I'm working on a book! Right now I'm calling it 101 Low Budget No Budget Teen Activities, but 101 Safe, Cheap and Sane Teen Programs is another idea. 101 arts and crafts, games and programs for teens that you can do with barely a budget. You'll raid the children's arts and crafts closet, learn how to score free supplies online, turn community events into goldmines of leftover materials, up and most importantly, be ready for all the drama and danger of running programs.
Of course teen programs are drama and danger! How many cool things can you make without scissors, needles or hot glue guns? Well, we're about to find out, as I'll present alternatives for as many projects as possible.
While I'm making a list of programs and instructions, I'd love to have some "testers" to give me feedback on the projects. If you're interested, please contact me at librariancourtneybennett at gmail and let me know if you want a project involving
1. Office Supplies (and library supplies!)
2. Fabric (and suggestions on where to get free fabrics!)
3. Recycled Projects
4. Children's Craft Closet (felt, construction paper, glitter, safety scissors etc.)
Also tell me about your local safety level- are your teens allowed to cut with adult scissors, use hot glue guns, sew with needles, use a stapler etc.
I'm willing to send multiple projects IF you provide me with feedback on the ones I send.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Thursday, August 11, 2011
A Donation to the Friends
What do you do with the random money you find laying around the library? I'm sure some people think they are paying their fines by leaving dollar bills in their books, but they might as well be expensive bookmarks.
Although I keep eyeing these
The easy way to deal with this? Just throw it in the donation box. The realistic way? Go to your people in charge and make a written policy that unclaimed cash will the donated to the library (or friends of the library, or staff room snack fund) There is no reason to leave cash laying around for sticky fingers or hoping patrons will come back to retrieve it. Of course, if you can figure out where the money came from by looking up the last patron, you should call, but offering to turn it into a donation might make the patron happier than thinking it's going to the grubby hands of some overpaid union employee (ha!).
Although I keep eyeing these
The easy way to deal with this? Just throw it in the donation box. The realistic way? Go to your people in charge and make a written policy that unclaimed cash will the donated to the library (or friends of the library, or staff room snack fund) There is no reason to leave cash laying around for sticky fingers or hoping patrons will come back to retrieve it. Of course, if you can figure out where the money came from by looking up the last patron, you should call, but offering to turn it into a donation might make the patron happier than thinking it's going to the grubby hands of some overpaid union employee (ha!).
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