Swinter!

A party that the teens have a lot of fun with is the Swinter party. It is a summer/winter mashup party and takes place in the summer. Many of the activities featured are typical winter activities, such as make your own hot cocoa, paper snowflakes, snow globes, and finger knitting. This party is a lot of fun to plan, and could be implemented in your own library very easily! Paper snowflakes can be made with little effort, hot cocoa mixes help with the make your own cocoa, and finger knitting is not nearly as hard as it looks!
Check out the photos from the event, the teens had such a good time with winter in summer...or swinter!
Email me for more ideas or a party outline from out Swinter Party! dstates@yorklibraries.org
Dawn states: I like summer better than winter!

Swinter Crew

Laundry basket Relay

Snow Globes

Snow Globes

Ice Melt Challenge

Prizes from Ice Melt Challenge 

Paper Snowflake Making 

Laundry Basket Relay

Art Club: Galaxy jars

Ever wish you could keep a galaxy in a jar? Well now you can,! (or sort of.) For this Art Club, we took tiny jars and filled them with cotton ball fluff, glitter, water and food coloring. The teens got super creative with how they styled their jars, and I think the results are out of this world!
This is basic thing to do and the art part involves the mixing of colors and which colors compliment each other.
Each teen made two jars and they had a stellar time too! It is a really easy activity to pull together, but there are so many wonderful elements that can be tied in besides art, such as science and outer space. Be creative and most importantly, let the teens be creative, it is always otherworldly what they will come up with!
Dawn states; I remember when Pluto was a planet! Leave a comment if you do too!
dstates@yorklibraries.org