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At our library, we have table top games that are available to the students whenever they want to play.


Chess is our most popular by far, we can have as many as eight games going on at a time, but Jenga, Connect 4, Apples to Apples, Spot It, Uno are also played weekly if not daily. Others that are available are Bananagrams, Yahtzee, Sequence, Mastermind, and Othello.


Whenever we have a themed week, we usually add a craft or some other arts activity. We have had a coloring contest for Halloween, Dot to Dot for Tech Week, Foam Locker frames for the holidays.


We have found that the quicker and easier the craft and the simpler the game is to play, the more popular the activity.


Hope this helps!
Gretchen Zaitzeff

University High School

Normal, IL

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Good Morning,

I have started a hands on activity table at my high school Library. I am curious what types of activities have been successful in your spaces.

Thus far we have tried
Jig saw puzzle
Purla Beads
Coloring Books

Coming up I plan to try
Coloring Sheet
Stick Together artwork ( similar to paint by numbers but with stickers)
Mosaic Magna Patterns
Shrinky Dink
Button Making

Thanks in advance for any of your suggestions.

Lindsey Meyer
Library Director
Highland Park High School


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