That’s right: every week we are going to celebrate some small holiday! We want you to join us in celebrating every week – because really, everyone needs a little more happiness in their lives.
Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today! (We celebrate you in doing this!)
This is a common idea in Minnesota; we take our things on a stick very seriously here! (Check out the state fair this summer for all kinds of tasty things on sticks.) This is supposed to be a goofy, fun day – so go as goofy and fun as you want with this! I, personally, am heading for a local cutesy gift store that has sticks filled with all kinds of gummy candy, and snacking myself into sugary bliss. You do you!
Here are a few books to try:
- Eating Things On Sticks (novel), by Anne Fine
- The Kebab Cookbook: Savory, Health-Conscious and Simple Mediterranean Diet Recipes on a Stick, by Larry Putnam
- On a Stick!: 80 Party-Perfect Recipes, by Matt Armendariz
- Camping Cookbook Food On Stick Recipes, by Louise Davidson
And the potential programs you can try are limited only by your budget and imagination!
- snacks are an obvious option here; put together some wooden skewers and assorted things that can either be punctured and have small holes that can be threaded onto sticks
- crafting is a good strategy to go here; find all kinds of things that can be threaded or run through with skewers or needles (be expansive in your definition of “stick”) and have fun with making jewelry and other art projects
- assorted libraries, and library associations, have developed “things on a stick” training programs! google around to find something fun to learn today
Join us in celebrating the holiday just yourself, and take some small quiet time to enjoy it. Or, take our book and program ideas, and celebrate in a larger way in your library. Take a small, goofy opportunity to have a little more fun today!