A while back, I had asked questions about what could bring teens into the library for our programs, and today, my new supervisor and I got together to map out what kinds of things we want to do between September and December (since we’re taking August off of programming to not only give us a break, but to clean our supply room and move my desk down to the children’s area).
There’s a lot of fun things we’re planning on doing, and I’m so excited! I just wanted to share some highlights, and maybe if you have any ideas, that’d be cool, too! c:
CLUBS:
- Teen Advisory Board (once a month)
- Writing club (once a month)
- D&D club (twice a month)
- Book club (once a month) - and we’ve decided that people can bring their own books and we can discuss them, etc. with snacks and drinks.
Arts and crafts:
- Teen Art Thursdays (twice a month, usually), and some of them will be themed, like we’re going to do a pumpkin carving/painting for one, make your own bookmark for another (which would be fall themed). Another was making your own tree ornament with clay.
Games:
- We were thinking of doing a board/card game once a month. Right now, we have an Uno Tournament on our calendar draft.
- And then we also thought of video game tournaments as well, like Mario Kart, etc. Prizes and food included.
OTHER:
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Since the Hunger Games prequel is coming out, we’re gonna do a “marathon” where we do all four movies leading up to the 17th of November, and then we’re gonna see if we can do a “come see the movie with us” at the movie theater.
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We want to do a lock-in, though we’re not sure how long. If there isn’t a lot of us to volunteer to hold it down, it’s gonna be after hours up until 12-1am. Otherwise, the plan is to do a full overnight thing where you do actually sleep inside the library.
But the plan is to have pizza, snacks, and watch horror movies. I also have my heart set on bringing a fire pit and we can make s’mores. -
Another plan would be to go to a pumpkin patch/corn maze and do scary stories with treats.
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We want to partner up with a local business that does haunted houses and is a place where teens hang out the most. They call it the “Alley.” Our idea was to do a haunted house, but an idea would be to see if we could be a part of their get-up for Halloween. Like a small “room” for a haunted library or something.
There’s more things we’re doing but those were the ones from the top of my head that I’m excited about the most. 
We’re all excited and I cannot wait for us to start doing this!
