I started out strong with a "DIY Fourth of July" program with 6 teens. I laid out a variety of supplies including duct tape, ribbons, jewelry making supplies, and craft books then let the teens make whatever they wanted. The most popular crafts were hair bows, earrings, and one young man made a duct tape bow tie.
I combined our monthly Marvel Club and LOTR club for a "Marvel vs. LOTR Olympics". LOTR club won simply because there was only 1 Marvel member. Still, the teens had fun. We had picnic food, potato sack races, played ring toss and drip drip drop. I will make this a yearly event.
Our monthly DIY Tuesday craft was a duct tape lanyard. I had 6 teens. They said they liked that the craft wasn't too complicated, since some duct tape crafts can be quite involved. After making the lanyards I let them continue making things with the duct tape and ended up teaching them to make a duct tape wallet.
Teen Book Club only had 2 members at this meeting. We discussed our favorite picture books and I read Outfoxed to them. I even had another teen who was just in the library for the Pokemon Go lure listen in while I was reading. It was a fun meeting, and laid back since I knew some people would be out of town.
Life Size Jenga was fun. I built the blocks out of donated soda can boxes and had my summer volunteers tape over any ripped areas. I only had 3 teens show up, but we played outside and talked about Pokemon and still had a good time.
So...Pokemon Go! I came into the library and immediately had my co-workers asking me if I knew anything about it. I had been off the weekend after it was released and they had people coming in and playing it since we are a Poke Stop. I've since explained it and taken over programming for it. I created a sign advertising lure times, and we have a "Pokestop Library" sign in the front window. I also have two passives. Laura Perenic posted this passive on her blog, which I am using. I also set up a chalkboard and asked what Pokemon people have caught in the library. So far Saturdays have been our best for luring teens in. Last Saturday I had two teens commend me on my knowledge of Pokemon and said they were bummed that other businesses weren't doing anything special like we were.