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TPiB: Comic Book Creations
| Comic Books, Comics, Graphic Novels, Programming, Programs, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, Teen Programs in a Box, TPIB, TPIB Environment
Today I am hosting my first Teen program for this year’s super hero themed program. This is hands down my favorite SRC theme to date. So many cool, easy and fun things to do. Today I’m just having a kind of informal comic themes Maker program where we will cut up discarded graphic novels/manga/comic books […]
Book Review and Program Ideas: Playing with Surface Design by Courtney Cerruti
| Crafts, Programming, Programming Resources, Programs, Teen Porgramming, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, TPIB
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)
| Crafts, origami, Paris, Programming, Programming Resources, Programs, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, Teen Programs in a Box, 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 […]
I previously submitted a post detailing the first few weeks of an exciting documentary film making program for teenagers that the Downers Grove Public Library was providing for the first time. Now that the program is finished, I would love to share how everything turned out!! After learning camera, lighting, and audio techniques from our […]
TPiB: Programming with Straws
| Programming, Teen Program in a Box, Teen Programming, Teen Programming in a Box, Teen Programs in a Box, TPIB, TPIB Environment
@TLT16 Must. Get. So cool! Will have to repeat our Everything is Strawsome program again and add these to it. — Laura Renshaw (@LauraRenshaw1) January 30, 2015 When I was Tweeting about Strawbees on Twitter, Laura Renshaw sent me the above tweet about her library’s Everything is Strawsome program, an obvious play on the popular […]
My first weeks as the YA Services Coordinator at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County in Ohio, the children’s librarian came to me with an ad for these things called STRAWBEES and asked what I thought of them. And what I thought of them was that they looked pretty cool. So she […]
I recently learned about some amazing crafts that you could do with zip ties from my friends in Ohio, MM and MM. That’s not a typo, there are two of them. They are very cool – and crafty. Disco Balls MM originally saw these on Pinterest and knew that she wanted to make them, but […]
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)
| Crafts, Programming, Programs, TPIB
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 […]
Career Conversations, programming for older teens
| free programs, High School, Programming, Teen Programming, TPIB
What do older teens want out of library programing? Communities differ, but in my area, with teens in a highly demanding school loaded with AP courses and ample, high quality after school activity options, the library’s offerings have tough competition for teens’ precious after school time. The strategy here is not to attempt competing with […]
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