Gabby’s Dollhouse: Baby Box’s Craft-A-Riffic Craft-Ganza

Set-Up





This was not going to be a guided program, so I created a set-up to where patrons could float around and grab the necessary materials. I did create stations for each craft. I also provided the kids with buckets to where they could gather all their materials.
Craft 1: Hamster KittiesI found this inspiration directly from Gabby’s Dollhouse youtube channel. I figured Hamster kitties would be fun to make. They were kind of a pain to make….. The kids loved them, but we relied heavily on their adults and a hot glue gun to make them. Honestly, I was slightly creeped out by my sample.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ne44nlyoBc
Craft 3:
Pipe Cleaner Cat Ears		Again I took inspiration from the same video and made pipe cleaner cat ears. This was a nice compliment to the hamster kitties because it wasn’t as time consuming. I would heavily recommend in investing in a lot of jewels. The kids went gaga for them. I think I only have one sheet left. I also lost a strip of jewels during the program.

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ne44nlyoBc
Craft 4:
Baby Box Face Popsicle Stick		I always like to make a craft based on the character we are focusing on and I thought it would be fun to make a Baby Box Popsicle Stick puppet. I used mostly our die-cut machine to create my template and had a volunteer make up my counts.
Snack:
Kitty Bagels		I unfortunately do not have any pictures of our snack craft. I set-up station with the snack pieces. When the kids were ready to eat, they would come up and I would give them the pieces to create a kitty bagel.

I adapted my version from my source. To help save money, I did mini bagels. Each kid only got half a bagel. We used regular cream cheese. We still used the strawberries, pretzels, and raisins.
Source: https://www.theinspirationedit.com/hello-kitty-celery-carrot-hidden-veggie-cream-cheese-bagels/
ConclusionThis was a great hit. I would say the kitty ears and the popsicle sticks were the most popular. Kids were kind of half and half on the kitty bagels. Some took all the pieces while others only took some of pieces.

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