Comments on: Friday Fun: Stuffed Animals “sleep over” at Princeton Public Library http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Estie http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6200 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:41:48 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6200 Look cool

]]> By: Estie http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6199 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:29:48 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6199 I think this might work

]]> By: Dean Hacohen http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6035 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:32:22 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6035 So cute. Has anyone heard about the new animal picture book “Tuck Me In!”?
Toddlers turn pages to tuck in baby animals…and then get tucked in themselves.
It just came out this week.

]]> By: pamela groves http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6020 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:00:40 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6020 Sure! Go ahead and do it! I borrowed it from others.

]]> By: pamela groves http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6019 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:58:58 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6019 This wasn’t an original idea but once I heard about it I just had to do it! We had about 2 dozen people, children and parents attend the storytime. The participants had no idea what would happen to their furry friends overnight and that photos would be taken. I gave out one photo for each stuffed animal the next day when they came to pick up. Everyone was thrilled! I’m doing a similar one in the fall… A Night in the Haunted Library!

I’ll take that cookie, Julie!

Pamela Groves – Youth Services Librarian @ Princeton Public LIbrary

]]> By: Marge L-W http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6018 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:56:34 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6018 We’ve been doing this for a few years- easy, outrageous fun that kids, parents and staff love. We learned about it about 4 years ago on pubyac and have delighted in it ever since!

]]> By: Susan http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6017 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:02:24 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6017 We’ve done a couple of stuffed animal sleepovers and they have been great hits. You can see our 2009 photos here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/highlandparklibrary/sets/72157622658111369/

and 2010 here:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=191476&id=201160058000

]]> By: 子どものお気に入りのぬいぐるみが図書館で一夜を過ごす「お泊まり会」（米国） - k_miya@ぐるぐるじゃぱん http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6016 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:27:33 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6016 [...] Friday Fun: Stuffed Animals “sleep over” at Princeton Public Library（2010/8/13付けLibrary Gardenの記事） http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-librar… [...]

]]> By: Cynthia http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6015 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:19:04 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6015 Fantastic. What a terrific idea.

]]> By: Janieh http://librarygarden.net/2010/08/13/friday-fun-stuffed-animals-sleep-over-at-princeton-public-library/#comment-6014 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 01:02:27 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/?p=3110#comment-6014 Glad to see that others like this idea. It looks like we adapted it from others — or else a lot of librarians have the same creative minds.

I found this awesome slide show from a sleepover last summer:
http://www.slideshare.net/elancolibrary/stuffed-animal-sleepover

And a blog post from about a 18 months ago about the same concept:
http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com/2009/03/stuffed-animal-sleepover.html

I love it when good ideas spread from library to library by word of mouth and by blogging.

We have done a Teddy Bears Picnic July 10th for several years (that is the official holiday, you can google it and verify). All the Teddy Bears are given an award (cutest, sofest, funniest, etc) and books are read, snacks served, etc. Here are pictures from when my own little guy attended when he was four: http://www.flickr.com/photos/janieh/2670291952/in/datetaken/

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