Take & Make Craft Kits
Sonoma County Library’s Take & Make Craft Kits are a new art or science activity for families to pick up at the library each month. Kits include all supplies to make a craft, along with instructions in English and Spanish. A companion video accompanies each month’s craft on the Library’s YouTube page.
New Take & Makes are available for pick up at the library around the 15th every month, while supplies last and limited to 1 per patron.
Revisit any of these projects and download PDF instructions and material lists for past and present Take & Makes below.
Don’t forget to share your project on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag of #SCLMakes.
Find more hands-on activities on our YouTube Page. #SCLMAKES
New Take & Make
July 2022 - Fish Friends / Peces amigos
Materials Needed: sheets of 6 in. x 6in. paper
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
Past Take and Makes
June 2022 - Rainbow Jingler / Cascabel de arcoíris
Materials Needed: 6 pieces of ribbon, 1 wooden ring, 1 jingle bell
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
May 2022 - Super Otto/ Súper Otto
Materials Needed: 1 Super Otto template, scissors, glue stick, craft stick.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
April 2022 - Piñatas de Libros- Book Piñatas
Materials Needed: rectangular cardboard box, glue stick, tissue paper, and scissors.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
March 2022 - Compost Heroes!/¡Héroes del compost!
Materials Needed: 1 ounce of modeling clay, 1 pencil.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
February 2022 - Bird Nesting Material Dispenser
Materials Needed: 24 popsicle/craft sticks, non-toxic glue, 4 pieces of twine/string, scissors, foraged straw, moss, sticks, leaves, and/or grass.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
January 2022 - Wildflower Seed Bombs
Materials Needed: California native wildflower seeds, dry potting soil, dry powdered red clay, water, mixing bowl, baking sheet.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
December 2021 - SCL Makes Watercolor Snowflakes
Materials Needed: paper coffee filters, scissors, watercolor paint.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
November 2021 - SCL Makes Leaf Art - Arte con hojas de árboles
Materials Needed: leaves, crayons, paper.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
October 2021 - SCL Makes a BiblioBus - Haz un BiblioBus
Materials Needed: BiblioBus activity sheet, scissors, tape or glue.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
September 2021: SCL Makes Paper Flowers,
Flores de papel
Materials Needed: 6 sheets of tissue paper, 1 pipe cleaner.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
August 2021: Otto Otter Mascot Magnets
Materials Needed: 4 jumbo popsicle sticks, 2 clothespins, 1 glue stick, 1 brown marker, 1 magnet w/ adhesive back, 1 sheet of Otto shape.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
Template: Download Otto Template
July 2021, Week 7: Mosaic Foam Frame
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be construction paper and stickers for decorations.
Materials Needed: 2-3 sheets of colorful construction paper, scissors, stickers.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
July 2021, Week 6: Summer Treat Sand Art
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be a coloring page, glue stick, sand or glitter.
Materials Needed: Coloring page, glue stick, colorful sand or glitter.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
Template: Download Popsicle Template
July 2021, Week 5: DIY Bug Jars
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be a clear plastic cup, a pen to poke holes in the lid, and stickers for decorations!
Materials Needed: A clear plastic cup, stickers, leaves, and a pen.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
June 2021, Week 4: DIY Puzzles
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be a piece of cardstock, markers, and scissors.
Materials Needed: A piece of cardstock to print a template, markers, and scissors.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
Template: Download Puzzle Template
June 2021, Week 3: Rainbow Heart Banners
This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be rainbow colored construction paper or felt, a traceable heart shape, scissors, and string.
Materials Needed: Colorful construction paper or felt, traceable heart shape, scissors, string.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
June 2021, Week 2: Butterfly Suncatchers
This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be a recycled plastic lid, markers or finger paint, and scissors.
Materials Needed: Recycled plastic lids, markers or finger paint, and scissors.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
June 2021, Week 1: Summer Vacation Journals
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials from Fun Express. A good substitution would be a construction paper cover and hole-punched lined paper.
Materials Needed: Construction paper, lined paper, a hole puncher, thread, decorating materials.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
May 2021: Paint Spring Flowers
Note: This craft was originally presented with materials purchased from Oriental Trading Company. A good substitution would be paper bowls or plates.
Materials Needed: Washable acrylic paint, paint brush, water cup, a ceramic flower shaped bowl.
Instructions: Download Take & Make PDF
April 2021: Kids Cartography
Draw a map of your neighborhood, nearby park, county, or make believe world!
Materials Needed: Blank cardstock paper, color pencils, ruler, fine tipped black marker, printable Sonoma County map template.
Instructions:
March 2021: Send Our Seniors Mail
Spread some joy to local seniors with the Sonoma County Library Send our Seniors Mail program.
Materials Needed: Any postcard, coloring materials, pen, and a stamp.
Instructions:
- Use the markers to draw or write a sweet message to a senior on the left side of the postcard.
- On the right side of your postcard, find and pick an address from a list of participating Send Our Seniors Mail partners.
- Please do not add your own address to the card.
- Add a stamp and ask your adult to drop it off at your local post-office.
February 2021: Make a Bird Friendly Window Decal
Materials Needed: 1 sheet protector, puffy paints, 1 printed bird template.
Instructions:
January 2021: Shrinky Dink Character Keychains
Materials Needed: Shrinky Dink plastic sheet (recycled plastic #6), colored pencils, keychain ring, and printed character page, Baking sheet, oven, hole punch, scissors, and tinfoil or parchment paper.
Instructions: Download PDF
December 2020: Make a 3D paper snowflake tree
Spread some joy to local seniors with the Sonoma County Library Send our Seniors Mail program.
Materials Needed: Scissors, skewer stick, tapered Cork, wooden Beads, paper snowflakes, and paper stars, glue.
Instructions: Download PDF
- Download, print, and cut out 7 snowflakes of different sizes. Or cut out your own snowflakes.
- Push pointy end of skewer stick into the center of the small end of the tapered cork. .
- Slide wooden bead onto a skewer.
- Slide largest snowflake onto skewer. Alternate wooden beads with snowflake using progressively smaller snowflake.
- Glue stars back to back on top of stick.
