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[orangerful]

Okay, collective brain, I've got one for you. The theme for our Summer Reading program this year is "Dig Into Reading". I went on Pinterest and I'm seeing a lot of bugs and worms and just sorta meh stuff. Usually we do a big craft for the staff to get involved so I'm trying to think of what we can do...I'm leaning towards something archeology themed...

We also do a week long kick-off where we have crafts out and activities for the kids to do. The usual age range is preschool up to 5th grade (yeah, quite a range!). Anyone here have any suggestions for crafts or decorations?

Right now I just want to put up a big picture of Indiana Jones...

Comments

[angelamermaid.livejournal.com]

Any chance you could paint ceramic bowls and cups representing children's books and bury them in pots of sand? Like, paint a Goblet of Fire for Harry Potter, and make the kids guess which book it represents?

[juliet-demarcus.livejournal.com]

The idea above me sounds pretty awesome to me. My first thought was something dinosaur related...because kids tend to love dinosaurs in my experience. But I have no idea about specifics, so I know that's not helpful. If anything comes to me, I'll let you know! I'm sure you'll find something fantastic for them. What sort of crafts have you done in the past?

[marshmallow.livejournal.com]

Like juliet_demarcus, my first thought went to dinosaurs too, but there's such a breadth of topics kids can read about, why not a breadth of digs? You could do archaeology type stuff, dinosaur stuff, pirate stuff (buried treasure, yar! with bonus symbolism, because digging into a good book results in treasures FOR YOUR MIND), dogs burying bones, etc..