Passive Craft Table: Autumn House Decoration

 

 

For this passive program, I created a seasonal craft project to set up on a no school day.   

Supplies:

• Wood house ornaments
• Fall and Halloween craft foam shapes and stickers
• Sharpie pens in all sorts of colors
• White glue 

This was a low staff event with some fun results. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ozobots - A Drop-In STEAM Exploration Table

 

Put the mini Ozobot robots on a table.  Add their magnetic tiles and some simple directional information.  Now you've got an easy passive STEAM event enjoyable by many ages.  

The direction cards I put out this time were inspired by the Power Point slides I found on the Kinder Shenangigans blog at https://kindershenanigans.com/coding-in-kindergarten.  The topics included:

• What is an Ozobot?
• How does an Ozobot know where to go?
• How to calibrate an Ozobot
• Ozobot codes

Passive Craft Table: Pufferfish Stick Puppet

 Last summer, I put out a craft table that was available all day long.  The intention of this passive table was to walk up and help yourself to the intended craft.  

 

At this craft table we made simple stick puppets that looked like a pufferfish.  I was inspired to make this craft after seeing it on the Kids Craft Room blog at https://kidscraftroom.com/cupcake-liner-puffer-fish-craft/.  My library had all of the supplies on hand except for the cupcake liners and googly eyes, so it was a rather inexpensive craft project.  

 Supplies:

• Craft sticks (I used the larger ones)
• Paper circles (I used a die cutting machine to make these)
• Cupcake liners
• Scissors
• Coloring pens
• Glue sticks
• Googly eyes

 While this craft table was not busy, the creations that came from it were fabulous!  

Star Wars Day - Mini Lightsabers

 

May the 4th be with you!

Last May, my library celebrated Star Wars Day with a passive craft table.  It was out all day long. This craft was to create mini lightsabers.  Supplies were simple: Mini finger LED lights, Boba straws, masking tape, and permanent markers.   

This was a low cost, low staff intensive, activity with some fun results.  It was fun watching children and adults swing around their miniature light up sabers.  

Passive Craft Table: Colorful Crocs

 This past summer, I put out a craft table that was available all day long.  The intention of this passive table was to walk up and help yourself to the intended craft.  

 

Inspired by something I saw online, these easy to make crocodiles were made with supplies already on my craft supply shelves.  

Supplies:

• Large craft sticks
• Pipe cleaners 
• Coloring pens
• Googly eyes
• White scratch paper
• Serrated scissors (for cutting teeth)
• Glue sticks 

Staff and children had lots of fun creating these crocs!    

Paper Hoop Glider - Passive Craft Table

 

What do you do when you find tons of plastic straws in your craft supply storage?  You create a craft table to use them up!  I created this passive craft table last summer to help use up all the straws I found.  This was a supper cheap craft table since I already had the paper, tape and coloring pens already on hand.  I found super easy instructions for this activity on the Instructables site at https://www.instructables.com/Hoop-Gliders-Galore/.  On another page they even explained the science of lift for these fun to make gliders at https://www.instructables.com/Hoop-GliderAirplane-STEAM-Activity/.  

Passive Craft Table: Winter Penguins

 

For this passive program, I set up a craft table on a no school day in December.  I found these penguin craft kits online at Baker Ross.  These kits were simple to put together and decorate.  I added gem stickers, coloring pens, and googly eyes for more decorating options.          

Supplies:

-         Penguin craft kits

-         Coloring pens

-         White glue

-         Gem stickers

-         Googly eyes

-         Tablecloth

Passive Craft Table: Flamboyant Snails

What do you do when a coworker finds a large stack of old writable CDs in the storage closet?  You create a craft table to use them up! 

For this passive program, I created a craft project to set up on a no school day.  I set out the CDs along with tons of other craft supplies.  Not a lot of people showed up for this all day craft table, but the resulting snails looked fabulous!          

Supplies:

-         CDs to recycle

-         White glue

-         Scissors

-         Scotch tape

-         Yarn

-         Pipe cleaners

-         Ribbon

-         Googly eyes

-         Stickers

-         Fun and colorful paper

-         Tablecloth

Passive Craft Table - Parachuting Dinosaurs

 

For this passive program, I wanted to set up a craft table on an early release day during our Dinovember celebrations.  I found these unique parachuting dinosaurs made from craft foam online at Baker Ross.  These fun dinosaurs that can really parachute down to earth were a fun addition to all of our dinosaur activities.      

 Supplies:

-         Parachuting dinosaurs craft kits

-         Coloring pens

-         White glue

-         Glitter glue

-         Googly eyes

-         Tablecloth

Passive Craft Table - Dino Racers

 

For this passive program, I wanted to set up a craft table on an early release day during our Dinovember celebrations.  I found these unique wooden dinosaurs with wheels online at Baker Ross.  These fun dinosaurs that can really roll were a fun addition to all of our dinosaur activities.      

 Supplies:

-         Dinosaur rollers craft kits

-         Coloring pens

-         White glue

-         Stickers

-         Googly eyes

-         Feathers

-         Tablecloth

Passive Craft Table: Autumn Trees

 

 

For this passive program, I wanted to use up a huge supply of Halloween and Autumn Leaves craft foam shapes that I found in a closet.  The intention of this craft table was for children to walk up and help themselves to the intended craft using the supplies provided.  

Supplies:

-         Wood tree decoration I found online

-         Craft foam shapes

-         Colorful Sharpie pens

-         Silk leaves

-         White glue

 

This was a low staff event with some fun results. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passive Craft Table: Basket Weaving

 

For this passive program, I wanted to set up a craft table on a no school day.  I also had some leftover basket weaving craft kits from a previous program (from Baker Ross) that I wanted to use up.  Since I did not think I had enough kits, I did some internet searching and found a template for mini paper basket templates (https://butfirstwecraft.com/2021/01/14/mini-basket-weaving/) that can be done with yarn.  I had plenty of yarn!          

Supplies:

-         Paper weaving craft kits

-         Printed mini basket weaving templates on cardstock

-         Scissors

-         Scotch tape

-         Yarn

-         Tablecloth

  

 

 

Passive Craft Table: Decorate a Butterfly

For this passive program, I wanted to set up a craft table on a no school day.  I found these wood butterflies online at Baker Ross.  They were a little difficult to put together so that they stay together, but the children did not seem to mind.        

Supplies:

-         Wood butterfly craft kits

-         Coloring pens

-         White glue

-         Gem stickers

-         Googly eyes

-         Tablecloth

Passive Craft Table - Unicorn Decoration

 

For this passive program, I wanted to set up a craft table on a no school day.  I found these ceramic unicorn decorations online at Baker Ross.  These fun unicorns were a perfect open ended painting opportunity.    

 Supplies:

-         Ceramic unicorn decorations

-         Paint in lots of colors

-         Paint brushes

-         Water cups

-         Paper towels

-         Plastic paint palettes

-         Paper plates (to carry home their wet paint treasures)

-         Tablecloth

Star Wars Day - Silly Lightsabers

 

May the 4th be with you!

Last May, my library celebrated Star Wars Day with a passive craft table.  It was out all day long. This craft was to create a pretend lightsaber using balloons and duct tape. 

This was a low cost, low staff intensive, activity with some fun results.  After playing with the duct tape, some of the little kids would swing their pretend lightsabers, they were adorable!