Well in our spare time, we play candyland..... yep folks, you read it right, Candyland. But not just any candyland, we play life size candyland. Can I just tell you all how much I love the American Fork Library, and how happy I am that we live so close to it. They do the most amazing job with activities and ways of getting people to the library. I don't really feel they would have to do all that much to get us there, because Eli loves going and getting new books, and personally, reading to him is one of my favorite things to do because he gets so into the stories. But they really do an amazing job. Last Friday night, the library was celebrating their birthday party, and they went all out with a life size version of Candyland. It was so much fun. At first they just had little activities for the kids to do. I will explain these in the pictures. And then at the end we all played life size candyland. Eli had so much fun.
This is were they started. They played bingo with little candy pieces, it was so perfect and great for Eli's age.
The next game they played was a really fun game, and not for the life of me can I remember the name of it. But they each put a piece of colorful tape folded on their elbows and then when they said go, you had to go steal other kids tape, but you could only use your elbows. Eli thought it was really funny and he had kind of a hard time because he was so much shorter then everybody else, but he did manage to steal a few. To explain these pictures, when they said ready, set, go he got down in a running position because, well.... isn't this what your suppose to do when you hear those words.
The next thing they did was to decorate their bags that they collected all their candy in from the game. Eli is so careful when he is making things like this and he loves it so much. He is very much a hands on type learner and he is very careful and meticulous about things that he makes.
Then they had all the kids pick a present out of the box of donations and they each got to open it and then put it back in the library bin. Helping the kids to each give the library a birthday present. I thought for sure this part was going to get way out of hand, But not really, they did an excellent job at handling it.
I feel really bad that I didn't really get any pictures of the actual game, But there where so many kids and this is the part that really did turn crazy, but all in all, Eli had a great night and it was all free. Can you say bonus deal? I love our library and will forever support them.
This is were they started. They played bingo with little candy pieces, it was so perfect and great for Eli's age.
The next game they played was a really fun game, and not for the life of me can I remember the name of it. But they each put a piece of colorful tape folded on their elbows and then when they said go, you had to go steal other kids tape, but you could only use your elbows. Eli thought it was really funny and he had kind of a hard time because he was so much shorter then everybody else, but he did manage to steal a few. To explain these pictures, when they said ready, set, go he got down in a running position because, well.... isn't this what your suppose to do when you hear those words.
The next thing they did was to decorate their bags that they collected all their candy in from the game. Eli is so careful when he is making things like this and he loves it so much. He is very much a hands on type learner and he is very careful and meticulous about things that he makes.
Then they had all the kids pick a present out of the box of donations and they each got to open it and then put it back in the library bin. Helping the kids to each give the library a birthday present. I thought for sure this part was going to get way out of hand, But not really, they did an excellent job at handling it.
I feel really bad that I didn't really get any pictures of the actual game, But there where so many kids and this is the part that really did turn crazy, but all in all, Eli had a great night and it was all free. Can you say bonus deal? I love our library and will forever support them.
2 comments:
i wanna play !
Life size candy land? That sounds great - who wouldn't love it? Your library sounds awesome.
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