Playdough Party!

I had another great turnout for this playdough program.

I bought playdough from the Dollar Store and each child had some fresh playdough to create with. Playdough toys and playdough mats were put out and some extra playdough for the kids to swap colors.

We played music and the group had a fun time making things with their playdough. Our next playdough party will be in May. This has been a well-received program. 

Playdough Party! and No Registration vs. Registration

I just wanted to post a quick blog mentioning that I put on another one of our playdough parties. This one had our biggest crowd yet! 
Because of going no-registration on mostly all of our programs, it made for a great turnout. 

At some point, it was getting crowded in the room so I just mentioned that those who wanted to join us could wait outside by the stacks until more space cleared out and that seemed to have worked well. Plus, a lot of those already in the room who had at least half the time for playing were kind enough to leave to make room for others who just showed up. I also ended up leaving the room open for an additional half and hour to give those who showed up late a full chance at the program. 

The Playdough Party program has worked well with no-registration, but I do notice that some programs work much better with the registration required-especially for craft prep and for the ability to do reminder calls for attendance purposes so you do get a decent crowd. 

Patrons either love no-registration because they don't have to worry about registration, but other patrons need that reminder call to remember to attend and want a guaranteed spot. 

As with everything, there is positives and negatives, but personally I like registration so I can get to know patrons' names better, have the opportunity to give them reminder calls, and know how much to prep so I don't over prep and end up with too many craft materials that I could have used for another program. 

With that being said, I'm flexible and can accommodate to both ways to fit whatever is best for patrons. 

Playdough Party

Last week, I had another successful playdough party program. 

I had music playing while the kids and their parents played with playdough and used our toys and mats. They were able to take their playdough home and I'm glad I bought some extras since we had a great turnout that exceeded my planned twenty spots. Next time, I think I will set up the room a little different to allow for more room for everybody.

Everyone had a fun time and some cute things were made with the playdough.

Another Playdough Party

I held the library's second Playdough Party. We will be putting on playdough parties for awhile since turnouts and feedback has been positive, although I decided to only have this program during the fall and winter months since there's plenty of summer program ideas.

This program was another fun one and I had some of the kids use the playdough mats this time around. They always enjoy taking their playdough home. 

For our next one, we will have even more playdough toys thanks to a nice donation.