Dawn states: Teen Programming is Great! : Stuffed Animal Sleepover

A unique way to get teens involved with the rest of the library and a fun way for them to volunteer is to have them assist with the implementation of children's programs! While it is necessary and fun for them to be involved with planning their own programs and parties, it is nice when the opportunity arises to present them with helping in other areas. The Stuffed Animal Sleepover was a great crossover for this type of involvement and it was cool and amusing for the teens to help with this!

The Children's Department at the Library was hosting the Stuffed Animal Sleepover and relied on the teens to implement it. Children dropped off their stuffed animals and were given name tags with information for each child's animal. Each animal kept the name tags on during the program, ensuring no lost animals, and in the morning the children return to pick up their animals and have breakfast and watch a slideshow of what their stuffed animals did during their sleepover in the library. This is the part the teens got to help out with: placing the stuffed animals in various places of the library and making them do various activities and then taking pictures of the stuffed animals. Each teen picked two animals to pose and this made sure that every animal got equal attention. The results were really epic and the teens had a great time helping with the Stuffed Animal Sleepover. Here are some pics!

Dawn states: My favorite stuffed animal growing up was a pink flamingo! What was yours? Leave a comment!