Not to brag or anything, but this is what I did at work today. Or at least, this is what the teens at our first teen summer reading party did today while I chatted with a co-worker, listened to the soundtrack from
Some Kind of Wonderful, and occasionally warned the teens that they only had ___ minutes remaining to make the tallest sculpture they could out of tootsie rolls, Hershey bars, marshmallows, toothpicks, pretzels, frosting, Hershey kisses, and truffles.
There were several structurally unsound chocolate creations that, sadly, collapsed. Here are some of my favorite uncollapsed projects.
Sometimes being a librarian is rock star awesome.
This is a bird sculpted from tootsie rolls. I'm kind of impressed. And kind of sickened.
This is a bird sculpted from tootsie rolls. I'm kind of impressed. And kind of sickened.
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That tootsie roll bird is totally awesome. Does that comment come off sounding teen-like?
Yeah, it's cool, right? One of the boys made it and then all of his friends bossed me around about the best way to photograph it.
What a very odd library day. I may never eat a tootsie again.
What I want to know is WHY?!
Because we can. No, actually because I'm in charge of teen services and my philosophy about teens and the library is that whatever they're interested in, we're interested in (and who's not interested in chocolate? crazy people, that's who). We've got books and information on chocolate, right? AND I'm a big proponent of the library as a community space and believe in cultivating that in teens by having events for them in the library that absolutely do not remind them of their English classes. Next week: Guitar Hero.
See, I'd rather the chocolate-sculpting, Guitar-Hero-rockin teens would find somewhere else to rock out so I can read in peace. I'm pretty young to be a curmudgeon.
Aaaaamy. The children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way... They're not rocking out in the stacks. We have programming rooms far away from the curmudgeons and the books where we can sculpt our chocolate without disturbing anyone.
I'm hungry.
That looks like so much fun. I want to make a choclate scuplture too! Love the little house with the hearts. :)
Well, maybe I'd be more amenable to this whole thing if I were offered the occasional Hersheys bar.
knowing how you feel about gum, i'm surprised that you were able to handle people manipulating food so well. love the logic behind the activity! :)
That's almost exactly the kind of projects that we do as part of the "Instant Challenge" portion of Destination Imagination (after-school program I've been with for 17 years). Gets the kids thinking creatively and learning more about basic engineering principles. Looks like fun!
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