January Book & Cookie Club: Phoebe and Her Unicorn

I think there needs to be a new weather rule - no inclement weather on the days that children's librarians have programs!  The joys of programming during the winter months, amirite? All kidding aside, I would rather my program participants play it safe - especially when it comes to snow and slippery roads!  

We had a small Crew today, but there was still fun to be had and cookies to be consumed (Keebler Chips Deluxe #YUM).  

The Book
Phoebe and Her Unicorn: A Heavenly Nostrils Chronicle by Dana Simpson

Icebreaker: What's Your Unicorn Name?

I *might* have actually paid shipping on Amazon so that I could have unicorn nametags for tonight.  I designed a "What's Your Unicorn Name?" chart on PicMonkey with a unicorn illustration that I found on Pixabay.

Discussion Game: UNICORN!

Since we had a late start (thanks to the snowprise), we did not get to do the discussion game.  I planned to break everyone into 4 groups.  Each group would recieve a question card.  They would answer the question and bring the card to me.  If the answer was correct, I would give them a part of a unicorn and their next question.  I found a neat unicorn puppet printable from Arty Crafty Kids (you have to sign up to get the free unicorn puppet).

Candy Dragon Candy Bowl

My favorite character in the Heavenly Nostrils series is Todd, the candy dragon.  I brainstormed several ways to make Todd - at one point I considered a Todd piñata.  I eventually figured out this version of Todd and feel pretty pleased with how he turned out.

I purchased mini paper ice cream bowls from Amazon and found a dragon body printable from BakerRoss.

Unicorn Ring Toss

This game is as much fun as it sounds.  There was a great deal of giggling, ducking, and fun.  The rings are made out of foam, so there isn't any worry of injury from the rings.  It's the horn you have to worry about.  As they say "it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!"  No unicorns or humans were injured or harmed during the process of playing this game tonight.

Dakota's New 'Do

Marigold zapped off Dakota's hair which means The Crew has an opportunity to design a new look for Dakota!  I tried my best to free-hand Dakota and copied her likeness onto cardstock.  The Crew members gave Dakota a Pom Pom hair-do, a Rapunzel inspired hair-do, and a polka dot hair-do.