Decoupaged Boxes!

Yesterday, 23 teens showed up for our outdoor drop-in craft! We decorated boxes with decoupaged magazine pictures, which is a great project because it looks amazing but is not difficult. Basically, you just cut out pictures, words, and letters that you like. Then, you get a box with a slightly rough surface (you can always sand it if it is too smooth). Use Mod Podge and a sponge brush to glue on your pictures, overlapping them like a collage. Brush Mod Podge over the pictures as well to give the whole thing a shiny finish. Allow to dry thoroughly, and then use to hold your stuff or give with a gift inside! We will definitely do this again because everyone enjoyed it and their work turned out really well.

Big thanks to TAB grad Amy, who showed up early to help me set up and stayed to make a box. The only down side of the day was that it started raining at about 1:30 and all the teens had to grab everything and run for it! I actually went back out in the rain to bring in the tent, tables, and chairs, and got thoroughly soaked in the process. Thank goodness for my husband, who brought me a dry change of clothes. Being a teen librarian isn't always as fun as it looks!

Everyone started cutting out pictures and immediately made a mess!

People at various stages of work on their boxes

One completed project...she took her time and it shows!

A more sporty take on the project

Cute!

Some teens with their finished projects...inside after it rained on us!

A County Prize Winner

I wanted to see Upper Darby represent in the county-level prizes, and I got my wish. Tina, grade 8, won an Avatar DVD in the week three drawing from the Delaware County Library System!!

There are still five weeks of prizes left, so keep writing your reviews for teen summer reading online. All of the bigger prizes are still to be given away!

Pass the Buck: Character Has Fallen Asleep

At the first Writer's Ink meeting, we played a writing game called "Pass the Buck." This game is a classic and produces some very interesting short stories. Every person is given a paper with a story starter, and they have five minutes to write the beginning. Every five minutes, the papers are rotated until each story has parts written by all of the participants. The end result is a mishmash of everyone's writing styles! Anyway, here is one of the stories:

Jade has fallen asleep, and lays deep inside her dreams, not even realizing her surroundings. Jade sees her mom running after her and reaches for her, only to find her gone. Disappointment seeps into her eyes and she starts to cry.

Jade hears a faint sound in the distance, a voice calling…calling what? Her name. The voice calls her name. But who is it? Who is calling her? The voice sounds familiar, warm and kind. The soothing lull of it fills her with calm and happiness, and feels like home. Jade’s tears dry as she loses herself in the voice. She becomes filled with determination. That voice must be her mother. But she must know for sure, she must find her mother.

She begins to follow the sound of the voice, until she reaches a door. The door is very ornate, with intricate patterns lined in gold. Jade touches the door, hoping her mother is behind it. But instead, she finds a very little man jumping up and down.

“Who are you? Why are you so tall?” he asks in a squeaky voice that sounds like a dying crow.

“I am not that tall. Why are you so…little” Jade asks, confused. She has never seen someone that short in her life. Then she sees other people behind him, all the same minute height. They all gaze up at her in wonder, whispering to each other in astonishment.

“She’s real big, Mommy!” exclaims a nearby child, infinitesimal next to the already tiny adults. The child’s mother grabs her hand, hushing her, staring up in total terror and amazement at Jade. Jade feels like she is going to cry again. She is always self-conscious, and being the odd ball in this situation wasn’t helping.

“I-I’m looking for a voice,” she tells them. Her speech sounds distant and muffled.

“How can you look for a voice when you cannot see a voice?” It is the little man who first harassed her about her height. She realizes that not one of them has opened their mouths once to speak.

This is trippy, Jade thinks to herself. She looks down at the man and speaks softly. She thinks maybe if her voice seems kinder, then someone will want to help her. “Well, I know that you can’t see a voice, but I heard it. It was warm, kind, and had this soft lull to it that would make me sway from side to side. It was a lady’s voice. It was my mother.”

The petite man roars with laughter that cracks Jade’s eardrums. “That’s not nice sounding. It sounds like a monster.”

“My mother is not a monster! How dare you say that! My mother is kind and loving, unlike you!” Jade can’t keep the tears back. She cries and runs away from all of them. The little people stand and stare as she runs off. Jade begins to think she might be going mad. Could she be in Wonderland?

Suddenly, Jade is startled by the sound of a knock on the door. She looks up through half-open eyes to see her mother! Still crying, Jade gives her confused mother a very big hug.

Newest Books

Here's what we've gotten in the teen section this week:

FICTION

• The Perfect Boy by Hailey Abbot
• Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken
• Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter
• The Last Great Getaway of the Water Balloon Boys by Scott William Carter
• Chosen by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (House of Night series)
• Marked by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (House of Night series; second copy)
• Untamed by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (House of Night series; second copy)
• Living Outside the Lines by Lesley Choyce
• Beautiful Stranger by Zoey Dean (A-List series)
• Half World by Hiromi Goto
• The Clique by Lisi Harrison (Clique series; second copy)
• Living Hell by Catherine Jinks
• The Faceless Ones by Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant series)
• The Carbon Diaries 2017 by Saci Lloyd
• The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
• Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli
• Birth Marked by Caragh M. O'Brien
• The Daughters by Joanna Philbin
• Three Rivers Rising by Jame Richards
• A Living Nightmare by Darren Shan (Cirque du Freak series)

GRAPHIC NOVELS

• Maid Sama, volume 5, by Hiro Fujiwara

PLAYAWAY AUDIO BOOKS

• The Six Rules of Maybe by Deb Caletti
• Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
• Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

NONFICTION

• No Compromise: The Story of Harvey Milk by David Aretha
• Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal: Challenges by Jack Canfield
• Middle School Confidential: What's Up with My Family? by Annie Fox
• Eat Fresh Food: Awesome Recipes for Teen Chefs by Rozanne Gold
• Green Careers: You Can Make Money and Save the Planet by Jennifer Power Scott

Dorney Park Ticket Winner

At our summer kick-off Luau Party, everyone received two hot pink teen summer reading slips. Teens who returned them by this weekend was entered to win two Dorney Park tickets, and I ended up with 17 slips. I folded them all up identically, put them in a box, and drew out Nancy, a 6th grader! Congratulations, Nancy!!!

There are still six weeks left of teen summer reading, so keep bringing in your slips. I have beach bags, baskets, gift cards, and more tickets to other places to give away in the coming weeks! The more you read, the better your chances are to win!!

Nintendo Night

Last Friday, 25 teens showed up for our summer edition of Nintendo Night! It was smaller than some of our other summer tournaments, but that meant everyone got to play more. And we had no major technical difficulties! I saw some great vintage games on my old NES, including Duck Hunt, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, and Super Mario Brothers 3. Everyone also enjoyed playing our various Rock Band games, with thanks to Avis for geting the cheat code to unlock all the songs on Rock Band 2.

In the Super Smash Brothers Brawl tournament, 23 entered but only one was victorious! Actually, for the first time, we had a pair of brothers take the top two spots. Andrew came in first and won a $25 gift card to GameStop, while Alex took second and a $10 gift card. The top six (Andrew, Alex, Colin, John L., Ranier, and David J.) all got candy. Even though only nine people entered the Pokemon tournament, it took a really long time. We had to finish it today during Gaming Club! Evan and David made it to the final, but David ultimately won (as usual) and got a $10 gift card to GameStop.

Thanks to the fundraisers at our Random-A-Thon last winter for providing the gift card prizes for this event!!

Writer's Ink: Magnetic Poetry

We had fun with magnetic poetry at the third meeting of Nitha's summer writing workshop. Here are some of our creations:

by Nitha

by Laurel

by Saranjeet

by Nikki

by Genni

by Gretchen

by Nitha

Summer Reading Winners, Week Three

I just did the random drawing on the computer, and we've got four teen summer reading winners this week!

• Kathy, grade 11, wins a UDHS bag with two books, candy, a water bottle, tie-dyed shoelaces, and locker magnets.
• Arig, grade 9, wins a hardcover book and a $5 gift card to Borders
• Isabella, grade 6, wins a basket with two hardcover books, water balloons, candy, an insulated Starbucks cup, and a card game.
• Joy, grade 11, wins a UDHS bag with two books, candy, a water bottle, tie-dyed shoelaces, and locker magnets.

Congratulations!!!

Fingerpainting!

Despite the record temperatures, 15 teens showed up yesterday to fingerpaint! We stayed indoors, taking over the Board Room and enjoying the A/C. Everyone made at least two pictures, and some did three. It was a relaxing way to spend a hot day...not too hard and lots of fun! Join us next Wednesday between 11:00 and 2:00 to decoupage a trinket box.

Works in progress.

Great color contrasts!

Guess who made this one...

Some finished products

Book Review: This World We Live In

This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
(Click on the cover to find a library copy.)

SUMMARY: It's been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth's climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce. The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda's father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda's complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever. (adapted from the inside flap)

REVIEW: This is the third (and final?) installment in what is now called The Last Survivors series. It began with two companion novels, Life as We Knew It and The Dead and the Gone. These stories covered the same events from two different points of view, but this third book advances the plot forward while bringing those points of view together. When I first heard about this book, I thought the idea of having all of the characters meet each other sounded lame. While reading, I did think that some of the events were pretty implausible. However, I think the author ultimately pulls it off because this book is bigger than just the characters. As they all work for their survival in an increasingly hostile environment, they forge connections that wouldn't happen under other circumstances. You start to care about these people and root for them against impossible odds. That makes up for some of the other flaws! Plus, this book is a page-turner, with lots of action and tense situations that will keep you riveted until the very end.

Summer Reading Winners, Week Two

I just did the drawing for this week's winners in the teen summer reading club, and the computer randomly chose three lucky teens!!

• Kaitlyn, grade 12, won a beach bag with two hardback books, candy, flip-flops, and a water bottle.
• Jhoanna, grade 6 won a hardback book and a $5 gift card to Old Navy.
• Mary, grade 8, won a beach bag with two hardback books, candy, flip-flops, and a water bottle.

Pass the Buck: Character Is Sucked into a Book

At the first Writer's Ink meeting, we played a writing game called "Pass the Buck." This game is a classic and produces some very interesting short stories. Every person is given a paper with a story starter, and they have five minutes to write the beginning. Every five minutes, the papers are rotated until each story has parts written by all of the participants. The end result is a mishmash of everyone's writing styles! Anyway, here is one of the stories:

Jacques was walking around in his attic, when he came across and unusual book. It was lying open, and it showed a town of clocks. He bent down and attempted to pick up the book, but suddenly he was inside of it! He was confused and intrigued by how that was even possible.

He then decided it would be best to take a look around. There were many broken clocks and some others that were working. The ticking was all at different times. Some of the clocks were tiny and loud while others were huge with long, swinging pendulums. Jacques looked up and found that the room he was in stretched higher than a skyscraper.

He began to feel rather frightened that one of the clocks near the ceiling would fall on him, bonking him violently on the head. Also, the ticking noise was driving him positively batty. He was scared to even move, lest he cause any of the clocks to fall.

Just then the door opened, causing Jacques to nearly jump out of his skin. An old man entered, bent over with age and wearing spectacles. He was carrying yet another clock. The man hadn’t noticed him yet. Jacques suspected the old man would be adding this one to the odd collection of clocks.

“Sir? Are these all your clocks?” Jacques asked, stepping closer into the light.

“Arrggarraa!!” The elderly man stumbled back. “Yo-yo-you shouldn’t be here! You should be in clockin’ school!”

“But , sir, what is clocking school?”

“It’s CLOCKIN’ you dimwit, and it’s the school all the kids go to. Every student has to learn about the clocks from the past and the clocks of today and tomorrow. Where are your parents, boy?”

“Uh, right now, in this universe, I have none.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I mean, I fell from this book that I found in my attic. This is all so confusing! I want to go home.”

The man did not answer, but turned and went about his business with an angry, disappointed face. Jacques started to walk away from the old man. Out of the corner of his eye, Jacques saw him drop a piece of paper to the floor. It said that he had to make all the clocks tick at the same time to get home.

Jacques sighed. It looked like he’d be here for a long, long time…

Relief-Painted Bottle Vases

Today we made relief-painted bottle vases at our outdoor teen craft event. The weather was much nicer than last week, and 26 people showed up! I've been collecting bottles for this project for ages and my office has looked like a recycling center, so I'm glad to get rid of them. The hardest part of the project was actually getting the labels off of the bottles! Anyway, at the event today, we just put blue painter's tape on the bottles, painted them with acrylic, and then peeled off the tape while the paint was still slightly wet. They turned out really nicely! The idea was modified from the book Eco-Craft, so you can check that out of the library if you're interested in doing this again or if you want to find more recycled crafts. Thanks to Anas, Arig, Genni, Katie, and Martha for showing up early to set up the materials.

Our new sign for the tent. Now people will know what we are doing...if they stop to read the sign before asking...

Fred and George model their smocks.

Bottles in various stages of work.

Some projects drying in the sun.

A few more projects

June Anime Club Drawing Challenge

The Anime Club met last Friday for the first time this summer. There were several new members, so that's always good. This month's random drawing theme was kawaii ("cute") animals. We had a lot of entries! Here are all the pictures:

by Nitha

by Nikki

by Madi

I forget who made this one. Sorry!

by Tracy

by Christine

by Laurel

by Kathy

by Genni

by Eric

by Christelle

by Max

by Sara

Summer Reading Winners, Week One

Today, I did a drawing for the first teen winners of the summer reading program! Keep entering your books...I will be giving away at least three prizes every week.

• Essence, grade 9, won a beach bag with two hardback books, candy, flip-flops, and a water bottle.
• Abdullah, grade 7, won a basket with two hardback books, candy, a water balloon kit, a card game, and a water bottle.
• Madi, grade 7, won a beach bag with two hardback books, candy, flip-flops, and a water bottle.

Great Scott!!

Today, 21 teens showed up for our Back to the Future movie marathon and book swap! We watched all three movies in a row, and most people stayed for all of them. I haven't seen the first two in a long time, and I never watched the third one, so it was a lot of fun! Through the day, 32 books were swapped, but Deisy brought in 14 of them. So at least she and her sister will have lots of new things to read!! We'll do another book swap and movie day in the fall, so look for it on the schedule.

Writer's Ink, Week One

Yesterday was the first day of Nitha's six-week writing workshop! Twelve people attended, which is a perfect size for this kind of program. Nitha planned several activities for the first week, but Pass the Buck was definitely the most popular. She gave everyone a piece of paper with a one-sentence plot summary on it, and they started the story. Every five minutes, the papers moved around the table until almost everyone wrote a part of each story. We read some out loud at the end, and they were hilarious! I am going to publish a few on the blog, and we will also include some of them in our writing anthology at the end of July. Hope to see you next week for playwriting and dialogue with our special guest, Caitlin Cieri!

Patriotic Tie-Dyed Shoelaces

Today, 20 people dropped by between 11:00 and 2:00 for our first teen craft of the summer! Even though there was a heat warning, we went ahead and set up the tie-dye outside. We had a canopy and a cooler of water, and there was a nice breeze and some cloud cover that helped it not feel so hot. Anyway, we had a great time hanging out and making the shoelaces, so I hope everyone's projects turned out well! Thanks to Christine and Laurel, TAB members who showed up early to set up the craft supplies. And thanks to everyone who stayed after to help me take it all down again!

See you next week for painted bottle vases. They are going to look really cool, and everyone gets to make two!!

Rubber banding the laces and putting them in the soda ash soak

Dyeing the laces

Finished projects, ready to go home

Luau Party

Tonight was our Luau Party to kick off the teen summer reading club, and 24 teens showed up! We started with a "Beach Blanket Bingo" introduction game, then decorated prize bags with Sharpies. Everyone got two special edition summer reading sheets that will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to Dorney Park! We watched a short clip from Beach Party, the 1963 flick that started the sand-and-surf movie trend. Later, we had a group contest to use toilet paper and crepe paper to turn one group member into a hula dancer. It was so funny! Owen's group won for having the most complete outfit, and Kaitlin got a prize for best hula dancing. Hula hooping was the surprise hit of the night, edging out several other planned activities. We had some serious competition and some general hilariousness! Janae won candy for her amazing tricks while hula hooping, including doing the Macarena, dancing the "running man" step, and getting on her knees and back up again. We also tried hula hooping with three hoops, and Grace H. won with a 19-second record. Owen won a prize for just being entertaining while hula hooping. We ended the night watching part of Lilo and Stitch while eating tropical fruit skewers and chips with salsa. Then we had a limbo contest, which went on way longer than I thought it would! I actually stopped it because I didn't want our last three contestants to get hurt, and I gave them all prizes. It was a great night! We'll have to do another luau in the future, because there were several activities that we didn't have time to do.

These girls dressed with luau flair!

Guess who?!

Decorating prize bags

Hula hoops

Three hula hoops!

A group working on their hula dancer costume

Some hula dancers!

Limbo

Best dressed!

Check These Out

Here's what we've added to the teen section:

FICTION

• Split by Awati Avasthi
• The Poison Eaters by Holly Black
• Runaway by Meg Cabot (Airhead series)
• Broadway Lights by Jen Calonita (Secrets of My Hollywood Life series)
• Paparazzi Princess by Jen Calonita (Secrets of My Hollywood Life series; replacement copy)
• Burned by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast (House of Night series)
• For the Win by Cory Doctorow
• For Keeps by Natasha Friend
• Virginia by Susan Hughes
• You Don't Know Me by David Klass
• Gone by Lisa McMann (Wake trilogy)
• The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephenie Meyer (Twilight Saga)
• All of the Above by Shelley Pearsall
• Split by Stefan Petrusha
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (second copy)
• A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whelan Turner (The Queen's Thief series)
• The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

NONFICTION

• Pocket Timeline of Islamic Civilizations by Nicholas Badcott

GRAPHIC NOVELS

• Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Ultimate Collection by Warren Ellis and Stuart Immonen
• Tyranny by Lesley Fairfield
• Vampire Knight, volume 10, by Matsuri Hino
• Resistance, book 1, by Carla Jablonski and Leland Purvis
• Naruto, volume 48, by Masashi Kishimoto
• Bleach, volumes 30 and 31, by Tite Kubo
• Mercury by Hope Larson

Teen Summer Reading Club

The teen summer reading club starts today! Starting next week, I will do a weekly drawing for at least three winners. I have lots of things to give away! Some of the prizes you can win through the summer are...

• Beach bags or UDHS bags with books, candy, and more
• Baskets with books, candy, water balloons, and more
• Hardback books with $5 gift cards to various stores (from the TAB's winter gift card fundraiser...thanks, TAB members and library patrons!)
• Tickets to several local museums and attractions

Also, don't forget to visit your online account and add reviews to compete for the county's prizes! You could win a Nintendo DS, an iPod, a netbook computer, and more!!

DDR Day

On Wednesday, 19 people showed up for our end-of-school Dance Dance Revolution day. There was dancing, of course, but also board games, card games, and Mad-Libs. We did our usual mini-tournament, in which Owen edged out Ross for the closest final round ever! Both guys got candy, but only Owen got the glory and a $5 gift card to Wawa.

There is no DDR day on the program for summer, but I am doing Dance Away Your Fines on July 30 from 3:00 to 5:00. Every time you beat me at a song (and I will be playing on light), you will have $1 subtracted from your library fine!

Summer 2010 Schedule!

TEEN SUMMER READING

Read for school, read for fun, read whatever! From June 14 to August 21, fill out a sheet for every five age-appropriate fiction or nonfiction books, magazines, audiobooks, or graphic novels you read. They can be from the library or from your collection. Get a book and a free food coupon every time you turn in a slip, and get entered to win bigger prizes in our weekly drawings.

You can also keep track of your reading online.
Go to http://www.delcolibraries.org after June 1 and join the online teen summer reading club. For every review you write on the website, you will be entered to win great prizes sponsored by the Delaware County Library System.

You can participate both ways for twice the prizes! Just make sure you stop by Sellers to pick up your prizes for every five books throughout the summer.


SPECIAL EVENTS

Rock Band Jam Session
Wednesday, June 16, 3:00 to 5:00
Enjoy free play on all of our Rock Band games! Come by yourself or with your band members. Register now.

Luau Party
Friday, June 18, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Make Waves at our teen luau! Kick off the summer with games, sand art, a limbo contest, and more. Attendees will receive special summer reading sheets that, when returned, will enter you to win two tickets to Dorney Park. Register now.

Book Swap and Back to the Future Movies (PG)
Saturday, June 26, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Trade in your old books and watch all three Back to the Future movies. Stop in just to swap, or come and hang out. Snacks and drinks will be provided, but please bring a lunch if you are staying for the whole day. Swap books should be intermediate or young adult fiction in good condition. Register now.

Nintendo Night
Friday, July 9, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Enter a Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament on the big screen, bring your DS and a Pokémon game for a mini-tournament, enjoy Rock Band, play games on an original NES, and more. Players provide their own gaming materials. Permission slip required. Event size limited to 36 participants. Register now.

Percy Jackson Night
Thursday, July 15, 6:30 pm
**For students entering grades 5 to 8 ONLY**
Enjoy games and activities about this popular book series and Greek mythology. Register now.

Dance Away Your Fines
Friday, July 30, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Every time you beat the Young Adult Librarian at Dance Dance Revolution, $1 will be subtracted from your library fine. Start practicing now; the librarian will only be playing on the “light” setting. Amount of dance time depends on number of participants. Fine reduction applies only to the library card of the participant. No registration; just drop in.

Scary Stories with Vicky Town
Friday, July 30, 7:00 to 8:00pm
Storyteller Vicky Town will give you the chills! Enjoy tales of supernatural creatures and bizarre phenomena, along with some truly terrifying snacks. Registration begins June 28.

Pirate Party
Friday, August 13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Avast, me hearties! Celebrate the end of our Make Waves summer in pirate style with the Teen Advisory Board. Enjoy games, crafts, movies, and snacks, and dress like a pirate to enter our costume contest. Registration begins July 19.


JUST FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 8 TO 12

Writer’s Ink Workshop
Wednesdays, June 23 to July 28, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Do you love to write short stories, novels, poetry or even fanfic? Do you ever unleash your zany side and write about what it might be like to be a flying tree of awesomeness that traveled to Patagonia and found true love among a tribe of lackadaisical watermelons? If you haven't, you can now! Stretch yourself with creative writing exercises, hear guest speakers talk about their writing, share your work with others, and publish a literary magazine. This workshop will be led by Nitha V. for her high school senior project. Register now.

Special Book Discussion
Tuesday, July 27, 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Book group members, manga readers, and mystery lovers, this one’s for you. We will be reading Gaijin Girl: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall, a creepy teen murder mystery set at a Japanese boarding school. Everyone who registers will receive a free copy of the book! Registration begins June 28.


BOOK DISCUSSIONS
Get free books and free food! Every month, the group votes on a book, and the library buys them each a copy to read and discuss at the next meeting.

Read and Rant Book Group
Third Fridays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm
June 18, July 16, August 20
This group is accepting a limited number of new members entering grades 7 to 9. Registration is ongoing until spaces are full.

Book Grub Book Group
First Fridays from 3:30 to 5:00 pm
June 4, July 2, August 6
This group is accepting a limited number of new members entering grades 10 to 12. Registration is ongoing until spaces are full.

Primos Branch Book Group
Third Mondays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
June 21, July 19, August 16
Open to students entering grades 6 to 12, this group meets at the Primos Library at 409 Ashland Ave., Primos, PA, 19018. Call them to register: 610-622-8091.


CRAFTS

Outdoor Art Drop-In Days
Wednesdays, June 23 to July 28
11:00 am to 2:00 pm
The Teen Advisory Board is running six weeks of great teen craft projects. We will be setting up on the lawn next to the adult library, so look for our canopy. Each project will take about
1/2 hour, but some need extra drying time. Dress for a mess, or borrow a t-shirt smock from us. All craft materials provided.

· June 23: Make Patriotic Tie Dyed Shoelaces
· June 30: Paint a Bottle Vase
· July 7: Fingerpaint a Masterpiece
· July 14: Decoupage a Box
· July 21: Paint a Picture Frame
· July 28: Make Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag

Projects will be available until materials run out. In the event of rain, the week’s project will be cancelled and made available on August 4 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. No registration, just drop in each week.

Craft Closet Cleanout
Wednesday, August 25, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
After all the craft projects we’ve done, there are tons of leftovers. Stop by to make something you missed, or do something totally new. No registration, just drop in.


CLUBS

Gaming Club
Mondays, July 12 to August 30, 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Bring your Yu-Gi-Oh! deck, DS, PSP, or any other game you’re into. We'll also hook up the Wii or Xbox for multiplayer gaming. Hang out, relax, and play whatever you want! Permission slip required. Club size limited to 35 members. Registration is ongoing until spaces are full.

Anime Club
Fridays June 25, July 23, August 27, 3:30 to 5:00 pm
The anime club meets once per month to watch and discuss great shows, participate in a drawing challenge, and learn about Japanese culture. Permission slip required. Club size limited to 25 members. Registration is ongoing until spaces are full.