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Boardman library offers flying fun for kids
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Neighbors | Tim Cleveland.The children listened and watched intently during the story time portion of the Four Flying Toys event at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Tim Cleveland.A young girl cut into a paper plate to make a swirley snake during the Four Flying Toys event at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Tim Cleveland.Parents helped their children start making crafts during the Four Flying Toys event at the Boardman library.
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Neighbors | Tim Cleveland.Boardman library assistant supervisor of children's works Karen Saunders read a book to the children during the Four Flying Toys event.
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Neighbors | Tim Cleveland.Karen Saunders had the children roll fuzzy dice and depending on the number drew parts of a turkey during the Four Flying Toys event.
By TIM CLEVELAND
With children off from school on Nov. 26, the Boardman library hosted an event that featured a story time and allowed them to make several different crafts.
The event attracted a crowd of 17 children and 12 adults.
“Today’s program is Four Flying Toys and we’re making flying toys today,” Boardman library assistant supervisor of children’s works Karen Saunders said. “We have an airplane, a flutter fish, a frisbee and drinking cup that makes a flutter toy.”
Another craft the children made was taking a paper plate and cutting it into a swirl pattern to make a snake. Saunders read the book “Best Friends Together Again” and she told the story “The Donkey Mover” using a mag board.
The children also played a Thanksgiving game where they passed two balls around, with one representing a turkey and the other a farmer, with the farmer trying to catch the turkey.
Saunders said Four Flying Toys is a new spin on an event the Boardman library has done before.
“This is the first time for the Four Flying Toys,” she said. “We’ve done toys different times. School’s out today because it’s the day before Thanksgiving and we want something for younger and older children. So it’s more of a family story time today.”
Saunders said she got the ideas for the crafts from books available for check out in the library.
“It’s just a fun activity,” she said. “We have a lot of books dealing with crafts, so a lot of these ideas are either from the craft books or the science experiment books. There’s different sources. It’s just a different way of highlighting different parts of the collection.”
Saunders said doing the event was a chance for the children to play with toys they most likely wouldn’t play with otherwise.
“It’s something to keep them busy and amused,” she said. “It’s not an electronic toy, it’s an old-fashioned toy. It’s a chance to play more with simpler things.”