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Pastries On Parade!

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What do you think…is this too much pink? Display alllllll your fabulous frills with a delicious donut float, then join a march around the library. Today, we’re celebrating frosting, filling, glaze, and sprinkles. And yes, we have parade footage!

We read The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond (Houghton Mifflin, 2007). It begins with Billy, who has innocently tied a donut to his belt for convenience. His little life hack triggers a chain reaction of followers, from farm animals to a marching band! Billy is unaware of it all, and finishes his day calmly sailing his boat and dreaming with his delicious donut.

You’ll need:

  • 1 wheel assembly (more on this below!)
  • An assortment of boxes
  • Art supplies for decorating
  • Yarn
  • 1 donut parade float template, printed on 8.5″ x 11″ card stock
  • Scissors, tape, glue, and hot glue for construction
  • Markers for decorating

Our wheel assembly is exactly like this pig parade float, except that we substituted toilet paper rolls for tape boxes. Simply glue or tape various boxes to the top of your wheel assembly, then decorate! In addition to the donut template, we offered construction paper, straws, fabric flowers, paper crinkle, crepe paper streamers, craft ties, stickers, and muffin cups. We finished it off with a yarn pull string. And then my friends we MARCHED!

Song: Marching Music on the Tramp by John Philip Sousa. Original source: Music by Nesrality from Pixabay. Created in iMovie.

Props to the Pups

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Today is National Puppy Day, and we’re giving some love to our furry friends, starting with this handsome doggie, Finley Zondlo, the newest edition to Katie’s family! And even if there is not a pup present on this auspicious day, you can still have a canine celebration with some of our favorite pup-inspired posts!

ian walks the dog

Take a walk with a pull string dog (and our pal Ian) here

shelter story 2

Adopt a sweet new friend at our Storytime Shelter here

taxi

Navigate NYC traffic in an iconic yellow checker cab here

costumed champion

Win best in show with your doggie diva here

itty bitty home

Build a tiny house for a tiny dog (and enjoy Cece Bell’s awesome picture book) here

companions

And finally, enjoy the slopes with your pup here!

El Esqueleto

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Celebrate Día de Muertos with this jolly paper clip skeleton ornament! All it takes is 15 paperclips, paper, and a little glue!

You’ll need:

  • 15 paperclips
  • 1 rectangle of black poster board (approximately 4.75″ x 7.75″)
  • A number of yellow and gold tissue paper squares (approximately 3″ x 3″)
  • 1 snippet of ribbon (ours was 8″ long)
  • Scissors and squeeze glue for construction
  • Hole punch

The most important thing about this project is to use squeeze (i.e. liquid) glue. Glue sticks, alas, do not work! You’ll really have to glop the glue on to anchor the paper clips, but the good news is that everything dries clear and muy bueno!

First, punch a hole in the top of the black poster board rectangle. Next, glue crumbled yellow and gold tissue paper squares around the rectangle, making sure NOT to cover the hole you just punched.

Glop glue inside the rectangle, then arrange 14 paper clips to create your skeleton. The 15th paper clip gets unfolded and rounded to form the skeleton’s skull. Use hole punch remnants to make eyes, and a little snippet of paper to make the mouth.

Allow the frame to dry completely, then thread the ribbon through the hole. Done!