Richmond Public Library

Week four of the 2013 summer reading program saw the end of the Gnome Scavenger Hunt, the winners were team Betty Boop. On Wednesday, June 26the the younger kids painted wooden snakes

Thursday, June 27th the older kids made mummy’s from garden wire wrapped in gauze.

Friday, June 28th the adults made Ink Dot paintings, this craft was by far the favorite with the adults.

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Week 3 was the start of the Gnome digital scavenger hunt, mummy cats, candles and one cancellation.

At the beginning of the week we handed out folders with the black & white gnome pictures in them. Each team was to try on find out where the picture was taken and fine the gnome. Half was through the week it was decided that we needed to hide more gnomes, so we did.

The younger kids made “Mummy Cats” on Wednesday, June 19th. The kids really seemed to like making these.

On Thursday, June 20th the older kids were invited to the library to make “baby Jar” candles.

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We are off and running, kids and adults are reading and attending events at the library. The second week of summer reading brought us Origami planters [with the little kids], ink dot paintings [with the seniors], henna tattoos [with the teens] and a mini maker day.

The little kids planted seeds in origami newspaper planters then took them home to grow and hopefully plant later on.

We went to the Nutrition Site and had the seniors make ink dot paintings, they really enjoyed this craft!

The older kids [with permission slips signed] got Henna Tattoos, we also had a couple of visitors from Goddard Kansas join us to see how it was done. Darlene also showed up to get her yearly tattoo.

For the end of the week we had a Mini Maker Day on Friday, June 14th. This one the adults seemed to really enjoy. We showed eleven different kinds of makers, we showed how four of them worked and then of course we got to eat what was made.

 

 

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Summer Reading kicked off again this year with our annual “Seed Spitting” contest. The younger kids “spit” on Wednesday, June 5th.

The older kids “Spit” on Thursday, June 6th

The Adults made “Origami Planters’ on Friday June 7th

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Some of you may know we have had some flooding issues in our back room. We had two wonderful men donated time and supplies and they put an awning over the back doors. This awning will keep the rain from coming in the back.

The men worked for two days and nights but they got it done.

Many, many thanks to Rick Weber and Jake Akes for all their hard work, also Thanks to the Richmond Museum for giving us the tin.

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