MORE 'CRAFTS' POSTS
TPiB: Story Terrariums (guest post by Erinn Batykefer at The Library as Incubator Project)
Beneath the Surface, Crafts, Programming, TPIB, Uncategorized
|Every Friday in March we are teaming up with The Library as Incubator Project to bring you a new craft idea that you can do with your tweens and teens. Today, Erinn Batykefer is walking you through making Story Terrariums. Next week: Instagram crafts.“Beneath the Surface” is such an evocative theme. Some of the most […]
If your schedule is anything like mine, you are always pressed for time. There are meetings, book orders, programs to plan, staffing emergencies, desk time…. Things always eat up what time you have, and I can always use easy crafts when it comes time for “crafternoons“ or movie nights with my tweens and teens. I’m […]
All the month of March, which is National Craft Month, we are joining forces with The Library as Incubator Project (@iartlibraries on Twitter) to bring you a new craft activity each Friday that you can do with your tweens and teens. As part of our National Craft Month collaboration, this post originally appeared at The […]
Take 5: Craftfails and the Lessons Learned (from Christie G.)
craftfails, Crafts, crowds, glitter, sewing, Take 5, Uncategorized
|Everyone has good times and bad times with programs- and crafts are no exception. In over ten years of teen services experience, I have had many craft fails. But these are my top 5, and the lessons I learned from them. Hopefully, you can learn from my mistakes (or at least get a laugh). MYTH: […]
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 […]
TPiB: Leaving Kansas for OZ- Oz the Great and Powerful
Collages, Costumes, Crafts, Jewelry, Oz the Great and Powerful, Shrink Charms, TPIB, Uncategorized
|So, my teens and I are so over anxiously awaiting the release of Oz The Great and Powerful so badly you cannot believe it. In fact, one of them has his birthday that day, and my teens start their spring break on the 7th, and they are begging me to go to the midnight showing. […]
It’s still coming… Yes, Valentine’s is Thursday, and if you’re in need of easy crafts, I’ve collected some for you! And only you, because that is how much I care for all y’all (Texas plural proper). Origami Hearts If your teens are anything like mine, they LOVE origami. And if you have the instructions […]
Several months ago, I bought my girls guitar pick necklaces at a local craft fair. A few weeks later, Christie sent me an e-mail, she had found a guitar pick punch. I didn’t have to buy the necklaces – I could make my own! And wouldn’t this be the best craft idea ever with my […]
Your TAB needs to make Mockingjay pins? You’re wondering what to do with six dozen marshmallows, rubber bands, and sharpies because the program budget is spent but you need to squeeze one more event in? You keep hearing about some new creative… thing but don’t know what it is or how it’s used? I like […]
TPIB: Turn your Instagram pics into Photobooth bookmarks
Bookmarks, Crafts, Instagram, Photobooth, Teen Programming, TPIB
|You can take any 4 Instagram pictures (or Hipstamatic pictures) and turn them into a bookmark craft with your teens. Technically, you can do it with any photos as long as you get the measurements right – but Instagram/Hipstamatic are kind enough to have frames built in. Think of the things you can do here! […]
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