So Summer Reading this year was awesome! But I thought I’d share a quick wrap up of the incredible success of the Teen program this year! I was so excited! Between the two programs we held we had 23 Teens! 23!
That’s right! I tricked teens into coming into the library 23 times! Mwahahahaha!
Our first event was a fandom themed cupcake wars! We had 14 teens come and show their fandom pride!
Here are a few examples of the cupcakes they made! The one in the middle is a candyland themed cupcake! (Insert many heart eye emojis!) We had a wonderful volunteer from the community who came and judged our cupcakes! She showed up in her Harry Potter robes and even decorated a cupcake herself!
We then had a Hunger Games event in July. “I Survived the Hunger Games” had students making shelters, going on a scavenger hunt, identifying edible plants, and tying knots! It was so much fun to see the teens get excited. We had 16 teens show up to this event!
I was there in full Effie Trinket outfit and our wonderful volunteer from the community showed up again in her Katniss attire! This event had the teens using the card catalog for the scavenger hunt and seeing if they could stay dry in the shelter they built (yes there is a teen inside that shelter in the first picture). The second picture was our makeshift “Cornucopia” filled with random pieces of plastic, cardboard, and whatever other random things I could find for the teens to create their shelters with. It was an amazing time!
We also ran a summer long Fanfiction writing contest!
Our winner got this space themed prize pack! It was wonderful to see the teens express their creativity!
It is so rewarding to get the honor of working with Teens. I couldn’t ask for a better way to spend my summer.
Keep Sparkling,
B
The Sparkling Librarian 