Weekend Fun: Heart Weaving Have a heart this week! Do you have a favorite book series or character? Perhaps you’ve fallen in love with Wilbur the Pig in E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web or a favorite cat character in Erin Hunt’s Warriors series, or maybe you like Elephant and Piggie in […]
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Weekend Fun: Valentine Wreath!February is International Friendship Month, and what better way to celebrate than by welcoming your friends and family with a heart wreath? Hang it on your door, make some hot chocolate, and cozy up with a good book about friendship like the beginning reader classic Frog and […]
Weekend Fun: Dragon Days This year, the Lunar New Year begins on February 1. Many cultures celebrate the Lunar New Year by honoring their ancestors, eating traditional foods, and celebrating with special games, parades, and fireworks. The parades in Chinese communities around the world usually feature lion dances and dragon […]
Weekend Fun: New Year’s Noisemakers! Ring out the old year and ring in the new 2022! In many cultures, people use noise to chase that old year out along with any negative energy or bad memories from that year. Make your own noisemaker to join in the fun! What you […]
Weekend Fun: Winter Trees! As fall slips into winter and leaves flutter to the ground, leaving tree trunks stark against the sky – we appreciate evergreen trees. Some keep their leaves throughout the year, others have needles instead of leaves – and some of these are brought indoors for holiday […]
Weekend Fun: Reindeer Games One of the most popular holiday stories and songs is Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, about a reindeer who is bullied by other reindeer for looking different. The story takes place at Santa’s workshop at the North Pole, and Rudolph is empowered by Santa in the end. […]
Weekend Fun: Monster Puppets! Monsters are imaginary creatures that are sometimes scary but often funny – and monsters are perfect for some October Halloween fun! Register NOW for a marionette puppet show that features Halloween creatures when Robert Rogers Puppet Company presents Hobnobbin’ Goblins on Sunday, October 24, at 2:00 […]
Weekend Fun: Teddy Bears’ Picnic!Long ago, in 1907, there was a melody written by American composer John Walter Bratton. Not quite as long ago, in 1932, Irish songwriter Jimmy Kennedy wrote lyrics for that melody. The result was The Teddy Bears’ Picnic, a fanciful song/story about what your teddy bears […]
How to Make a Ben Franklin Origami ButterflyPrepared by Youth Services, Franklin Township Public Library for Franklin Day Franklin Township was incorporated in 1798 and named after Benjamin Franklin. Since Ben Franklin appears on the $100 bill and a butterfly is part of the Library’s logo, we put together kits […]
Weekend Fun: Shaped Mixed Media CollageCollage is a fun way to create art. The word comes from the French word coller, which means “to glue.” Many different items can be used for collage, including paper, fabric, labels, advertising, junk mail, recycling, paint, markers, foam, feathers, and more. You need a […]