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Fire Breathing Dragons and Catapult Kits

This week's theme is Knights and Dragons, with a To Go Kits for a Fire Breathing Dragon (more suited for younger children) and a Pom Pom...

Jack and the Beanstalk Story & Beanstalk Growing Kits

This was our first To Go Kit to kick off our 2020 Summer Reading Program. I first saw the idea as an image on Pinterest--there are lots,...

Early Lit Summer Reading Kits

We didn't do a lot of To Go Kits for the Early Childhood aspect of Summer Reading, but one we did include was the Apple Stem Letters...

Online Summer Reading Program 2020

Like a lot of librarians, I was very excited about this year's theme, Imagine Your Story, and disappointed to have to work it into an...

Moon Landing Watch Party

I got the fun (and easy!) idea from the Programming Librarian Interest Group on Facebook to hold a Moon Landing Watch Party, showing the...

Make Your Own Kaleidoscopes

Another craft for our Summer Reading Program was kaleidoscopes. These were kits from S&S Worldwide, with added washi tape, markers, beads...

Alien UFO Craft

Another Summer Reading Program craft this year was making UFOs out of paper bowls and aluminum foil. I found plenty of inspiration on...

Galaxy Slime

I put off the slime craze for as long as I could. In fear of the mess and the crowd, but also because I have no slime experience and I...

Outer Space Suncatchers

Besides our annual Tie-Dye Day, our first Summer Reading event this year was painting suncatchers. I found some Outer Space Suncatchers...

A Universe of Stories Book Display

This year's Summer Reading Program theme is A Universe of Stories, so I wanted to showcase some of our space books to fit the theme (and...