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Presented by Sarah Amazing, Teen Librarian
Warren-Trumbull County Public Library
PROGRAMS your teens won’t want to miss!
GETTING THEM IN THE DOOR: o Rethink your terminology
o Event vs Program; DIY vs Craft
o Where are you marketing? Inside & outside…
o What is the audience for your marketing materials?
o What do you consider a successful program?
o Registration: helpful, limiting, intimidating?
EVERY EVENT… o Is multi-faceted.
o Has some quiet activities.
o Is welcoming for all.
o Has food.
o Educationally sneaky.
o Is a safe place.
THE BIG BANG THEORY
o Focus on each cast member
o Leonard/Experimental physicist:
experiments (paint spinner art, bottle music,
bed of nails & balloons)
o Howard/Engineering: marshmallow building
challenge
o Sheldon/Theoretical physicist: string theory
demo, cat’s cradle
o Raj/Astronomy: Moon phase
necklaces/keychains
THE BIG BANG THEORY
o Focus on each cast member
o Bernadette/Microbiology: Bread
experiments – feeding yeast sugar vs
artificial sweetener, wheat vs gluten-free
flour
o Amy/Neurobiology: optical illusion craft (3D
hands) & game (Stroop Effect)
o Wil Wheaton/Wesley Crushers: bowling
o Penny/Acting: emotion charades
o Paper Rock Scissors Lizard Spock
tournament
o Cheesecake
DIVERGENT o A celebration of all the
factions!
o Dauntless tattoos &
chocolate cake
o Candor confessions
o Amity arts & crafts: book
thongs with peace signs,
book charms, t-shirts
o Abnegation food drive
o Erudite book trivia
o Insurgent hits theaters March
20, 2015!
SUPERWHOLOCK o Supernatural
o Salt bottle necklaces
o Pass the rabbit’s foot
o Doctor Who
o Guess Who
o Space Jars
o Cyberman Says, Blink/Don’t
Blink
o Sherlock
o Bookmarks
o Trivia covering all three fandoms
o Videos: episodes, or Youtube?
NERDFIGHTER GATHERING o Pizza tasting contest OR corn dogs
o Pin the glasses on John Green
o Book charms & DFTBA bracelets/keychains
o Vlogbrother videos
o Nerdfighter symbol bottlecap necklaces
o Hanklerfish Hot potato
CHINESE NEW YEAR o Cooking program! Make fried rice
& dim sum
o Amazing firework shows on
YouTube
o Play ‘Fruits Basket’
o Look up zodiac symbols
o 2015 – Year of the Sheep!
HUNGER GAMES SURVIVAL CHALLENGE
Working with their District,
teens complete 10-15
challenges by racing through
the ‘library arena.’ All
challenges, tucked into a
pack they pick up at the
Cornucopia, are based
on either events in The
Hunger Games, or on survival
in nature, like animal tracks,
poisonous plant identification,
book trivia, first aid, archery,
etc.
FAREWELL TO NARUTO
o Ramen noodle eating contest
o Village headbands
o Shuriken (ninja stars) origami
o Trivia
o Stealth challenges - think Silent Library!
o Crunchyroll account to stream episodes
LOVE STINKS CHOCOLATE FEST
o A celebration of teen angst!
o Chocolate tasting
o Mini voodoo dolls
o Chocolate drizzled over pretzels,
marshmallows, bananas
o Break-up song videos (use
YouTube to create a playlist)
o Name That Candy! Riddle game
o Black duct tape rose pencils
SUPERHEROES VS VILLAINS
ULTIMATE CHALLENGE o Part 1: Choose your side & make a costume!
o AccuCut cardstock masks & plastic
tablecloth.
o Part 2: Trivia
o Part 3: Challenges with the emphasis on
team, such as:
o Working under pressure: Lifesaver relay
o Teamwork: Marble relay with spoons
o Weapon creation: origami shuriken
o Logic: Oops! iPad game
o Stressful environment: Balloons in the air
Perfect for Free Comic
Book Day or next
summer’s theme!
OTHER FUN EVENTS! o Jenga Tournament
o Retro Gaming
o Lego Party
o Karaoke - use Youtube!
o Shakespearean Insult Battles
o Life-sized Candyland
o T-Shirt Transformations
o Youtube Discoveries
