Cosplay Fun at Flowood Library Teen Night

The Cosplay Costuming and Make Up tutorial night was a huge success. We had our biggest turn out ever with 26 attendees and a service dog!

Special guest Rae of RaeBae Cosplay and Magically Perfect, LLC taught attendees how to morph yourself into your character using her tried and true make up methods. They then made a fun group video.

Special guests Airship Demensa brought craft supplies and worked with attendees to make props and costume parts for their own designs. Participants brought drawings of their costume plans and Anthony from Airship Demensa taught them how to turn their drawings into real costumes and props. Teens went home with their creations. Some examples of what they made include crowns, swords, belts, and wrist cuffs.

Special thanks to COOMES VENDING for donating drinks for the event.

Join us in February for an Old School Valentine's Day Party and a night of DIY Button Making. On February 13th we will throwback to our elementary school days and have a party with our homemade valentines boxes, cards to share, and chocolate treats. On February 27th we will draw our own designs and then make our art into buttons using the library's button maker.

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Flowood Teens Learn Dungeons & Dragons and some Cosplay Techniques

We've been learning how to play Dungeons and Dragons over the past few months at the Flowood Library.  Our Dungeon Master has patiently taught new players how to create their character and how to play.  Last Saturday we had our biggest turnout yet with 17 players!  Our role playing teens often come in cosplay as well, so you will see many characters you recognize in the photo below of our game on Saturday!

Tomorrow we will have special guests Airship Demenca and Rae from Magically Perfect, LLC come to talk to the teens about how to make cosplay costumes and props, and how to do their make-up for the costumes they choose.  We will have crafting areas set up to work on making props.  Rae will give make-up tips and suggest products that have worked best for her.

Special thanks to Airship Demenca and Rae from Magically Perfect, LLC for donating their time and expertise.

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What's up in 2020 for the Flowood Teens?

We are starting off 2020 with a Teen Game Night at the Flowood Library on Thursday, January 9th at 6pm. The XBox One is all updated and ready to go. We'll bring out the old Wii for a dance off. Board games and card games will be ready. All we need is a fun group of teens ready to challenge each other to game! We will have pizza and sodas so no one gets hangry while they play. If you have a favorite library appropriate game that you want to bring and share, we'd love to see it. Let's play...

Looking forward to seeing you there!  

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Flowood Teens Getting Crafty

We've been crafting in Flowood lately. We made Creepy Cupcakes for Halloween. We may have eaten just a bit of sugary goodness while we worked on our fabulous creations. Our top four spooky winners are shown below. From left to right our winners were Logan B. - 1st place, Josie B. - 2nd place, and Abigail S. & Abby W. tied for 3rd place. 

For our November craft, we made galaxy jars. We had a good time eating pizza and creating colorful, glittery galaxies. As we discovered, glitter gets everywhere, even when you think you were careful! Also, it turns out you cannot put too much yellow dye in your galaxy. The more yellow, the better! Below is our group showing off their cool creations.

Our December plans are to meet on December 12th at 6pm to make some spa gifts for family and friends. What's better than to give your own homemade creation (that you get to make with your library friends for FREE)?! Maybe to keep it for yourself! We will be making lavender bath salts and decorating the jars for gifts. Shhh, we'll never tell if you decide to keep it for yourself!

Finally, on December 26th at 6pm we are going to hang out and watch the 1984 movie Gremlins. We will have have free popcorn and drinks to enjoy while we learn why you NEVER let them eat after midnight and NEVER get them wet! Bring a blanket and pillow and camp out on the floor with us to watch this holiday classic! This 1984 movie is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and is rated PG. It runs for 106 minutes. 

All teen programs are designed for youth in 6th-12th grades. Programs are free and all supplies are provided.

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