Welcome to our first-everTeen "Nailed It!"contest! 🎂
Teens attended an online Watch Party on July 8 to see what the baking competition is all about--then dived straight into our virtual library version!
Contestants had a little over four weeks to recreate the official recipe at home, fitting in with the Summer Library Program's fantasy theme: a dragon cake!This summer the "taste" category is off the table (😭), so this year's judges--the entire Bellevue Public Library staff--will be evaluating all entries for:
creativity
presentation
and who "nailed it" the most!
(Please note: contestants were not asked to include the mossy cobblestone platform in their creations.)
One winner will be announced and awarded the week of August 17-21--so be sure to check back here to see which entry gets the glorious and honorablecontest crown stamp!
👑 Contest Grand Prize: $50 gift card and a bag of SLP swag!
Sixteen contestants entered fourteen impressive dragon cakes--and you can now see all of them below! 🐉
Update (August 20): Click the jump below to see the contest winner!
acrylic paint (Used: Sargent Art Liquid Metals acrylics.)
baking soda
shaving cream (Used: Barbasol, but any brand should be fine. Highly recommend using unscented or lightly scented--like aloe.)
star confetti
contact lens solution (Used: Walmart generic brand, Equate. You can try other brands, but it must contain sodium borate, or another boric acid derivative)
Low-cost, colorful coasters: take a ceramic tile from plain to POW ✨with only a few inexpensive supplies! During the Craftzilla: Watercolor Coasters event (June 13), participants experimented with a variety of blending and wash techniques.
The Bellevue community donated an incredible 2,526 items to our food drive for the local pantry!
Pantries especially need resources during the summer months and so the library collected nonperishable food items and hygiene products throughout June and July to bolster their supplies.
To encourage participation, we tied the food drive into our very relevant Summer Library Program theme: Build A Better World! Adults, teens, and kids could all earn incentives by bringing canned or boxed goods to our table station, where a running count display was kept (50 items = another heart grocery bag on the chart). We provided a food drive handout, so you could take a shopping list of the pantry's most needed items to the store!
Shopping list: what the pantry needed most!
Kids Cruisin' Kitchen also came to further our anti-hunger efforts! Sponsored by the Omaha Salvation Army, Food Bank for the Heartland, and Hunger Free Heartland, this program delivers hot, nutritious meals free of charge. People 19 years of age or younger and their families were eligible to visit the food truck starting late May. And it's still ongoing now, 12:00-12:45 PM, through Wednesday, August 9th! 🍲
Thank you for helping us exceed our goal of 2500 items by July 22nd! ❤
You can continue donating to the Bellevue Pantry at 1908 Hancock Street. Call them at 402-292-2961 to check their service hours and check their web site for the most current list of "Needed Now" items.
Earlier this July, teens took to our large event room to science up some floam slime! It can be a tricky process: too much or too little of an element can result in a tough dough or a sticky mess.
But with careful instructions--and perhaps a little intuitive sense (*gasp* Is that...unscientific?) (No. 😉)--you can repeat the perils and pleasures of slimemaking.
🖸🖸 📅 Eyeball future Bellya calendars for ventures into fluffy slime and other variants!
For now, peek into the floam slime laboratory (explosion included):
Our 10th annual Teen Iron Chef commenced last Wednesday, with 8 two-person teams poised to take the 2017 champion title by combining wits, dexterity, and a swift mastery of the secret ingredient!
All the teams overcame time and utensil limitations, but in the end, one duo's savory and sweet concoction persuaded the judging panel to award them the win! The Bellevue Public Library is pleased to announce this year's culinary conquerors as:
Team: The IncrEDIBLES(Lilly and Gabby), featuring a
picante veggie salad, with a chocolate and strawberry creature pudding!
Today the library kicks off a food drive for the Bellevue Pantry! Donations are especially needed during the summer months and so we are collecting nonperishable food items and hygiene products to help our community. Any such items will be appreciated, but please follow the link for a shopping list of most needed items.
★ Update: please add peanut butter, rice, and boxed dinners to your shopping lists.
The library is pleased to offer special incentives to all food drive participants, to tie into our current "Build A Better World" Summer Library Programs. Bring your donations to our front desk!
Please note that incentives may only be redeemed once daily.
★ Adults: Every 5 items = an entry to win 1 of 5 $10 library bookstore gift certificates!
★ Young Adults (7th-12th grade, 2017 high school grads): 1-4 items = a Summer Library Program Weekly and Grand Prize entry slip! 5+ items = SLP Weekly and Grand Prize entry slips AND a Prize Wheel spin (win a variety of goodies, including pool passes and free books)!
There are presently 5 Weekly Prize and 12 Grand Prize packages to be won.
★ Kids (Birth-6th grade): 5+ items = a Grand Prize entry slip!
★ The full Weekly and Grand prize listing is now onlinehere!
This year we have 6 Weekly and 12 Grand Prize packages--plus, a
large variety of spinning prize wheel goodies, awarded when you complete
reading logs! Check out most the prizes, on display in the Young Adult area.
From the prize packages, you could win:
• gift cards!
• mermaid blanket and reversible mermaid sequin pillow!
• Squishable taco plushie and $20 Steam game card!
• Pusheen merch!
• Queen of Hearts-themed books and velvet chokers!
• sweet manga and graphic novel starter collections!
• science-y stuff, like shimmering kinetic sand!
• giant pretzel swimming pool float and glowing LED sunglasses!
• rotating stars projection lamp!
• amazing fantasy, thriller, and horror books!
• & much more!
Spin the prize wheel and you could win:
• free books!
• pool passes!
• earbud/phone stands!
• candy!
• glow shoelaces!
• galaxy pencils and weird-shaped erasers! • water bottles!
• sports and book bags!
• & more!
How to win? Earn prize entry slips when you read, volunteer, and/or attend special summer events!
★ Download the Young Adult SLP brochure here or pick up a copy in the library!
For more information about the Summer Library Program, please go our Events page.
The
Bellevue Public Library is going to take you out to the ballgame in
July with this special opportunity* for children and teens: register for
our Summer Library Programs) and receive TWO free tickets to a 2017
Library Nights: Fresno Grizzlies vs. Omaha Storm Chasers game at Werner
Park! Redeem your tickets at the ballpark (in advance or on gameday) for
either Sunday, July 30th at 5:05 PM or Monday, July 31st at 7:05 PM.
Visit the library and double your fun this summer! Children (birth-6th
grade) and young adults (7th-12th grade, 2017 high school graduates) can
sign up for the Summer Library Program any time through July 22nd! The
participant must be present to register. The Summer Library Program is
free and you do not have to be a library member to participate.
* While supplies last.
★ For now, the library is offering this as a special incentive to
encourage new participation. If you are already registered, please check
in with us starting JULY 17TH and we would be happy to hand out any
remaining baseball tickets. Thank you!
Want to help the Young Adult 2017 "Build A Better World" Summer Library Program? You can earn volunteer hours (plus incentives!) and help out our community by: handling sign-up, reading logs, and prize wheel rewards, cleaning up after special events, & more!
If this interests you, then you will need to attend a short training session. Come to one of three, held in our large meeting room: Thursday, May 25 6:15-6:45 PM Friday, May 26 3:00-3:30 PM Wednesday, May 31 3:30-4:00 PM
These volunteer opportunities are for those in the 7th-12th grade. Current 6th graders are also eligible.
You must submit a completed Bellya volunteer application before or during the training session. Applications are at the library front desk or here.
★ Active Bellya and Junior Friend volunteers get a free pool partyin late July to celebrate their hard work!
Please inquire at the library front desk if you are interested in volunteering for the Children's or Adult departments.
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