Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow (librarians at the Abilene Public Library) return with another episode of the show the combines great children’s literature with fun and easy-to-do crafts. For this episode, we’ll highlight two great books with Lois Ehlert’s “Waiting for Wings” and Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and then show you how to [...]
The Repurposed Library: 33 Craft Projects That Give Old Books New Life We all love to read and learn from books, but The Repurposed Library takes our passion even further, presenting us with 33 projects to make–quite literally–out of books. For these projects, Lisa Occhipinti rescues and repurposes orphaned and outdated books from flea markets [...]
I have a bunch of old cards from a library card catalog, and I think they’re really pretty. Do you have any ideas for crafts or projects that I can do with them? They look like this: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/history/images/card4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/chem/history/mallethist.html&usg=__Q7Fh5CtfNYLIgqLve6fGBIKL_sc=&h=376&w=900&sz=42&hl=en&start=42&sig2=33X2XdCGtrZ8tnJC5MwCLA&zoom=1&tbnid=gxi5eN9VerOehM:&tbnh=84&tbnw=201&ei=3cYGTe2ZIMK78gbOvOTmAg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dold%2Blibrary%2Bcards%2Bfrom%2Bcatalogs%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D653%26tbs%3Disch:10,1077&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=103&vpy=149&dur=432&hovh=142&hovw=340&tx=146&ty=93&oei=xMYGTY7LBM2RnwfnuOWOCQ&esq=3&page=3&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:42&biw=1366&bih=653 Thanks a lot! Suggested Reading: Digital Addition Flash Cards in Color (Ordered and Shuffled 1-9)This eBook includes [...]
We have about 45 kids signed up for crafts. We want to do a fake aquarium and need the fish to fit into a 20 oz. pop bottle and for them to at least partially float. I’ve been looking on the internet and have come up with nothing yet. Can you help? Suggested Reading: Kids’ [...]
Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow (Librarians at the South Branch of the Abilene Public Library) are back with a fresh episode of Crafty Creations to show you how to make two quick crafts for Thanksgiving. Tremain will show you how to make a paper cup turkey to use as a decoration, and Alyssa will show [...]
It’s time for the next episode of Crafty Creations with your hosts Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow. Join us as we show you how to make two fun crafts with a Pipe Cleaner Spider and a Sparkling Spider Web. Remember, Crafty Creations is brought to you by the Abilene Public Library as a fun monthly [...]
Tremain Jackson & Alyssa Crow, from the Abilene Public Library, are back with a new Crafty Creations episode where we’re making Patriotic Pinwheels & Popping Firecracker crafts to celebrate the 4th of July. Check out the video and look for the activity/resource guide on our website at and remember that you can also catch us [...]
