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Colorful beads fuse into new creations
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The Poland library hosted a Perler beads event on Nov 11. Participants were able to use the patterns and beads to create their own work of art. The beads and molds were provided by the library,
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The different color Perler beads were made available for use by the Poland library. Once participants put together the shapes they wanted, librarian Vikki Peck would fuse the beads together to create one, colorful decoration.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Poland library hosted an event on Nov. 11 for guests in grades 4-12 to put together Perler bead creations.
This was the first time the Poland library hosted the Perler bead event. The librarian hosting the event, Vikki Peck, noted that other libraries had a good outcome with the Perler beads and she thought it would be a good idea to bring the activity to the Poland library. Although there wasn’t a very high turn out at Poland, Peck is hoping once word gets around there will be more children wanting to attend.
Having fun with the Perler beads is for children who are older and have more matured motor skills because the beads are so small and a little hard to handle.
Participants arranged the beads into different shapes and colorful patterns.
After the patterns were created, Peck would then apply the heat to fuse the beads all together and create one solid object for the children to take home that night.
Children enjoy coming to the library to create different crafts that they might not do at school or at home. The library events prove that the library is for more than just coming to check out books or to study. Crafts can be fun and educational at the same time.
Peck said the Poland library will continue to host different events like this and that there are a lot of holiday-themed activities coming up within the next month for participants of all age groups.