On January 24, 2009, 20 participants met in the Bucyrus Public Library's brand new Community Room for an afternoon of Fancy Nancy fun! The majority of the little girls came dressed in their "Fancy Nancy finest", complete with gloves and tiaras in some cases!
As participants arrived, they were given a nametag that said, "Bonjour, my name is...." This came from the Fancy Nancy site.
Children's Librarian Barbara Scott welcomed all with a "bonjour" (that's Nancy's fancy way of saying hello), and shared a brief biography of both Jane O'Conner (the author of the Fancy Nancy books) and Robin Preiss Glasser, the book's illustrator. She also shared the book Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy.
Participants were then released to five different tables located around the room where they could do Fancy Nancy crafts. These stations were:
Create Your Own Bauble!
At this table, participants could pick bracelet styles from a preprinted construction paper with 3 styles on it. This was obtained from the Fancy Nancy site. Stickers were purchased at the local Wal-Mart. As well, odds and ends of star stickers, self-adhesive decorations from Christmas ornament decorations and crayons were provided. Participants could decorate their bauble/bracelet however they wished.
The Perfect Pet Drawing Activity
This activity was also taken from the Fancy Nancy site. Pre-printed sheets invited participants to draw a picture of their perfect pet and also tell all about it....name, what it liked to eat, etc.
Fancy Nancy Coloring Page
This was another great activity from the Fancy Nancy site. Participants used crayons or markers to color a picture of Nancy herself!
Let's Make Fancy Crowns!
This was one of the most popular stations! We had left-over crowns from the Dragons, Dreams, and Daring Deeds summer program as well as left-over ones from our Narnia program. These are the gold foil ones that we purchased through J and A Handy-Crafts. They come in packs of 24 crowns, complete with glue, feathers, foil star stickers and jewels, all for $20.88. The kids had a ball with these!
Let's Make a Fancy Necklace!
This was, by far and away, the most popular station! Wal-Mart has large bags of all sorts of beads for $2-3.00 I purchased 3 of these and also purchased plastic lanyard for stringing. The kids made necklaces, bracelets, even rings in some cases! They were all tres chic! (At this station, I think the moms and grandmas had as much fun as the kids!)
Snacks were served as part of the afternoon. We had cookies, pretzels, fruit snacks and punch. You could easily do finger sandiches or fancy cookies!
Door prizes were also drawn for. The library purchased two Fancy Nancy paperbacks (also from the local Wal-Mart) and our local radio station gave us 8 sets of Fancy Nancy card games that they had gotten.
Although Fancy Nancy's favorite color is purple, I could not find purple tablewear at our Wal-Mart. I opted for pink. I used a pink feather boa (which I wore earlier in the program) to wrap around the punch bowl, and had some fancy little hats and a pair of red high-heel shoes on the snack table as decoration.
Any party catalog that supplies princess items would work for a program like this. And in looking for door prizes or things for goodie bags, check the "princess" section of catalogs or stores. They will be a treasure trove of items!
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Attention! Attention!
Just received today (1/30/09) the latest Geddes catalog and there is a whole section of stuff on pages 16-17 under the "G is for Girls" section that would be PERFECT for a Fancy Nancy program. Check out the Feather pens and the Sparkly Ribbon Pens. Tres chic!
Love Fancy Nancy? Here are some read-alikes:
THE QUEEN OF STYLE BY CARALYN AND MARK BUEHNER
Queen Sophie rules a small, happy kingdom of farmers, but she herself isn’t happy. Nobody ever comes to her with a problem, and she is bored to tears . . . until she spots an ad for the Royal College of Beauty correspondence course. Soon she is memorizing directions and practicing her lessons in a frenzy. She starts writing proclamations, demanding that her subjects come to the castle so that she can cut and curl and color their hair. Even the sheep must be coiffed. It’s not long before Sophie finds herself facing an angry—though very stylish!—mob.
PINKALICIOUS
PURPLICIOUS
BY VICTORIA AND ELIZABETH KANN
In Pinkalicious, s little girl recounts her rainy-day adventure with pink cupcakes, which she ate and ate until she turned pink herself.
In Purplicious, Pinkalicious loves the color pink, but all the girls at school like black. They tease her, saying that pink stinks and pink is for babies. But Pinkalicious doesn't think so…that is, until her friends stop playing with her. Now Pinkalicious has a case of the blues. But could she ever turn her back on her favorite color?
POODLENA BY E.B. MCHENRY
A pampered, meticulously groomed poodle that lives in a big-city high-rise visits the dog park each afternoon with her master, but remains at a safe distance from the other pooches at play. She desires only to be seen and admired. Then one day, after heavy rains, she is knocked flat and for the first time discovers the fun of rolling in the mud and running with the other canines.
A POODLE IN PARIS BY NANCY KALDOR
Young readers stroll through the streets of the French capital with their new, captivating canine friend, and discover why home is where the heart is.
SASSAFRAS GOES TO HOLLYWOOD BY LYNN HIRSCHFIELD (SERIES)
Sassie is going to be a STAR!!! She just knows it. And when she is chosen as a finalist in the Hollywood It Dog Competition, it’s off to Tinseltown. But all that Hollywood stardust, glitz, and glam goes to her head, and once again Sassie’s ego runs away with itself. Tinseltown won’t put up with her for long, and soon Sassie’s only role is as an extra on Animal Planet. Will Sassie’s star get a chance to shine?
PRINCESS GRACE BY MARY HOFFMAN
This year two girls will be selected as princesses in the town parade, and Grace can’t wait to be one of them. It’s the perfect opportunity to dress up—but how, exactly, should a princess costume look? Grace asks her teacher for help, and soon the whole class is learning that there’s more to princesses than pink dresses and frills.
THE PRINCESS GOWN BY LINDA LEOPOLD STRAUSS AND MALENE LEUGESEN
With the look of a classic storybook and a setting of palace courtyards and old-world shops and streets, this book features a one-of-a-kind wedding dress. When small Hannah discovers a smudge on the gown her family has created for the princess, she finds a way not only to cover the mistake but to improve upon the design. Out of mistakes come innovation! NOTE: The author of this book is an OHIOAN!
ELOISE BY KAY THOMSPON AND HILARY KNIGHT (SERIES)
Eloise is 6 years old and lives at the swanky Plaza Hotel in New York City. You will laugh at her adventures both here and abroad!
ANGELINA BALLERINA BY KATHERINE HOLABIRD AND HELEN CRAIG (SERIES)
Angelina is so busy dancing that she does nothing else. Her parents are in despair until they send her to ballet school.
FALLING FOR RAPUNZEL BY LEAH WILCOX
Using a sprightly rhyme, Wilcox tells of a prince who spies the long-haired Rapunzel and immediately calls to her to throw down her hair. Alas, she's too far away to hear him clearly, and throws down her underwear instead. Every attempt to clarify the situation makes things worse! This author also has written another tale entitled Waking Beauty!
LILY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE BY KENVIN HENKES
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, Mr. Slinger--until he takes away her musical purse because she can't stop playing with it in class. Young readers will also enjoy other books by this author featuring Lily!
PRISCILLA AND THE PINK PLANET BY NATHANIEL HOBBIE (SERIES)
Priscilla lives on a planet where everything is some shade of pink. After eating one too many bowls of pink porridge, she decides to search the world for at least one other color.
DOUBLE PINK BY KAREN FEIFFER
When Madison decides she likes something, she likes it a whole lot, and her favorite color is no exception. Pink walls, pink clothes, pink toys–too much is never enough!
TEA FOR RUBY BY SARAH FERFUSEON AND ROBIN GLESSER
That Ruby! Wherever she goes, table cloths accidentally pull dishes to the floor, flowers get trampled and spaghetti somehow end up in her hair. You can't take Ruby anywhere! One sunny morning, the postman brings Ruby an amazing invitation to have tea with -- the Queen! Ruby had better polish her manners and quickly. Will Ruby really be ready in time?
FANNY BY HOLLY HOBBIE
All Fanny wants in the world is a Connie doll, but Mom says "NO!" But no one ever said she couldn't make one instead! With some scissors, glue, and her craft box in hand, Fanny sets out to replicate Connie, but it's Annabelle who is the result of her efforts.
Another read-alike for the list. We just received this on our last book order:
WHEN ROYALS WORE RUFFLES: A FUNNY AND FASIONABLE ALPHABET BY CHESLEY MCLAREN AND PAMELA JABER
What's the absolute must-have if you want to be fashionable? Join ultimate the authors (ultimate fashionistas) and one young lady on an outrageous romp through the history of style from A to Z!
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