Welcome to the PLIX Community Pinboard!
PLIX activities can be adapted in many ways — explore these project examples created across the PLIX Community for different library and community contexts.
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by the PLIX Team
Copper tape is hard to work with, try chenille stems / pipe cleaners!
by PLIX Intern Christy Ly
Christy uses this bracelet to remember how their friend Kathleen was feeling last time they talked.
by Doria Ramos, Santa Ana Public Library
This remix gives a glow up for a popular library program playing with fuse beads!
by the PLIX Team
Check out these creations by middle schoolers tracking data that’s meaningful to them! Bonus reflections by the PLIX Team!
by Kary Henry in Deerfield, IL
Track multiple goals: Kary uses this wearable data tracker to remind herself to move every hour, connect meaningfully with others, create a fun paper craft and ignore social media a little bit more!
by PLIX Ambassador Heba Thiele
Doodle a data journal: Heba shared how she keeps different things about her body over a month.
by PLIX Ambassador Mallory Parsons
Bring plush toys to life in this crafty and successful group project from PLIX Ambassador Mallory Parsons.
By PLIX Ambassador Jean Daley
This silly adventure of a little crab includes a photo from PLIX Ambassador Jean Daley’s library aquarium!
By PLIX Ambassador Emily Hutchison
Create a View (like curtains, windows, or picture frames): PLIX Ambassador Emily Hutchinson giggled a lot creating this dancing diva OctoStudio project, with paper curtains to add extra fun.
by April Griffith of Eureka Springs Carnegie Library, AR
Connect with and discuss with younger people about native plants and animals through a spoonful of hands-on creating and play.
by Tyler Hahn of Cherokee Public Library, IA
This PLIX remix is designed to be a patron-powered activity that you can facilitate while working the circulation desk, asking the participants to do each next step as they complete the previous one.
by Joe Misterovich, Christian County Library in Sparta, Mo
Multiple ways to explore real and imaginary maps with Spatial Poetry, without needing to be physically present to facilitate!
Looking for a heat-free alternative to making inflatables? Check out the remix that only requires paper, tape, scissors, and a straw!
by Katie Pendley, Pioneer Library System, Norman East Branch, OK
This Beautiful Symmetry remix is designed for a rural young adults with Disabilities group and formatted it to their needs.
by Cheryl Gleaton of Lucy Hilton Maddox Memorial Library, Blakely, GA
Attract library patrons to visit weekly to participate in this multisession exploration of creating beautiful aquatic symmetry to decorate an aquarium diorama
Explore reflections on ways to “Control the Weather” from this Scratch remix
Explore winter symmetry through playing with snowflakes in this Beautiful Symmetry remix
by the PLIX Team
Add a handheld microscope to a phone or tablet to play in microscopic worlds with OctoStudio!
by the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium
Hide coded surprises inside the pages of a magazine.
by the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium
Arrange materials to make portraits and animate them with code.
by the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium
Use stories, scenes, and characters as inspiration for your projects!
By Tinkering Studio
Dive into surprising ways to experiment with patterns, symmetry, and repetition.