turnout and the feedback!
Enjoy some pictures....
Let the Games Begin
Our Weapons and Chokers
The Cake!
A District Tribute and her people....
Anyone who wants details about what we did can email me but basically
after sifting through lots of good ideas for our fellow librarians and
teens the highlights were:
Party began with lights off, creepy music, spotlight on me and the announcing of the rules. We were off to a good start!
The homemade bows and arrows were the biggest hit and we had a ball making them (ahead of time). Very quick and easy with wire cutters, pliers, coat hangers, rubber bands, q-tips and coffee straws - nothing bought.
Chokers a close second: Magnets ordered from Zazzle.com
on a pantyhose and a washer "choker" The Catching Fire magnets were more popular than Hungry? Better color. The kids made these at the end of the event.
Wish I had thought to put Rue in the centerpiece of the cake which was decorated with flowers. That was a last minute purchase - it was going to be brownies but I took what Costco had. Delicious and inexpensive.
Kids worked in district teams to decorate a banner and select a tribute to represent them. They dressed their tribute in cotumes that they made for them. Correctly answered trivia questions earned them a trip to the Cornucopia for "supplies" for battle or their costume. They all really did a good job and were quite creative. They all had basic supplies to work with. Face painting was obviously part of it as you can see from this young girl....she loved it!
Then each district was interviewed and judged. Winners got to go first in archery.
They could have done archery all day! Fortunately, we all came back to civilization with cake and the choker activity.
Very, very fun.
We are thinking of doing a Lightning Thief party for the Summer Reading theme - Poseidon etc...that might be a good workshop idea??
Our biggest problem - be prepared to have a lot of kids!!
Thanks to all who helped us with ideas!!
Big thanks to Lauren our part-time librarian who was invaluable when it came to ideas - especially decorating - she had the idea of putting cameras around on tripods so it looked like they were being filmed. And she had our banner idea, and found and made up the trivia questions. Not to mention that her and Fran were top-notch Peacemakers all afternoon!
Michelle and Fran
