Have you ever wanted to learn how to make origami? The Clifton Public Library has plenty of books on how to make it, as well as other crafts!
Click here to see our selection of origami craft books.
All you need is paper to fold in order to make it. Choose plain or colorful paper in order to make fun designs!
Celebrate the Christmas season with books and a fun outing!
Explore historical decorations and go on a scavenger hunt at
the Ringwood Manor’s Victorian Christmas special event.
http://www.ringwoodmanor.org/victorian-christmas.html
December 1st to 3rd
December 8th to 10th
December 15th to 17th
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for seniors
& students, $5 for children (ages 5-12)
1304 SLOATSBURG ROAD, RINGWOOD, NJ 07456
Check out these and many other Christmas books in our
Holiday Collection:
The doll people's Christmas by Martin, Ann M.
The Merry Christmas activity book by: Bull, Jane
The Nutcracker comes to America: how three ballet-loving brothers created a holiday tradition
by Barton, Chris
A Christmas carol by Dickens, Charles
Finding Christmas by Evans, Lezlie
The Nutcracker in Harlem by McMorrow, T. E.
American Girl holiday baking: seasonal recipes for cakes,
cookies & more
A children's literary christmas: an anthology
Splendiferous Christmas by O'Connor, Jane
Gingerbread Christmas by Brett, Jan
As leaves change and fall, birds migrate and animals prepare
for winter, there is plenty to see and enjoy at the New Jersey Botanical
Gardens in Ringwood State Park.
Learn about local plants and animals with these and many
other nonfiction books in the Clifton Library collection then enjoy a free,
guided hike through the NJBG’s woodlands.
Family Woodland Hike (link: https://njbg.org/event/family-winter-hike/)
Sunday, November 19th and December 17th
at 1pm
Carriage House Visitor Center
Morris Road, Ringwood, N.J. 07456
National Audubon Society first field guide: Mammals, by Grassy, John.
The young birder's guide to birds of North America, by Thompson, Bill
National Audubon Society first field guide: trees by Cassie, Brian
New Jersey plants and animals by Stewart, Mark
Series: Blastoff! readers. North American animals
Check out many other upcoming events at the New Jersey
Botanical Gardens.
Make pointillism art using a q-tip in this fun activity!
What is pointilism? You might recognize it from the famous painting A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat, pictured below!
Step 1: Make sure you have a different Q-tip for each color.
Step 2: Dip the end of the Q-tip in paint and make dots on your paper.
What kind of shapes and images can you make? (You can also draw an outline of objects like a tree, sun, flower, heart and then fill in the outline with dots)
Photo and idea from Projectswithkids.com
Read more about artists like Georges Seurat in the book Georges Seurat, by Iain Zaczek. This book is available at the Main Library in our Juvenile biography collection.
Is your child interested in art? Would they like to learn more about color theory? Read the books A Book about Color by Mark Gonyea, and Color Patterns by Carolyn Scrace, available both at the Main Library and the Allwood Branch, and then do this fun indoor activity about color theory!
-Paint and a paintbrush or markers (red, yellow, orange, blue, green, purple, black)
-1 Egg carton
-Scissors
Step 1: Cut off the top half of the egg carton, leaving just the bottom.
Step 2: Select one color for each cup and paint/color the
inside of each egg cup until they are all filled with different colors, or
different shades of the same color.
Step 3: Let the egg tray dry.
Step 4: Have your child search for and collect small items
of various colors in your house. Then, match each item with an egg cup of the
same color and place the items inside. Have a race to see how quickly your
child can place the correct item with its coordinating cup!
Have fun!
What changes when a book is adapted into a graphic novel or comic? How about when it's made into a live-action movie? Does the soundtrack for the movie match the feelings in the book? Beloved fantasy and science fiction book, A Wrinkle in Time (part of the Time Quintet by Madeline L'Engle), has been adapted into many different forms of media over the years.
As a bonus, enjoy the soundtrack to this movie, by Ramin Djawadi, on Hoopla!
Everyone knows the Wright Brothers, but aviation history is full of people who rose to the challenge, creating and breaking records and pushing the field flight forward.
Learn about these daring pilots, and then get a close up
look at real historical planes at the Aviation Hall of Fame in Teterboro:
Aviation
Hall of Fame (Teterboro)
400 Fred
Wehran Road Teterboro NJ 07608
The Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum of New Jersey
You can use your Clifton Library card to check out a museum
pass, giving you free entry to this museum for up to 4 people!
Learn more about the library’s museum pass program here: Clifton Public Library Museum Passes
Did you know that the library has a variety of cookbooks for all ages? Cooking is a great activity for adults and children to do together. It teaches children valuable skills and increases their confidence while giving the whole family a tasty treat to enjoy.
This summer we encourage you to check out a cookbook from
the library and have your children pick a new recipe to try. We would love for you to tell us about the
new recipe you discovered in the comments below.
You can find cookbooks in our nonfiction section under the
Dewey Number J641.5 or ask a librarian for help.
Here our some highlights from our collection:
The Berenstain Bears' country cookbook: cub-friendly cooking
with an adult by Mike Berenstain
Kid in the kitchen: 100 recipes and tips for young home cooks by Melissa Clark
Around the world cookbook by Abigail Johnson Dodge
My very first cookbook: joyful recipes to make together! by Danielle Kartes
Pinkalicious cupcake cookbook by Victoria Kann
The multicultural cookbook for students by Lois Sinaiko Webb
Pretend soup and other real recipes: a cookbook for preschoolers by Mollie Katzen
Mommy & me bake by Dorling Kindersley, Inc.
Cooking the Thai way by Supenn Harrison (Part of a series exploring recipes from many countries)
Cook me a story: a treasury of stories and recipes inspired by classic fairy tales by Bryan Kozlowski
Sesame Street 'C' is for cooking: recipes from the Street by
Susan McQuillan
