Piggie and Elephant

This is a paper bag craft that I have used in the past for my Crafty Fridays. I am planning to use them in a Piggie and Elephant story time and I thought they would be fun to share. Someday I may have to sew a piggie and elephant but for now the paperbags will do. A big thank you to Three Little Birds North for the idea and the templates!!

This is a Flannel Friday submission. For more information visit the Flannel Friday Blog. Visit Flannel Friday on Pinterest by clicking the link scroll down a bit and it's on the right. (It's the white box with the colorful lettering)

Ornament Painting Party

Who doesn't love paint, glitter and a little holiday cheer? Well yes of course I do!! We had a wonderful time at our Ornament Painting Party.

Impressive huh? Our little artists worked very hard painting glittering their ornaments. Fun was had by all!

Shooting Star

Shooting Star

1. I created a few cardboard templates of a large star for the kids to cut out their own star from construction paper.
2. Decorate your star.
3. Tape coloful streamers to the back of the star.
4. Enjoy your shooting star.

Dreamcatchers

Dreamcatcher

We are making dreamcatchers today for Crafty Friday at he library. 

1. Take a paper plate and cut out a circle.

2. Punch 7 holes around the inner circle and 3 holes on the bottom edge of the paper plate.

3. Take a long strand of yarn and weave it through the holes around the circle.

4. Take 3 shorted strands of yarn and tie them to the 3 bottom holes on the paper plate.

5. Tie beads to the 3 bottom strands of yarn.

6. Glue feathers to the bottom of the sterands of yarn hanging from the bottom of the plate.

7. Hang your dreamcatcher near your bed and let all of your bad dreams flow into the dreamcatcher and enjoy.

Hard at work making dreamcatchers.

Raccoons in the Library

Raccoon masks made out of paper plates were a hit!! Thanks to  Pinterest and this Family Education Blog I was able to whip up a really cool craft for Crafty Friday. I wrote out instructions as well as made cardboard templates for the parts that must be traced and cut out from the black paper.  We didn't use googlie eyes, just yellow or white crayons. Everyone enjoyed this craft.

Cloud Craft: What Do You See in the Sky?

Kids enjoyed creating their own cloud. Aside from monitoring cotton ball usage the program went off without any hitches. The kids would come to the desk to show us their clouds. They were very proud of their creations!

Bats in the Library

Bats in the Library, YIKES!!! This Friday we will be cutting out and coloring bats for our craft.  I encourage the participants to use their imagination when coloring their bats. We used crayons and colored pencils.  After gluing the bat to the midnight black paper we used chalk to write a little message and sign our work.

Foam Picture Frames

We hosted a stuffed animal sleepover where kids come to our Pajarama story time with a stuffed friend and their Pj's (of course). They leave their stuffed friend overnight for a sleepover. We take pictures of the little critters having fun and getting into trouble in the library.


Our first craft for Crafty Friday was a continuation of The Stuffed Animal Sleepover. I set up tables with foam stickers and all kinds of fun things to decorate a picture frame. Each child was given 1 5 x 7 piece of foam and they traced a 4 x 6 rectangle in the middle of the frame (this is where they will glue their picture.)

Here is where the creativity begins. The kids decorate the outside of the frame however they want. They come back the next day to pick up their stuffed friend and their picture. It is so much fun to see the kids reactions to what silliness their stuffed friends have gotten into. Some were naughty and needed a time out and other were well behaved, quietly reqding books.

The parents and the children have fun and really appreciate it every time I do this program.