Duct Tape
Take 5: 5 Books on Duct Tape and Washi Tape for Makers
Duct tape crafts have been a very popular part of my MakerSpace. Sometimes I’ll have some high tech making planned and my tweens and teens will walk in and say nope, we want a break from that can you please bust out the duct tape. There’s just something satisfying it seems sometimes about sitting around […]
TPiB: Washi – The Kinder, Gentler Tape
We’ve all done the Duct Tape thing. Stone simple and super fun, right? Yeah. But… We’ve all wrestled with it when it doubles back and sticks on itself. We’ve all despaired when a kid wraps a whole five dollar roll around his pant leg because he’s going to be the Tin Man, then realizes that […]
Duct Tape! Check out Sticky Fingers, plus learn from my mistakes – cool tips
I own no less than 20 rolls of Duck/Duct Tape. Okay, technically I bought them for the Tween. But you know, I get to play with them too! Plus, I have regular Duct Tape crafting days at the library. Suffice it to say at this point, I am an expert on Duct Tape crafts. In […]
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Take 5: More Duct Tape Craft Awesomeness (Duct Tape Crafts, part 2)
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TPiB: Doctor Who – How to host a BRILLIANT 50 year anniversary party (at home or at your library)
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TPiB: Duct Tape Crafts
My teens are obsessed with duct tape (or duck tape- depending on which ones you talk to). Any time we can get the money to have a duct tape craft, I have more teens than I can handle… From the original gray to animal prints, skulls and neon, duct tape has expanded as it’s popularity […]
A few of Karen’s favorite things . . .
Christmas is over so I won’t bore you with my witty intro that makes the song get stuck in your brain (mmmm . . . brains!) No, I’ll just dive right into it. These are my favorite things.Collection Development Tools: Netgalley/Edelweiss I work at a smaller library now, and run a blog, so I really […]
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