Stuffy sleepover

Sending stuffed animals for a sleepover at the library encourages children to read with them, even long after the sleepover took place, say, researchers. When I was little I was convinced that my stuffed animals came to life at night.

Friday January 11 – Saturday January 12 my library held our second ever Stuffed Animal Sleepover, and it was so much fun! We started off on Friday with the stuffed animals signing in with our…

Our library was hosting a teddy bear sleep over tonight so we loaded into the car and took off. We made sure to pack animals that the ...

Last Thursday we had a Teddy Bear (or other stuffed friend) Sleepover at the library. The fun started at 6:00 p.m. with a bedtime snack (Teddy Grahams or Goldfish with milk or pink lemonade) and a…

Bring those stuffed animal friends to the library for an adorable Stuffed Animal Sleepover! Discover drop-off storytime and photo ideas.

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Another hugely successful stuffed animal sleepover at the library Friday night!! We had 55 animals and dolls stay all night! Thankfully they were all very well behaved and we had a great time together! Here's the run down for the night. 4:00 Children begin arriving with their stuffed animals. They pick up their registration form and fill in information about themselves and their stuffed animal. (We did ask families to preregister...which was helpful so we knew about how many to plan on and…

Disclosure: I’m sharing tips for hosting a stuffed animal sleepover, and this post is sponsored by our friends at Melissa & Doug. All opinions are my own. Stuffed animal sleepovers are one of the latest trends taking place in bookstores and libraries to encourage young children to read. The events combine creative play, story telling, […]

I was recently reading through Library Laura, a new blog by a children’s librarian in New York. Her post on stuffed animal sleepovers caught my eye, this part in particular: “The bigges…

On Leap Day this year we had our second ever Stuffed Animal Sleepover. While we didn't get as big of a crowd as we did at our stuffed animal sleepover last summer, the kids and stuffed animals who attended all had a great time! We had a special storytime for the kids and their stuffed animals in the evening, and once the kids left, I ran around taking photos of the stuffed animals getting up to all kinds of shenanigans around the library. The next morning we had a memory book ready to send…