Avid readers always have books at their fingertips. The real die-hards, however, have books ON their fingertips. Today, we’re choosing our top 20 literary nail art…here they are, in no particular order (#8 and #14 are my absolute favorites, but #19 is AWESOME!).
#1 WINNIE THE POOH
From Coewless nail polish blog
#2 THE RAINBOW FISH
From Adventures in Acetone
#3 THE WORKS OF BEATRIX POTTER
From just_alexiz
#4 FRANKENSTEIN
From Break rules, not nails
#5 THE LORD OF THE RINGS
From Chalkboard Nails
#6 RAGGEDY ANN & ANDY
From Adventures in Acetone
#7 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
From My World
#8 THE BINDING OF LITTLE GOLDEN BOOKS
From Geeky Owl
#9 ALICE IN WONDERLAND
From KayleighOC
#10 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
From just_alexiz
#11 HARRY POTTER
From KayleighOC
#12 ANOTHER HARRY POTTER
From KayleighOC
#13 AMELIA BEDELIA
From just_alexiz
#14 FAHRENHEIT 451
From eNotes
#15 HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON
From just_alexiz
#16 ANIMAL FARM
From Coewless nail polish blog
#17 THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
From StephsNailss
#18 WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS
From just_alexiz
#19 JURASSIC PARK (those are REAL mosquitoes!)
From Break rules, not nails
#20 THE HOBBIT
From KayleighOC
Some wild and crazy vowels are on the loose, and you must grab your magnetic fishing rod and catch AEIOU…and sometimes…that mysteriously elusive Y.
Push the unattached end of the string against the pole, and cover it with color masking tape. Continue wrapping the pole until you’ve created a 3″ handle. If you’d like, use the color masking tape to decorate the rest of the pole.
Finally, tape a magnet to the paper clip. We used little ceramic block magnets. Since these were potential choking hazards for younger siblings, we checked, double checked, and triple checked to make sure everyone’s magnet was firmly taped in place.
Next up, the VOWELS! Cut the vowels out of the 2-page template. You can use just markers to decorate them, or you can do what we did and bring out the 
When you’re done decorating, tape a jumbo paperclip to the back of each letter. Spread the vowels on the floor, take a few steps back, and try “hooking” them with your rod.
Check out Mr. Expert Fisherman…3 on 1 hook! Nice!
The letter Y is on the template, but at our story time, we decided to do something a little special with it. We traced the Ys onto gold 
Then, as kids were fishing, we quietly dropped the golden Ys into their pile of vowels. If they caught the Y, they got to take it home (and of course, everyone caught the Y)!
The credit for today’s simple project goes to my 6-year old daughter! She told me she wanted to make a tambourine, scrounged through art supply central 
You’ll need:
Quick hint for threading floppy ribbon through holes…create a “needle” using masking tape. When you’re finished, just unwrap the making tape, or cut it off the ribbon entirely.
Thread a jingle bell onto a piece of pipe cleaner, fold it into a U, and and insert both ends into a pair of holes. Unfold the ends of the pipe cleaner and secure them to the back of the lid with tape. Repeat these steps with the remaining 2 bells.
Your tambourine is finished!