Are you ready for....the long haul? Wimpy Kid Party

• Program Goals
• Offer a program on a no-school day
• Bring school-age kids into the library
• Market collections (Wimpy Kid read-alikes)
• Build a backlog of book/character parties for use on Friday afternoons
• Attendance: 35
• Evaluation
• 10-24-14
• Attendance: 20
• Connections/Feedback: A lot of younger kids. Attendance on no-school days is really spotty, so this wasn't an unexpected number and not that bad considering. Everyone had a lot of fun and tried everything. I'm going to use some of the fill-in quizzes and the add to a comic project for a display next month.
• Notes: Life happened and I didn't plan this until the last minute. I've also (true confession) never actually read the books. I'm more of a Big Nate fan. Next time I'll get stronger toilet paper because I realized I didn't need as much. I decided to add the movie at the last minute and that was good because it took the kids a long time to warm up and get moving.

Stations and Activities

• Create your own diary
• 8x5 white construction paper
• Construction paper
• Handmade paper (leftover)
• Markers, scissors
• Cheese Whiz Quiz
• Online quizzes here and here (adapted)
• Manny Cereal Toss
• I got this from Tiny Tips but I had the kids make their own cereal boxes
• Construction paper, scissors, tape, markers
• Toilet seat and recycling basket
• Masking tape (for the floor)
• Long Haul Games
• I printed out word games etc. from previous event kits and suggested kids come up with their own car games that Greg might play.
• Toilet Paper Wrap Race
• I got this from a program on the ALSC blog.
• The Big Screen and munchies
• I had Dog Days playing just for extra noise and I put cookies out and a small circle of chairs
• The World's Longest Comic
• I came up with this myself. Hold the applause please. I had my aide draw a really, really simple comic on a long strip of paper and taped it to the wall, then invited kids to continue the story.
• Paper, pencils, scissors
• Book Display
• I pulled a few books from everything BUT Wimpy Kid - a sample
• Big Nate
• Dork Diaries
• Ellie McDoodle
• Stick Dog
• Dragonbreath
• Bean Boy
• Amelia Rules
• Babymouse