Last week at Queens Library at Woodside, we created raised garden beds out of straw bales and cinder blocks, adding nitrogen-rich organic amendments to speed decomposition to do some direct planting in the bales. To fill in gaps between some of the bales, we used topsoil and…
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Kids at Queens Library at Astoria made coasters by upcycling discarded CDs and decorating them with paper scraps and foam shapes. What do you think of our final project? For more activities like this, take a look at our how-to guide on how to make a fish craft out of CDs and…
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If you like sports, then you know there are periods when teams push their intensity to the max. You know about the Super Bowl in football, which is the most watched program in television. You know about the NBA Finals in basketball, you know about the World Series in Major…
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June is International Accordion Awareness Month. If that news has got you formulating wisecracks, just remember that plenty of ground has been covered there, and accordions are far more than mere novelty instruments.Accordions have been the butt of jokes since the rise of rock…
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Did you know that something as simple as discarded string, paper, straws and toothpicks could be upcycled into art? Take a look at how teens at Queens Library at Sunnyside turned these basic items into rockets launchers (pictured here)!
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