Take & Make Craft Kits
Sonoma County Library’s Take & Make Craft Kits include an 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 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 are limited to one per patron.
Don’t forget to share your project on Facebook or Instagram using the hashtag #SCLMakes.
Current 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: 6 sheets of tissue paper, 1 pipe cleaner.
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 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 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 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 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.
