I ran across these free instructions on how to make a heart by folding pages inside an old book. I quickly followed the instructions and created my own folded book art heart. ![]() I knew right away that students would love doing this activity in our makerspace. We had just weeded three book carts FILLED with books. I went through and saved the hard cover books in good condition, printed out the instructions, and I simply set my book heart on the library counter. Every time students walked in, they asked who made it and if they could make one. I decided to let students come in before school to get started on this project. With Mother's Day around the corner, I brought in wrapping paper for students to wrap their finished creation up if they wanted to give it away as a gift. It warmed my heart to see just about every single student who has started a book talk about who they want to give it to and why. For their first heart, it probably takes kids about 45 minutes to one hour for them to complete from start to finish. Once they know how it works, they are allowed to come in the library any time they have permission. to work on it. Kids are seriously spending their recess time in the library to work on this project. I had a really hard time locating other free instructions online for other shapes to create. I decided to make my own patterns to give more options for students who wanted to try this project. Here are the instructions I created for the star and the butterfly:My goal is to get students to create their own instructions for different shapes. I'm guessing I'll have some takers!
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One of my major goals for the second semester of the year was to start our Media Center Makerspace. Because we have very limited space, we cleaned out our picture book corner, slid a few tables together, and we had a place to work with. Because it was near the end of the school year, I decided to start slow and end the year with Makerspace challenges, one new one each week. For April we had poetry challenges. We then moved on to STEM challenges. Magazine Poetry Blackout Poetry Marshmallow Toothpick Tower Challenge Corner Bookmark Challenge For Free Comic Book Day the first week of May, we had a corner bookmark challenge. Students had to measure and closely follow directions in order to make the bookmark. Paper Tower Challenge We did this in class, so we moved this to the other tables so all students could participate! Power Clix Magnetic Blocks Next Year?Next year I would like to continue with weekly challenges and also continue building up the supplies that students can use at any time. I have started boxing up challenges and putting them on the shelves in the Makerspace, available for students to get out and use.
I have Ozobots, a 3D pen, and LittleBits ready to go right away next year. My goal is to have the Makerspace being used at all times of the day. I need to work on promoting the space at the start of the school year to get students involved right away. I am excited and extremely glad I started the Makerspace this year. I am looking forward to how it grows throughout next year.
We held a contest in September that challenged students to come up with what they loved most about the library. These were some responses.
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