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Celebrate Today! National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day

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That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.

Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)

Today is a fun one: National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day! No matter what level of artist you are, this is a day to have fun with creating things. Maybe do some doodling, break out the paint, stick your hands in some clay, or try some digital creations. The point is not to create great works of art, it is to have some fun!

Try a few books today:

And this is a fun holiday to do some programming:

  • get some old fashioned cheap jewelry from garage sales and thrift stores; let patrons take it apart and put it together in new ways for themselves
  • bring together a variety of paper, pictures, glue, glitter and let patrons make vision boards or scrapbooks to share memories
  • have a finger painting party (after taking a few precautions with plastic and washable items); let kids of all ages get together to get paint on their hands and then all over paper (adults like to paint too!)
  • have an art show, and let patrons exhibit the art they made in the library or at home; leave it up for a while to let people admire the creativity in your community

The main thing today: just take a few minutes to enjoy yourself and to have a happy minute. We are here for you, and your year-long celebrations!