a Paris themed TPIB has been sitting in my drafts folder for a really, really long time. But I’m finally dusting it off and […]
TPiB: Herbal Bath Sachets (aka Tub Teas)
This morning as I walked outside, there was this gross layer of ice over everything that was practically invisible. The kids at the crosswalk were slipping and falling all over the place, and then it started to rain ice. Not hail or sleet, this was like little jagged shards of ice that were pelting my […]
TPiB: Mexican Sugar Skulls Made Out of Clay (with links to a few other multicultural crafts)
As part of a Social Studies project, The Tween and her classmates had to create crafts to sell at a recreated “Mexican Market”. For our craft project, we created Sugar Skulls out of clay which proved to be very popular. Sugar Skulls are an important part of the Mexican Day of the Dead, or the […]
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