Let's enter the month of February with peace, hearts and colors!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Let's Celebrate the Year of the Horse!
Enjoy the horses below created by the children at the library!
The King and Queens of Hearts Card!
Now that we celebrated the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day, Let's Celebrate President's Day as well. Let's build a log cabin in honor of President Abraham Lincoln!
Log Cabin Craft
Because February is Black History Month and there is President's Day, it is a good time to think of and celebrate superheroes and what a superhero is to you!
Here is a Superhero Doll! Super Silly!
Peace and Love Pole
Next Craft:
Supplies Needed: Cardstock, tin foil, tissue paper, a pom pom, glue/tape and scissors.
Instructions:
1. Download an outline of a cupcake shape. (You can draw your own cupcake outline if you wish).
2. Trace the outline or draw the outline of the cupcake onto a sheet of cardstock.
3. Glue/tape a piece of tin foil onto the bottom of the cupcake to simulate a shiny wrapper effect. (Make sure that the piece of tin foil is the same shape and size as the stump of the cupcake before gluing/taping it on.)
4. Glue/tape pieces of scrunched up tissue paper onto the top of the cupcake to create a puffy frosting effect. (You may use one color for the tissue paper pieces or several colors depending on your preference).
5. Glue/tape a small pom pom on the top of the cupcake to simulate a cherry or any other decoration for the top of the cupcake.
Enjoy a fresh batch of colorful paper cupcakes created by the children! The pictures are posted below!
After enjoying a nice, coloring treat, let's create a colorful checkerboard design so that someday you can play checkers if you wish!
Supplies Needed: A letter sized sheet of card stock or construction paper, pencil, ruler, crayons/markers and stickers.
Instructions:
1. Fold a sheet of card stock or construction paper in half.
2. After folding it, unfold the sheet and lay it flat on a table in a vertical position.
3. Using a pencil, draw vertical and horizontal lines all the way across the sheet. Use a ruler to make sure that the lines are even and straight.
4. Using crayons or markers, color in the squares that you wish to color in. It is suggested to color in every other square to create a checkboard effect, but that depends on your preference.
5. Use stickers to decorate.
6. You may use this craft as a real checkboard for a game of checkers if you wish or else it can be used for decoration.
Enjoy the checkboards created below by the children at the library!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Let's Celebrate the Year of the Horse!
Supplies Needed: Construction Paper, Card Stock, Crayons/Markers, Glue/Tape, Scissors, Yarn and Stickers for Further Embellishment.
Instructions:
1. Cut out the outline of a horse from Construction Paper twice and then glue/tape the horses together along the tops of the horse's bodies.
2. Decorate the horse using crayons/markers, yarn for the mane and tail, stickers, etc.
3. If you wish, cut out a small rectangle from construction paper or card Stock, fold the paper and place on the horse's back for the saddle.
4. Stand up the horse so that the horse is now in a standing position. Neigh!
The King and Queens of Hearts Card!
Supplies Needed: Card Stock, Crayons/Markers, Glue/Tape, Stickers, Yarn and Scissors.
Instructions:
1. Fold a letter sized piece of card stock in half. Open up the card stock.
2. Cut out 2 circles, 2 triangles and 2 hearts from card stock.
3. Glue or tape the circle and triangles together to form the head and body of the king and queen of hearts.
4. Decorate the king and queen using crayons, markers, stickers and yarn for the hair.
5. Glue or paste a heart near the queen and king so that it resembles the King and Queen of Hearts.
6. Fold up the card again and decorate the outside as you wish.
Happy Valentines Day and enjoy the King and Queen of Hearts cards pictured below created by the children at the library!
Now that we celebrated the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day, Let's Celebrate President's Day as well. Let's build a log cabin in honor of President Abraham Lincoln!
Log Cabin Craft
Supplies and Instructions will follow later.
Enjoy the log cabins pictured below created by the children at the library!
Because February is Black History Month and there is President's Day, it is a good time to think of and celebrate superheroes and what a superhero is to you!
Here is a Superhero Doll! Super Silly!
Supplies Needed: One cardboard tube, pieces of fabric, crayons/markers, glue/tape, card stock, fake grass for hair and stickers.
Enjoy the superheroes below created by the children at the library!
Supplies Needed: Paper towel tube, crayons/markers, stickers, lanyard/string/ribbon, a sheet of construction paper and tape.
Directions:
1. Wrap a sheet of construction paper around a paper towel tube. (Tape the ends together to secure the paper in place around the tube)
2. Color and decorate with crayons/markers and stickers of your choice. (Glitter heart stickers were used on the example above.)
3. The decorations should resemble anything that represents peace, love, hearts or anything else that makes someone feel good.
4. If you wish, you can tape pieces of lanyard or ribbons or string on different sides of the tube and tie the ends together to make a bow.
5. Enjoy this craft for Valentine's Day or any other time of the year!
Peace and Love Poles Designed by the Children at the Library are pictured below!
Next Craft:
Now Let's Visit the Zoo of Hearts!
Supplies Needed: Cardstock (solid colors and patterned ones too if available), scissors, crayons/markers, glue/tape and stickers if you wish.
1. Fold a letter sized piece of solid colored cardstock in half.
2. Cut out smaller pieces of animal patterned and solid colored cardstock in the shape of hearts.
3. Glue/Tape the hearts together in the shape of animals of your choosing onto the folded cardstock sheet. (Each section may resemble a different animal exhibit at the zoo).
4. If you wish, use crayons/markers to draw limbs and extra features on the animals to make the heart shaped animals resemble the actual animals.
5. Feel free to use stickers to further enhance your zoo of hearts!
6. Enjoy this fun craft for Valentine's Day or the summer season.
Enjoy the zoos of hearts created by the children at the library posted below!
After visiting the "Zoo of Hearts", let's enjoy a nice cupcake!
Cupcake Craft
Supplies Needed: Cardstock, tin foil, tissue paper, a pom pom, glue/tape and scissors.
Instructions:
1. Download an outline of a cupcake shape. (You can draw your own cupcake outline if you wish).
2. Trace the outline or draw the outline of the cupcake onto a sheet of cardstock.
3. Glue/tape a piece of tin foil onto the bottom of the cupcake to simulate a shiny wrapper effect. (Make sure that the piece of tin foil is the same shape and size as the stump of the cupcake before gluing/taping it on.)
4. Glue/tape pieces of scrunched up tissue paper onto the top of the cupcake to create a puffy frosting effect. (You may use one color for the tissue paper pieces or several colors depending on your preference).
5. Glue/tape a small pom pom on the top of the cupcake to simulate a cherry or any other decoration for the top of the cupcake.
Enjoy a fresh batch of colorful paper cupcakes created by the children! The pictures are posted below!
After enjoying a nice, coloring treat, let's create a colorful checkerboard design so that someday you can play checkers if you wish!
Checkerboard Design
Supplies Needed: A letter sized sheet of card stock or construction paper, pencil, ruler, crayons/markers and stickers.
Instructions:
1. Fold a sheet of card stock or construction paper in half.
2. After folding it, unfold the sheet and lay it flat on a table in a vertical position.
3. Using a pencil, draw vertical and horizontal lines all the way across the sheet. Use a ruler to make sure that the lines are even and straight.
4. Using crayons or markers, color in the squares that you wish to color in. It is suggested to color in every other square to create a checkboard effect, but that depends on your preference.
5. Use stickers to decorate.
6. You may use this craft as a real checkboard for a game of checkers if you wish or else it can be used for decoration.
Enjoy the checkboards created below by the children at the library!
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