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Family Book Club: Positively Prehistoric! (KIT ONLY)

Pick up kit from Main Library from Nov 1- Nov 10

2024-11-10 00:00:00 2024-11-10 23:59:00 America/Chicago Family Book Club: Positively Prehistoric! (KIT ONLY) It's DINOVEMBER & it is a "dinoriffic" time to celebrate prehistoric life with your family. KIT will contain crafts, snack ideas, games & book suggestions about dinos. Registration required for kit. Main Library -

Sunday, November 10
All day

Add to Calendar 2024-11-10 00:00:00 2024-11-10 23:59:00 America/Chicago Family Book Club: Positively Prehistoric! (KIT ONLY) It's DINOVEMBER & it is a "dinoriffic" time to celebrate prehistoric life with your family. KIT will contain crafts, snack ideas, games & book suggestions about dinos. Registration required for kit. Main Library -

It's DINOVEMBER & it is a "dinoriffic" time to celebrate prehistoric life with your family. KIT will contain crafts, snack ideas, games & book suggestions about dinos. Registration required for kit.

Registration for this program begins on October 15, 2024.

**NOTE:  Kits contain supplies for 1 of each craft.  If you have multiple children in your family, please register each child separately.

Listing two names in the first name field will not register you for more than one kit. Thank you!**

Do you love dinosaurs?  Ms. Carrie does and she wants to share crafts, book suggestions, games and snack ideas with your Family Book Club. (Note: This is NOT a Zoom meeting or in-person event.) 

This program has supplies to be picked up at the KidSpace Youth Reference Desk at the Main Library (270 N. Grove Ave, Elgin). Program supplies will be ready for pick up between Friday, November 1, 2024 through Sunday, November 10, 2024.   The kit will include the basic materials & instructions for the suggested craft projects.  You will need to secure the ingredients for the snack ideas as well as some general crafting and gaming items listed below.  Best for families with children in K-5th grade.  Kits that are not picked up by Sunday, November 10th or registered patrons that don't make alternate arrangements by emailing crzeppa@gailborden.info, by Sunday, November 10th will forfeit their kits to patrons on our wait list.  If the program is full, please register for the waiting list. There are often unclaimed kits that are offered to waiting list families.

If you would like to pick up the supplies at the Main Library Drive Up Window instead of inside the library at the Youth Desk, please call the Youth Desk at 847-429-4685 before arriving at the library.  

Program Supplies in the bag:

Paper handouts:

Dinosaur Joke Cards

"Dino Says" handout

Dino Puzzle Scavenger Hunt puzzle sheets (2)

Pterodactyl template on colored cardstock

Foldable T-Rex on green paper

"Once Upon a Dinosaur" silly story page, folded/stapled in half

Positively Prehistoric Book Club Packet

1 small baggie containing: 

Dino teeth "idea" card

Several rectangles of colored cellophane

1 segment yellow ribbon

1 tube bead

2 wooden beads

8 pony beads (various colors)

2 black pipe cleaner segments

4 googly eyes- 2 small, 2 large

Toothpick

1 round disc MAGNET

Other supplies in kit:

Stegosaurus on poster board

1 muffin cup

1 egg carton cup, prepunched with holes

1 colored popsicle stick

2 lengths of Baker's Twine- 1 brown, 1 black

1 ball of white AIR DRY CLAY

Program Supplies to gather at home for CRAFTS:

Scissors

Coloring supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils)

Wax paper or similar

Pencil

Clear tape

Black marker

Liquid Glue (like Elmers)

OPTIONAL craft supplies:

Brown marker, ink pad, watercolor paints (with barely any water), or acrylic paints

Craft knife- to be used by ADULTS ONLY  

Stapler

Supplies to gather at home for GAMES:

Paper bag or bowl

Masking tape (or wall safe plastic tack)

1 or more large potatoes

Buckets/large bowls

Supplies to gather at home for SNACKS: (this is what you need if you want to make all of the suggested snacks)

Sugar cookie dough- premade or from your favorite recipe

Large dinosaur toy to use for footprint- or toothpick or fork to make footprint

Refrigerated or homemade pie crusts

Pizza Sauce

Shredded Mozzarella cheese

Egg

Strawberries

Chocolate, melted

Flavored whipped cream- spray can would work best

Frozen or homemade waffle rounds

Banana

Clementine

Chocolate chips

Optional:

Cinnamon

Pepperoni or other pizza toppings

Green food coloring

Chocolate jimmies, cocoa powder, or red/orange sprinkling sugar 

Other cut fruits

NOTE: See recipes in plan document.  Lots of subsitutions will work just as well. 

AGE GROUP: | Family | Elementary School |

EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs & Discussion Groups | Activity |

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