Jane's Folly Posts

Cleaning my yarn stash- CAUTION, Metaphors ahead! My vacation is winding down (last day tomorrow!) and I finally started cleaning out my sewing area.  I had two big plastic bins…

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I made this turtle for my son- I think I’ll make more as gifts, as he is cute and easy to make!  It’s from the book Little Knitted Creatures by…

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Camping Party at the Library For our end-of-summer-reading party (I’m done! hooray!) we had a camping themed party.  I put up a tent in our program room.  We also had…

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I started this blog in April 2011.  I have done about 53 posts.  This week I don’t feel like posting anything.  I feel like no-one is reading these, that it’s…

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TARDIS Ipad Bag pocket I wanted a pocket for my no-thrills iPad case to put in my earphones and such, and the TARDIS instantly came to mind (bigger on the…

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Teen Zombie Night at the Library This Friday we had a zombie invasion at our library.  We closed the library and had the “normals” go home.  All kids (ages 12…

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Dream Big, Read story-time- owls Quick story-time craft for preschoolers.  Cutting out the parts for the owl is a good project for a young volunteer. We read: I’m not Cute!…

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Star Wars Day As part of “Dream Big, Read!” we had Star Wars day at the Library this Saturday. I made it an open event, where kids could stop in…

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City Scene Craft For this week’s library craft, I brought in boxes I’d been saving for a while, then gave the kids a list of ideas- make a castle, make…

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First story time for the theme of Dream Big, Read! Preschool bed craft: Materials Cardboard box- the perfect sized one was for individual coffee packets, but any rectangle will work.…

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