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Repurposing Old Windows with #TBCCrafters

  This week I am all about spray paint. For reasons that I cannot clearly state, I have a variety of colors of spray paint that I have been saving for “some day” and some day was this past week.   First I rescued an old window screen that my mom was throwing out.     The screen was pretty…

Make a Light Box with #TBCCrafters

  My photos are, well, awful. I really do attempt to stage them with a clear background, bright light, and in focus but inevitably when I upload a photo to my blog it’s all sad trombones. Hopefully the light box I created will solve some of these problems. Materials Cardboard box (I used a copy paper box from Staples) white…

#TBCCrafters Dig into Reading and Feed the Hungry Bear

  A few weeks ago I saw a post for the Hungry Bear ABC game and created one to use at the library. Our theme for the summer is “Dig Into Reading” and I thought the idea of a bear in a cave looking for food was really cute.     To create a station of our own we gathered these…

Get Cooking with #TBCCrafters

Each week my library hosts a drop in craft program/activity which we call Dig This…! We came up with the idea so that we could explore activities that may not neatly fall under the reading theme “Dig Into Reading” but seemed as if they would be enjoyed by lots of people, especially since these activities are attended by some of…

#TBCCrafters Go Nuclear

  Summer Reading is in full swing at my library and it’s time to decorate and showcase some of the upcoming programming we offer. In Delaware County we are fortunate to be able to offer Science in the Summer through GlaxoSmithKline. Science in the Summer is a free science education program that helps elementary school children “grow into science.” The…