Teens showed off their creative talents in a tie dye workshop at Acacia.

Unleash Your Inner Rockstar!

Write a song at Phoenix Public Library. Win Prizes! Participate in:

Hey bloggers, Teen Central here! We've been encouraging kids to get into music by creating their own songs using this awesome website called jamglue. Jamglue rocks because you can record your own sounds and music or browse their huge collection of samples and build your song anyway you like it. This week we're running a contest where you can create your own song and win awesome prizes. We've got tickets to concert venues and music store gift cards. You can create your song at home, at your branch, or down here at Teen Central. We've got some recording equipment here if you don't have any at home.

Our only stipulations are: the song has to be over 1 minute in length, can't contain profanity, and must be original. You can use Jamglue's samples, but you can't just upload a whole song to the website.

Songs are due by Wed Dec 17th at 9pm.

We're showcasing the winning songs on Dec 18th in Teen Central from 2-4 PM.

Questions? Want to submit your song? Email me any ideas or your jamglue song link at lisa.zovich@phoenix.gov

Thanks!

Edible Housing @ Ironwood

The frosting was flying at Ironwood Library during our Edible Housing program. All sorts of housing was created out of graham crackers, frosting and other goodies. Certificates were issued for such achievements as "Best Use of Accessories", "Most 'Martha Stewart' House", "Most Creative Alternative Housing" and "House Most Likely to Appear on YouTube"

Halloween Party 2008

This year at Mesquite Library we had a Halloween party.

Almost three hundred children showed up, wearing wonderful costumes. There were fun activities such as: Bowling, Crafts, Bubble Dance, Bingo, and Bat Ball. At the end of the night, we gave all of the children complimentary bags, including candy. Apparently, they all rushed Julie for the candy.

When the night was through, the teen volunteers had a party during which, two people were wrapped up in toilet paper and paraded around the library. Hope you can join us next year at Mesquite! (this mummy picture is from our 2006 Mummy Wrap but you get the idea)