The Serious Fun Stuff Librarian

Finished Chinese New Year Horse decoration. Horse woodcut painted red with gold decorations, including the simplified symbol for horse. Artificial plum blossoms adorn the string tied to its back.

Rows of Programs to Go: Chinese New Year Horse Ornament kits in green library bags with a red horse Ellison die cut paper horse stapled to the outside.

February’s ‘Programs to Go’ invites patrons grades 4-6 to paint and decorate a Chinese New Year Horse ornament, and learn how to write horse in simplified strokes. Chinese New Year begins Tuesday, February 17, 2026! Available all month, or until supplies run out. #Library #ChineseNewYear

Close up of a completed fleece Yeti pillow. Oriental Trading Company.

Close up of components of Yeti pillow. Two fleece layers and stuffing. Oriental Trading Company.

Close up of what you get. Low barrier of entry for anyone curious about crafts, sewing, crochet, felt work, etc. Oriental Trading Company. #Crafts

Display of two rows of tie pillows, the top row are Yetis, the second row are Christmas trees

These Yeti and Christmas tree fleece tie pillows are a huge hit! At 18 inches tall, they’re a great little pillow to read with. They would also make a terrific in-house program. Programs to Go; Grades 4-6.
#Library #LibraryProgram #TakeAndMake

Five candy canes from left to right, white with red, burgundy, and green stripes. Yellow with green stripes. Candy cane all red, purple, green, yellow, and orange stripes. Candy cane with lime green with whitish green stripes. Red candy cane with purple stripes (wrapping has Nerds mascots on it).

Can you guess the flavors of these candy canes by sight? I’ll give you a hint from left to right: Hershey’s, Lifesavers, Skittles, Archie McPhee, and Nerds. Good luck! #CandyCanes #Library #LibraryProgram

Candy Cane Challenge 2025 includes five different flavored candy canes of different colors and stripes, and an answer key. Contents are sealed in a padded envelope.

What do you get in your ‘Candy Cane Challenge 2025’ bag? Five different flavored candy canes, an answer key including interesting candy cane facts, and a whole lot of fun! Family program. Each kit includes one wild flavor such as Pickle, Mac&Cheese, or Gravy.😛⁉️😝
#Library #LibraryProgram #Skybrarian

Sample knot board.

Knot Kit shows knot board, skein of string, and beads.

Sample knot board and knot board kits - the background has been removed for clarity. We found these cool animal head beads to include as an extra motivation to complete each knot and to display the board after completion.
🐷🐸🪢🐼🦊
#LibraryProgram #EduSky

Poster with instructions on how to use the knot boards.

November’s theme is ‘Gratitude’ at our local intermediate school, so we made some knot board kits for the students; Knots can symbolize gratitude and interconnectedness. Kits include a knot board made in our own Makerspace, a skein of color thread, and a few beads to tie onto their board. #Library

Fairy garden centerpiece in a colorful plastic bowl, featuring resin gnomes, squirrels, and assortment of other fall items.

Fairy garden centerpiece in a colorful plastic bowl, featuring resin gnomes, squirrels, and assortment of other fall items.

Fairy garden centerpiece in a colorful plastic bowl, featuring resin gnomes, squirrels, and assortment of other fall items.

Fairy garden centerpiece in a colorful plastic bowl, featuring resin gnomes, squirrels, and assortment of other fall items.

Check out these awesome centerpieces for our ‘Mini Fall Garden: Gnomes, Turkeys, and Mayhem’ program!🍁🐿️Grades 4-6 #Library #LibraryProgram

Three lamps, left to right a fox, a purple cat, and another fox.

A painted fox lamp.

A painted fox lamp.

Some painted Fox lamps from our ‘Nocturnal Creatures Luminaries’ program. We painted fox, owl, and cat lamps, exchanged fox and owl sighting stories, and learned a little bit about different nocturnal animals. Grades 4-6.
#LibraryProgram #Library

Othello board game setup.

GO game setup with various board sizes.

Hosted our ‘GO, Othello, and Ice Cream Sandwiches’ program yesterday. Hopefully introduced some new lifelong fans to the games! Grades 4-6.
#BoardGame #GO #LibraryProgram #Library

Kizuna Spider-Man string doll. White string with red and pink marker.

Kizuna form.
#library #spiderman

‘Spidey’ string doll composed of pipecleaners, string, felt, glue, and marker.

Close-up of ‘Spidey’ string doll.
#crafts #diy

Picture showing Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 1 manga, a string doll, and some materials used to make it including string, glue, and a marker.

I KIZUNA, and you can too! Developing a tween Spider-Man: Kizuna, Vol. 1 book talk where we make string doll versions of the characters while discussing the manga.
🧵🕷️
#Library #LibraryProgram #Manga #SpiderMan #BookTalk

Gardening kit including three packs of seeds, seedling pots, seed sorter, and a watering cap. A sheet of instructions or gardening considerations.

Simple gardening kit you can adapt depending on the season. Good for tweens/teens. We’ve tried different versions, all usually include seeds, seedling pots, one additional tool, and basic instructions/considerations. Happy gardening!🌱
#Library #LibraryProgram #Gardening #Skybrarians #ProgramKits

Squirtle PRIXEL Press print in black ink.

And the Squirtle PRIXEL Press. Now I just need a blue stamp pad.
#PRIXEL #PrintMaking #Pokemon #Squirtle #Library

Thanks so much!

Orange Charmander PRIXEL Press print.

Charmander PRIXEL Press stamp…wip. One more starter to go…
#PRIXEL #PrintMaking #Library #Pokemon #Charmander

A ‘Wellbeing Area’ is a great idea! An invitation to downshift for a while, using the library space and resources.
#LibrarySpaces #Wellness

PRIXEL Press showing stamp piece arrangement for final Bulbasaur print.

Bulbasaur PRIXEL Press print in black and red ink.

Early Bulbasaur PRIXEL Press print in green and gold ink.

Early Bulbasaur PRIXEL Press print in green, gold, and red ink.

PRIXEL Press Bulbasaur. You can see the stamp pieces, and the “evolution” (or process) in the pics. #PrintMaking #PRIXEL #Pokemon #LibraryPrograms

Bulbasaur PRIXEL Press print in green, black, brown, and gold ink.

PRIXEL Press Bulbasaur. Getting the hang of this. #PrintMaking #PRIXEL #Pokemon #Bulbasaur #Library

#PrintMaking ☝️

PRIXEL Press with Venus Flytrap rubber stamp arrangement.

PRIXEL Press Venus Flytrap print in red ink with a gold ink fly. Test run print on yellow notepad paper.

The process. Lots of fun, with just the right amount of trial and error. #PintMaking #EduSky #DIY

PRIXEL Press stamp print of a green Venus Flytrap and a red fly.

Just playing around with the PRIXEL Press - a Venus Flytrap (with curious snack). 🌱🪰
#Library #Skybrarians #Prints #LibraryProgram

Twenty-five Venus flytraps on a sunny windowsill.

Twenty-five mouths to feed! Our Venus Flytraps for next week’s ‘Return of the Monster Plants!’ program. Now I just have to keep them alive and healthy for a week. For Grades 4-6.
#Library #Summer #VenusFlytrap

Shows PRIXEL press with three modular rubber type shapes to form the word "COOL" in red ink and a star shape in gold ink, pressed on a blank envelope.

In under ten minutes I had the packaging opened and made my first print. Fun and easy
- can't wait to see what our creative patrons come up with!
#Library #LibraryProgram #Print

Shipment of PRIXEL press and expansion module rubber types of different shapes.

Walked in from the weekend to see this box of goodies on my desk; We ordered six PRIXEL presses and tons of expansion packs for our PRIXEL press holiday card programs in Oct and Dec. l'd like to try it for zines next.
I first learned about PRIXEL from a review by @meganroseruiz.bsky.social Thanks!

A bunch of green, brown, and white moths of all different sizes perch on a white sheet that's been hung up and lit with an external light.

It’s Moth Wall Season! 👀 #NationalMothWeek starts July 19, you can help scientists study and protect moths around the world by sharing your photos of them to iNaturalist.

Learn more: tr.ee/yDkjsW 🌙✨

📷 Luna Moth (Actias luna) by iNaturalist user annawinge

National Moth Week 2025 STARTS TODAY!
This year, photograph the littlest moths you can find -micro moths! Make sure you register your mothing activities www.nationalmothweek.org so we can include you in the project and send your certificate! #NationalMothWeek #MothWeek2025 #MothWeek

So glad you like it! A very popular program kit. If you have any questions please reach out. Thank you!

The examples pictured are all of Tokyo (a popular choice!). This program used craft materials and was not a Maker Space project, although you certainly could include Maker Space elements, rendering monuments, buildings, additional kaiju, etc.
Hope this helps! Thank you.