paper crafts – Making and Sharing

Cardmaking

Portal Library — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 22:23:17 +0000

At a cardmaking workshop in Portal this week, participants made these lovely spring cards!

Scrapbooking!

Portal Library — Mon, 08 May 2017 17:00:53 +0000

On Saturday, May 6, National Scrapbooking Day, a group of us got together to learn about scrapbooking from Joy Mendez.

We talked about types of scrapbooks, layouts, materials, and where to begin, and then had lots of hands-on time to create. We were lucky to have access to a wide variety of beautiful materials that Joy brought including papers, adhesives, punches, stamps, and embellishments like buttons, beads, and more.

It was great fun, and folks made some lovely scrapbook pages. Here are a few handouts Joy shared with scrapbooking suggestions and guidelines.

Kids Maker Day

K-4 students — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 19:04:12 +0000

On March 27, local grade K-4 students gathered at the Portal Library for a Maker Day.

We started with a challenge to design and build a structure using toothpicks and mini-marshmallows.

After that students made their own books. Topics included spring, the seasons, weather, and cooking.

Students’ favorite activity was the photo challenges and digital photography. Below are some of the pictures students took.

We ended the day by making “unbirthday” cards for family and friends.

Pictures by Francisco:

Pictures by Jessy:

Pictures by Journey:

Pictures by Memphis:

Pictures by Emery:

Unbirthday cards

karen fasimpaur — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:16:07 +0000

On March 9, grade K-2 students were invited to make “un-birthday” cards. These cards could be addressed to anyone who wasn’t having a birthday. Students made cards for family members and friends. One of their favorite parts was using the Washi craft tape.

Materials to make greeting cards and other paper crafts are available in the library’s “Creativity in a Box – Paper Crafts” kit which can be checked out for home use.