Discovery Nest offers fun and creative projects for all ages five and older.
Activities are held several times each year at the Silver Creek Campus in Snowflake.
Our next activity will be on Monday, December 22 from 10:00 to 2:00. This activity will be for all ages five and older, including teens and adults. Participants will create a 3-D Star Ornament. See photos below and watch a short video showing how they are opened into a 3-D ornament.
3-D ornaments - closed
3-D ornaments - opened
June 2025 activities
Monday, June 2 – Pop-up Castle Card - an extra-large card with a pop-up 3-D castle on the inside
Monday, June 9 - Double Flap Card with Quilling - a card with two flaps to open and quilling on the front
Monday, June 16 - Magnetic Banner - a three-part banner with silhouette die-cut pieces and a magnetic backing
Double flap card with quilled waves and sun.
Double flap card with quilled flower and leaves.
These cards have a spinning element in the center, but also fold flat for mailing.
See photos of some of those who attended and their finished projects.
You can also watch a video showing how to make freestanding spinner cards.
Photos for the June and July 2024 activities can be viewed on our September Library newsletter.
Monday, June 29, 2024 - Pop-up Gift Bag Cards
Our first ever activity for adults and teens!
Participants made cards with a magnetic closure and a surprise pop-up gift bag inside.
Monday, June 3, 2024 - Explosion Cards
Cards with an embossed paper strip design on the front and an origami surprise inside.
Monday, June 10, 2024 - Transforming Banner Cards
Cards that unfold into a vertical banner for your recipient to display.
Click the image to watch a YouTube video showing how to make Transforming Banner Cards.
Monday, June 17, 2024 - Shape Books
Fun shape books that can be filled with writing and illustrations.
Click the image to watch a YouTube video showing how to make Shape Books.
On November 22, 2023, families visited the Silver Creek Campus Library to create swing-n-sway cards, which are interactive cards with a swinging element on the front. Participants chose from either a Thanksgiving/fall theme or a Christmas/winter theme for their project.
Click here to see photos of some of the participants and their finished projects.
Monday, June 5, 2023
Quilled Cards
Kids created quilled greeting cards with a summer or western theme.
Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs.
Monday, June 12, 2023
Portable Sidewalk Chalk Art and Origami
Kids created their own sidewalk chalk art to take home and did some origami paper folding.
Fall/Winter event:
Wednesday,
November 23, 2022
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Quilled Gift Tags and Ornaments
Quilling is an art form that involves the use of strips of paper that are rolled, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs.
Click to see photos of participants and their completed projects!
Summer 2022 events:
Craft Stick Animal Puppets
May 31 & June 1, 2022
Waterfall Cards
June 6 & 7, 2022
Design your own Alien/Monster/Robot
June 13 & 14, 2022
Activities below are from October 2020 through December 2021.
