Kids of all ages love the games available at lego.com. Check out the fun, interactive bedtime stories for preschoolers. “Read and Build” allows pre-schoolers to create their own story as they build with blocks. Lego also has popular games for older builders; “Forest Ambush Game” is particularly popular here at the library!
National Aviation Day is on August 19th, 2013. Let’s build an airplane out of candies.
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/kids/articles/2010/08/20/20100820kids-craft-aircraft-krafts.html
Look who landed on our planet, the little Martians. click on the link below for instructions how to make this cute Martians.
Make a rainbow and eat it too!
Source: Rainbow Cake in a Jar
Make a rainbow in a jar at Schlafly on June 20th 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Source: Rainbow in a jar
…but it is December, and we’re ready for some snow! Aren’t you? Since Mother Nature doesn’t seem ready to cooperate, here are two great craft activities so that you can make “snowflakes” in the comfort of your own home. Just click either photo to get started.
Sparkling Ice Crystals
You’ll need pipe cleaners, beads, fishing line, and pompoms
Borax Crystal Snowflakes
You’ll need string, pipe cleaners, a jar, Borax, water, a heat source, and a pencil.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
It is Springtime… April showers have ended and May flowers are here!
Find out how to make this beautiful duct tape rose pen that is sure to bloom for a long time to come:
http://randomosityblog.com/2011/05/duct-tape-flower-pens.html
It’s spring time and it’s almost Mother’s Day. Here is a fun and easy project to re-purpose plastic bottles and make a perfect gift for our mothers, or any special person.
http://beachpetals.blogspot.com/2009/10/plastic-soda-bottle-flowers.html
Sheep egghead for a Spring theme kid’s party. Find out more on how to create different egghead critters, click on the link below.
http://familyfun.go.com/spring/spring-crafts/spring-barnyard-crafts/easter-eggs-sheep-egg-661501/
“‘And what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversations?’”
While we Youth Services staff love all kinds of books, this question posed in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland brings to mind the rapidly growing popularity and relevance of graphic novels for children and teenagers. We would like to bring your attention the wide variety of graphic novels we carry–not just superheroes, but realistic fiction, history, biography and memoir, drama (graphic novels of Shakespeare exist in both the original early Modern English as well as abridged forms), and folklore, to name a few genres. As always, feel free to contact us or come into the library for suggestions.
In the meantime, check out these following websites. Deborah Ford, resource librarian for the San Diego Unified School District, talks about the importance of graphic novels and her invitation to speak at the 2010 Comic-Con. No Flying, No Tights provides a lot of helpful suggestions not only of classic superhero comics (the likes of DC and Marvel) but of many other genres as well.
–Lindsay Beckman
We just had our New Year, but we haven’t past our Chinese New Year yet. Feb. 3rd, 2010 is the year of rabbit. This game website will help children to learn a bit about Chinese New Year and other subjects that they study in the school and have fun at the same time.
–Adeline Chow
Image from Omnitarian
St Louis Public Library Parents 