Plant a Seed: Summer Reading Kids (2)

Last week, I shared some craft ideas.

This week, I'm sharing some STEAM ideas - all from Pinterest

Host a paint night for kids

Make your own paint brush from nature

Leaf butterflies or any leaf animal

Lemon Volcanos

Sensory Garden Bin

Paint with Vegetables 

Lego Flowers

Dandelion playdough 

Bird Treat

Build a Bug Hotel

Make Plant paints (you can make spice paints too)

Come back next week for some great books for summer reading! 

Summer Reading Kids (2): Color Your World

Last week, I shared rainbow craft ideas.

Today, I'm sharing a mix of program ideas - all from Pinterest

STEAM:

Marble Run

Dominos - how big can you make this? 

Can it go all the way through the library?

Transfer Art 

Paper Sculpture - ok this says Christmas tree, but if you use different colors, it can become anything!

Reading Challenge:

Read the rainbow

Craft:

Ocean Scene

Change this from Autumn to summer and it works! 

All the Circles

Summer Art

Balloons

Mosiac art

Paint Night for Kids
We do this for adults and teens at the library. I think I might try one for kids.

This is an easy one to do...

Come back next week for more summer reading program ideas...

Kids Summer Reading (3): Oceans of Possibilities

 

It's another year of uncertainty - will we have in person programs? Will we do a hybrid program?  The crafts are easier to plan because you need the same pieces. 

These program ideas come from Pinterest.

My account

The library's account (which has way more)

Previous posts:

Crafts for Littles and Crafts for Older Kiddos

This week I'm focusing on STEAM projects:

Baking Soda Art:

Moving Octopus:

Ocean Foam Sensory Bin:

Pollution:

Moving Fish or Boat:

Dry Ducks:

Fish Slime:

Save the Penguin:

Stay tuned next week for more ideas!

Summer Reading Ideas Kids (3)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Two weeks ago I looked at Castles, last week I looked at Fairy Tale Crafts, and this week I'm looking at STEAM programs.

All the ideas come from Pinterest.

Unicorn Experiments:

Fairy Tale Creation:

Help Jack Escape from the Beanstalk

Design a Fantasy Creature:

Working Drawbridge:

I did these two last year and they worked well:

Catapults:

Goldilock's Bed:

Summer Reading Ideas: Kids (1)

Even though it's winter outside, in the library world, it's time to start planning summer reading. This year's theme is all about fantasy and fairy tales in Imagine Your Story.

Here are some program ideas about Castle Construction from Pinterest that caught my eye:

Large 3D Castle

More 3D Castle Ideas

Newspaper Castle

Castle Surprise

Fairy Tale Castle

Shape Castle

Beach Castle

Playing with Castles