Our Star Wars parties always drew a HUGE crowd, so it’s a great way to bring people into the library. Miss Gloria and I planned one for the past two years. They’re fun but can be a lo…

Did you know that today is Meteor Watch Day ? Yep, every year on June 30th! I know, there are so many crazy holidays! Well, to celeb...

This Star Wars R2-D2 craft was a big hit with my son and he doesn't usually like crafts. He was very proud of the R2-D2 he made! This post is part of the Star Wars Blog

Star Wars Tag is an exciting chasing and fleeing game for physical education that your students will love. The Force is strong with this game!

Death Star art for kids to make as part of your May the 4th activities. Creativity and fine motor skills in a fun, easy Star Wars art project.

30 Fantastic Star Wars Crafts. Any Star Wars enthusiast will love these crafts - great for Star Wars Parties or Star Wars Gifts. May the 4th be with You. Star wars games activities. Star wars paper crafts. Star wars crafts for kids party. Star wars activities for adults. Star wars printable activities.

This Star Wars R2-D2 craft was a big hit with my son and he doesn't usually like crafts. He was very proud of the R2-D2 he made! This post is part of the Star Wars Blog

Star Wars Day celebration ideas for kids? May Fourth is a fun holiday for kids and adults! Celebrate with these May the fourth be with you Star Wars activities printable and worksheets resources, Star Wars crafts, Star Wars science and sensory play (STEM fun educational activities) for a unit study or project-based homeschooling, theme party snacks and more!

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Activities for a Star Wars library program celebrating May the 4th Be With You.

Looking for the perfect Star Wars activity for your kids that will keep them occupied? Then this Star Wars free printable I Spy is it! Just print it out, grab a pen and you're all set.

I can't believe I am actually posting a Star Wars craft on my blog... but I am. I don't dislike Star Wars, but I'm not a die hard fan. My 5 year old loves playing Star

Von bunten Laserschwertern aus Leucht-Sticks bis zum BB8-Droide aus Papptellern, hier ist für alle Star Wars Fans etwas dabei.

Last month, my son picked a pretty over the top idea for his Valentine's Day Mailbox. When he told me he wanted a Chewbacca Valentine Mailbox, I knew we could do it and that it

Build a droid with this fun star wars party printable. Making an R2 or BB droid is an easy star wars party activity, or fun any time.

Make an erupting Death Star activity with kitchen science! This Star Wars science activity is easy to set up and uses common kitchen ingredients!

Amazing free printable pack of 16 educational Star Wars activity sheets for kids, with writing prompts, drawing prompts, word puzzles, quizzes, colouring and loads more.

Activities for a Star Wars library program celebrating May the 4th Be With You.

This super simple Yoda puppet is a Star Wars craft your kids can play with for hours!

Will you be ready when the force awakens? Make these fun and simple glowing light saber sensory bottles! Cool Star Wars activity for your Star Wars fan!

Download the free printable Star Wars activity page. You can print it or just download it to your computer. Do you think you can crack the code?

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Does your child love Star Wars film series? Here are 25 free printable star wars coloring pages for your kids to keep the interest of coloring in your kids.

Ideas and activities for a Star Wars library program to celebrate May the 4th Be With You.

Whether you are a Star Wars fan or robot fan, building a droid is a great STEAM activity. Free droid designs coloring sheets adds art to building droids.

Try out these cool Slinky Star Wars Sounds with easy to find materials. A fun science experiment for the kids and all to enjoy!

Activities for a Star Wars library program celebrating May the 4th Be With You.

The new Star Wars is out and my kids are so excited! I'm sure they're not the only ones. We've also made our goal for December to finish memorizing our math facts! Thus, the Star Wars math game just had to be made! It's a fairly simple game yet a lot of fun. I hope

We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. Please see policies for more information.If you love Star Wars or are just looking for a fun recycled craft to do with the kids – check this one out! You can make all sorts of droids from items you find around the

Have kids that love space? This nebula in a jar is a super fun space craft for kids that is a perfect extension to your inquiry into space!

Activities for a Star Wars library program celebrating May the 4th Be With You.

It is a period of civil war... Wait a minute... Let's start again. It is a NEW blog!! I decided to create a new blog devoted exclusively to library related crafts, children's activities, tips, book reviews, and miscellaneous geekery for the whole family. This is a blog that can be used by educators, librarians, parents, and anybody that is looking for fun ideas that are actually doable. A lot of times, I see ideas on Pinterest and I get overwhelmed. My gosh, how much time must go into handcrafting individually sewn pencil cozies for every child in a class and how many mason jars can you actually buy!? Pinterest stress, by the way, is an actual thing. The internet can be a wonderful resource for finding ideas, but like a never ending Netflix queue, sometimes you will spend more time scrolling through just to find something/ getting overwhelmed by choice than you do actually DOING. This is a blog by a children's librarian/ single mom with not a lot of time and not a lot of money. I will be using materials and supplies that can be easily found in a Dollar Tree, 99c store, grocery store, and rarely a Michaels or craft supply store. You shouldn't have to spend a lot of money or a lot of time to do fun activities with kids and you don't have to have the crazy creative genius of a stay at home/ homeschooling mom either. Seriously, all these blogs by homeschooling moms are off the hook. How do they get so many ideas!? Here's a little bit about me. I am not the kind of person who can open up a refrigerator and say, "Oh! I have tomatoes, some leftover rice, a can of mushroom soup, and a toothpick! I can make a souffle." I mean obviously that would be silly because a souffle needs like.. eggs? At any rate, my brain very rarely thinks that way. I'm the kind of person that can follow a recipe, but I'm not super great at improvising. Why do I mention this? Because the ideas I am going to be sharing on my blog are things I was able to come up with on my own, or ones that I found online and actually DID. We will be talking about things that I have learned in the course of my career as a children's librarian/ parent, and things that might be useful for others to know. First up - STAR WARS READS DAY!!!! So in case you aren't aware, October 10 is Star Wars Reads Day. Even I was only vaguely aware of this day, by looking at other libraries and what they were offering, since for me May the Fourth was what I considered to be "Star Wars Day." Basically it is an excuse for geeky librarians, booksellers, and retailers to have Star Wars parties, which totally works for me. With the new Star Wars movie "The Force Awakens" coming out on December 18 (AHHHHHH!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!) I was pretty stoked to have a Star Wars party at my library for no other reason than because Star Wars. As soon as I decided to participate in the event, I contacted my local chapters of the Rebel Legion and the 501st Legion to see if we could get some awesome cosplaying visitors. The process was fairly easy and I was contacted by the Rebel Legion very quickly informing me that they had members available to participate. The 501st I am still waiting for confirmation on. They are busy folks after all. I also started to think about crafts. The purim carnival at my synagogue this year had a space/ Star Wars/ Star Trek theme, and one of the activities was a pool noodle lightsaber. The super simple instructions for that activity can be found here. It must have been pretty funny watching me carry the entire box full of pool noodles from the Dollar Tree to my car and attempt to shove them inside. The checkout girl must have LOVED scanning 43 pool noodles too, but even here in California you can only find pool noodles at dollar stores seasonally. This is one of those activities that you want to plan in advance for. If your local store no longer carries pool noodles, you can still find them online, albeit for more than the $1 you can get them in store. But what about another craft?! Then it hit me. What is the first thing that people were talking about when the very first Star Wars trailer was released? That adorable little droid, BB-8! Heck, he is on the logo for this year's Star Wars Reads Day after all. But how to make him? As a children's librarian, I would say that at LEAST 30% of my crafts involve paper plates in some capacity and those were a natural base. His "head" was a bit more tricky. I took a look at a lot of reference images, both fan drawings, stills from the trailer, emoji, and photographs of the droid when he made is appearances at various cons, like Star Wars Celebration. My first step was to create the basic shape for BB-8's head shape. I did this in MS Paint. In fact, I made his whole head in MS Paint. I don't have photoshop, I don't have a lot of technical skill, and also I think it is good to show what comparably "low-tech" solutions can be found to solve problems. Here is my blank state I started with by making a large circle, a small oval underneath it, and then using the eraser to erase the inside: The next step was to fill in his head with all the bits and doodads. I figured it didn't need to be exact, just a general representation of what his head looked like. I did this all in MS paint using circles, rectangles, and curvy lines: Then I assembled the rest of my materials. For this craft you need: 1 paper plate 1 template 1 paper fastener 1 long piece of cardboard - approx 2.5-3 in thick and 9in long 1 square 4x4in piece of cardboard 1 small piece of black pipe cleaner - if desired 1 roll of masking tape scissors Step 1: Assemble your supplies. Color the template the colors of your choosing, decorate the paper plate. Step 2: Punch a hole with your scissors into the middle of your square cardboard piece and insert the paper fastener Step 3: Tape the square (fastener head down) onto the middle of your paper plate (the "eating"side - you want the rounded side for your body) Step 4: Punch another hole with your scissors into the long piece of cardboard. You are going to want to do this fairly close to the bottom, but not so close to the bottom that it is off balance. Then push the fastener through the hole and open the wings Step 5: Tape the top of the neck onto the back of your head. You want the head to be layered on top of the paper plate just a little bit, so lay your head down and kind of eyeball it Step 6: You are all done! Now you have your own adorable BB-8. If you want to, you can attach a pipe cleaner to the top of his head for a little antenna. He even moves!! Wicked cute, right? You can even allow kids to do their own unique colors/ designs for his base. Super adorable. I'm really excited for our library kids to get their hands on these. Keep on rolling, internet friends! Keep on rolling!

My Yoda door decs for my Star Wars floor in the spring are so adorably perfect. I based these little guys off some emojis posted by CNET, and then cut out the shapes accordingly and layered the car…

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Activities for a Star Wars library program celebrating May the 4th Be With You.

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Use these free Lego Star Wars Printable Game Cards for a birthday party or a family fun night. Challenge all ages to an exciting game of creative skill.