Little Free Library - Charter 90213

New craft for Valentine's Day is out in the Little Free Library! Pick yours up while supplies last! See photo for instructions.

A new craft is out on the Little Free Library! The best part, no glue required! All self sticking pieces to make this adorable turkey in time for Thanksgiving. See this picture for an example on how to construct this craft. Gobble, gobble!

We have six Halloween craft kits up for grabs in our Little Free Library! They each contain two spooky Halloween magnet critters to construct with glue. Enjoy!

Pick up a patriotic craft from our Little Free Library - Charter 90213! While supplies last! One per person please!

New craft and tons of new children's books out in the Little Free Library today!

That last craft went fast! I'm putting an easy Easter craft out today for all ages. You can add fun papers and collage. Design your egg with marker. Or simply just add the included stickers. Fun for all ages!

Our grab and go crafts are coming out of hibernation, and what better way to do that, but with this butterfly bracelet for spring!

Instructions:
1. Assemble the butterfly using white glue or a glue gun. Decorate it with foam dots, pom poms, or your own decorations.

2. Peel and stick the double sided tape strip to the center of the band. Then stick the curly chenille to the strip.

3. Glue butterfly to the center of band.

4. Glue velcro to opposite ends of the band, one on the top, one on the bottom.

Wear your new work of art!

Fall Craft - Wiggle Eye Fall Characters

1. Using the photos or your imagination as your guide, glue all non sticky back shapes together with white school type glue.

2. Peel and stick remaining shapes as shown.

Enjoy!

Halloween Jack-O-Lantern Craft Instructions:

1. Using photo or your imagination, apply self adhesive foam pieces to the pumpkin to create your character.

2. Once your character is assembled, thread the string through the hole at the top, and tie a knot to secure.

My latest custom masks, and sound advice.

Make a house plant that never dies, your very own friendly cactus!

Here are the instructions:
1. Round of the top of the toilet paper to that has been painted green for you. Next, either glue or staple the top together.
2. Next, insert the arms of the cactus into the premade slits on the side of the roll.
3. Third, glue on the gogglie eyes and cactus flowers. You may layer the flowers, or use them individually.
4. Last find a small rock in your yard, place in the base of the brown stand, then glue your cactus into the base.
*If you have a white or silver paint pen, you can add spines as shown*
Enjoy your maintenance free house plant!

Our latest craft is a hanging rainbow. There are seven kits available so get yours while they last!
Here are the instructions.

1. Color or decorate the construction paper rainbow rays. Then order them how you would like and staple them in between the edges of the folded paper plate as shown.

2. Next, pull each cotton ball in half and glue in any pattern you wish to half of the paper plate.

3. Finally, string the yarn through the holes and tie in a knot, then tie a knot at the other end and string up.

Enjoy!

New craft!
Fish weaving!
1.Start with your the strip of colorof your liking and bring it behind the top of the fish. Next weave it through the first slot, over and under each additional slot until you reach the end. Cut to desired length on both ends and glue down.
2. Repeat with the next colored strip until weaving is complete.

This week's craft is a Build Your Own Monster kit. In it you'll find a painted paper towel roll, feathers, pom poms, pipe cleaners, yarn, googly eyes, and a bead. All you need is some glue and imagination. Put it together to make a scary, creepy, crawly monster!
Post your masterpiece here!

Ahoy Matey! Come sail the seven seas and find buried treasure at our latest sidewalk obstacle course!

This week's free craft for the Little Free Library is two different scavenger hunts!
The first is for younger kids, and is a nature scavenger hunt attached to a paper bag. It has a check list of items that children can find on your family's walk around the neighborhood. Kids can enjoy experiencing nature and collecting it in their bags. You can even take it a step further and press a flower or leaf when you get home!
The second is for older kids and kids at heart. It is a photo scavenger hunt. Have fun finding things as a family, break into teams, or even challenge someone as you find things in your walk around the block.
Get exercise and have fun!

Come out, enjoy the beautiful weather, try our latest sidewalk obstacle course, and grab a craft kit, or new book.

This week's FREE craft in the Little Free Library is for older kids or adults, Friendship Bracelets! In each bag is a pre cut and tied bundle of embroidery floss. Please see the attached picture for one way to make a friendship bracelet. Feel free to Google other ways.
If you'd like to make one with fewer strings, or two bracelets with three strings each, just snip the knot and retie the desired colors together. Some beads are also included. Be creative! Have fun!

Come enjoy our latest sidewalk obstacle course before it rains!

This week's FREE craft at our Little Free Library is Paper Chain Snakes.

Here are the instructions:
1. Decorate one side of each paper strip using your medium of choice. Ex. Marker, crayon, stickers.
Leave one strip blank, this will be the head.

2. Make a chain out of the six decorated strips by making a loop and either stapling, taping, or gluing the overlapped ends together.
Once the first loop is formed, you will create the subsequent loops by threading the next paper strip through the previous loop then connecting it, until you have a finished chain of six.

3. Make a loop out of the blank strip and connect it to one side of the chain vertically. Stapling ther inside of this loop to the previous is the easiest way to attach. (See picture for how it should look.)

4. Cut forked tongue out of red and attach to face. Stick googly eyes on face.

5. Cut rattle out of yellow and attach to rear loop.

Slither around with your snake, you did it!

Come visit our sidewalk obstacle course before it rains!

This week's FREE craft is Jellyfish Cups.
Here are the instructions:
1. Decorate your cup using whatever you have at home, stickers, permanent markers, anything goes!
2. Thread one piece of yarn through one hole in the cup until it is about halfway though, then tie a knot. Repeat for each hole until all holes are filled with yard.
3. Stick on googly eyes.
4. I included an extra piece of yard just in case you'd like to poke a hole in the top yourself and hang it in your house.

Have fun my fishy friends!

This week's craft is a pom pom popper. Everything is included in the kit but a strip of duct tape. Here are the steps to make it:
1. Tie a knot on the stem if the balloon.

2. Cut the end off of the balloon and stretch it around one end of the pool noodle.

3. Wrap your strip of duct tape around where the balloon meets the noodle to make a seal.

4. Place your pom pom at the open end of the noodle just far enough to make it flush with the end. (See picture).

5. Aim open end at target, pull back balloon stem, release and irritate everyone in your house with shooting pom poms all over.

Some brands of mini marshmallows may also work.

Come pick up a FREE craft kit and make your own stained glass mosaic heart to display in your window!

This week's craft is a faux stain glass heart, to help our community join the World of Hearts Movement.
https://www.weau.com/content/news/Join-A-World-of-Hearts-movement-and-spread-the-love-569157291.html

Here are the directions for this craft:
1. Peel the back off the first piece of clear contact paper and stick the heart frame to the center.
2. Decorate the clear center of the frame by sticking the colored tissue in the center. Feel free to overlap and use up all of the open space.
3. Peel the back off the second piece of clear contact paper and create a sandwich with your heart window. It should now be "laminated".
4. Carefully cut around your masterpiece.
5. Hang it in a window facing the street for your neighbors to see.

During this difficult time, we are going to try something new. Once a week, we will be putting bags of crafts in the Little Free Library for families to take home and do together! Feel free to post your completed projects here!

Our family decided that we wanted to establish a Little Free Library at our home in memory of one of our children's friends, Mya. She made a major impact on our lives with her smile and warmth. We wanted a way to memorialize her that would give back to the community and that would celebrate these attributes. At a Little Free Library is perfect.