Pinterest Craft Factory

Cyndi PowellSupervisor-Young Adult Department

WCFL

Pinterest

What is Pinterest?

The visual bookmarking tool

that helps you discover and save

creative ideas.

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How I Use Pinterest

• Get Ideas• Get Organized

• Get Inspired• Get Creative

Pinterest is great, but at the end of the day, we still have to take those ideas and turn them into feasible programs within a limited budget. We want to create fun and engaging programs so

the kids and teens come back for more!

Tips for Putting TogetherCraft Programs

• Teach teens a new skill• Make something they will use, want to display

at home or in their locker at school, or a gift they can give to a family member or friend

• Crafts that use recycled materials, little to no cost

• Have templates prepared for teens who are not so crafty. Make sure the program caters to all skill levels.

Program Structureand Examples

• I plan most of my programs to last 1-1.5 hours.• I normally start with some sort of ice breaker

or an easy/shorter craft that is related to the bigger, more complicated craft we’re doing.

• Examples:– Glass magnet to go with the magnet memo board– Duct tape school supplies, back-to-school program– Fandom on Fire painted Totes, Fandom Quiz as an

ice breaker

Search me by name Cyndi Powell.Also, WCFL has a Pinterest Account.

cpowell@washcolibrary.org

Let’s Craft!

Fun with Shaving Cream

Teen Craft Example