Libraries are more than books. Some kids need a little direction to get the creative juices flowing. I gleaned the following from PUBYAC contributors. If you’re a member, check out the archives for 2-2011. Please add YOUR comments. Your colleagues would appreciate hearing what works, and what didn't!
Luck of the Irish
For more offerings, see: Storytime-St. Patrick's Day; St. Patrick's Day
INVITATIONS:
REFRESHMENTS:
I know food crafts can be a problem these days with so many dairy, nut and wheat allergies. But if you do food crafts, here are a couple ideas:
- Make green cream cheese and use to fill celery. Use yellow raisins for"gold" to put on the log.
- Use green frosting on cupcakes and let the children decorate their own cupcakes with golden raisins, or with white and orange sprinkles.
- Shamrock cut-out sugar cookies
- Cookie Houses see: Recipes for Storytime
FAVORS/CRAFTS:
- Bookmarks
- Shamrock headbands--Just a long strip of green paper to go around the child's head. 2 pipe cleaners (any color or green to match) that are attached to the headband (I just wrap the cleaners around the band). 2 shamrocks to attach to the other end of the pipe cleaners. They are super cute and the kids love them. Easy, too!
- Leprechaun houses made out of natural materials? Twigs, stones, moss.
- Leprechaun Traps--white paper lunch bags, and put out leftover stickers and decorative pieces.
- Draw rainbows on the inside. I flipped around the program and had them do craft first (instead of last). When their traps were finished I had the kids hide them in the children's room. We went back into
the story room for books and I had a coworker put a chocolate coin in each.
- Decorating whole uncooked potatoes? Have some supplies on hand to use for decorating, like crepe paper, markers, stick on eyes. You could make little clothes and a Leprechaun hat!
- Shamrock Tree--http://www.dltk-holidays.com/patrick/mshamrocktree.htm
- Rainbow windsocks with paper plates and streamers. Just take a paperplate, cut a hole in the middle (5 inch diameter) on one end glue pre-cut streamers in rainbow colors, punch a hole in the other end and tie a string
through it (for hanging) The kids ran around with these for days, most didn't even hang them up!
GAMES:
- PIN—leprechaun on the rainbow
- TOSS—gold coins into cauldron
- FLOOR—
- RELAY—
PROGRAM:
- Read a St. Patrick's Day Story
- Sing Irish songs
- Break children up for various craft stations
- Have a St. Patrick's day parade
- Back to the room, to eat
VOLUNTEERS:
- Get teen or adult help to “serve”
COST:
- Most supplies can be purchased in bargain bins at craft stores or Dollar Stores.
TIME:
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