To help keep little ones entertained at home, our librarians pulled together some their favorite crafts! Check out our list below - each features a list of supplies needed, handy instructions and a look at the finished product. Enjoy!

Hatching Baby Dinosaur (baby dinosaur template PDF)

For this craft, you will need:

• construction paper
• scissors
• glue or tape
• crayons, colored pencils, markers

Print out the dinosaurs or draw your own on a piece of paper! Color the dinosaurs and cut them out. Draw the shape of an egg on a piece of paper and cut it out. Cut your egg in half in a back-and-forth motion to make it look like it broke in two. Glue or tape the baby dinosaur to a piece of construction paper then place the two halves of your egg on top.

Tip: crumple paper on top of the picture and stick them on top so it looks like the egg is in grass or dirt!

Transforming Robot Car (PDF)

For this craft, you will need:

• paper
• scissors
• crayons, colored pencils, markers

Print out the template or use it as a guide to draw your own robot car. Make sure to color it before you cut it out! Cut, fold, glue and tape as the instructions say. The car will transform into a hand robot and back again.

Straw Rockets (PDF)

For this craft, you will need:

• paper
• straws
• scissors
• glue or tape
• crayons, colored pencils, markers

Print out the straw rockets or use the PDF as a guide to draw your own. Color your rockets so that they are brightly colored and easy to find once they jet across the room!

Find two different sized straws OR a straw and a plastic pipette (used for crafting, making candles, etc.). If using a plastic pipette, cut off the end with the narrow tip so you are ONLY using the closed-off end. If using straws, pinch one end of the larger straw together and tape shut so there is no opening. Tape the pipette or larger straw to the back of the rocket. Insert a smaller straw into the open end and it should not go through at all. Blow into the straw to launch your rocket!

Pi Skyline (PDFs)

For this craft, you will need:

• construction paper
• scissors
• glue or tape
• crayons, colored pencils, markers

We might be past past Pi Day, but this is still a good math activity!

Print the attached graph paper if you don't have your own (1/2 inch for younger kids and 1/4 inch for older kids). Using the attached sheet of Pi numbers, kids should graph the numbers of pi on the paper until they reach the end of the graph paper. Older kids in particular should have some experience graphing bar graphs. Once you reach the end of the paper, you can color in the "buildings" you've made. Cut out your skyline and mount it to another piece of paper before decorating.

Whale Blubber

For this craft, you will need:

• Ziploc bags
• ice
• a bowl of water
• Crisco/shortening
• or
• Vaseline/petroleum jelly

Turn one of the bags inside out and fit it inside the other bag. Between the two bags WITHOUT zipping them, fill the space with shortening or Vaseline and then zip the bags together. If you're worried about making a mess, you can tape the bags together as an extra precaution. Fill a bowl with water and ice and let the water cool down. Fit your hands in the bag; where you made a "glove" by zipping them together. The bag with the shortening acts as an insulator and you should be able to put your hands in the water and not feel very cold, just like blubber acts like an insulator for whales!

 Coding with Legos (PDF)

For this craft, you will need:

• LEGOs

Super easy coding for kids.

Print the binary alphabet attached and using TWO colors of Legos spell out words using the binary alphabet. For example, Blue=0 and Red=1. Families that don't have Legos can use two colors of really anything; beads, rhinestones, even cereal. The binary alphabet is the language computers use and this is a good intro activity for kids with coding that doesn't require any tech.