Make Rotten-Smelly Dragon Jars for your library!
This craft is a little too involved to have your child patrons do by themselves (unless of course you're ambitious - then have it overachiever librarian, I salute you).
These jars would look great in your library if placed on a windowsill or in front of some other sort of backlighting that the dragons can be seen from with the jars. If it's your intent to promote the books from the dragon list at your library, then this is your conversational piece. |
How to make Dragon Eggs
Here's something easy and fun that your children patrons can do themselves to help promote the books on the dragon list!
What you'll need to get them started: ~ Styrofoam eggs ~ Lots and lots and losts of flat thumbtacks ~Different colors of *sparkly* Nail polish ~(Or spray paint - your choice) Simply poke the thumbtacks into the Styrofoam eggs in an overlapping pattern to resemble scales. You can either paint the tacks before or after you poke them in to the egg (after would be easier) |
Throw a Fantasy Lego Party for your library!
Legos are wildly popular with kids today. As a librarian working in youth services, you might have already hosted some sort of Lego-building event at your library and have some experience with this.
A Fantasy Lego Party's intent is to get your party-goers to work together and collaborate in their Lego-building. Using inspiration from the books on the fantasy list, have your kids devise their own fantasy land that they will construct together out of Legos.
This is also a great opportunity to advertise your collection's fantasy books!
Here are a few Lego creations to get you started:
A Fantasy Lego Party's intent is to get your party-goers to work together and collaborate in their Lego-building. Using inspiration from the books on the fantasy list, have your kids devise their own fantasy land that they will construct together out of Legos.
This is also a great opportunity to advertise your collection's fantasy books!
Here are a few Lego creations to get you started: