Summer Clubhouse & Challenge Island

Join the fun at the Summer Clubhouse, as Challenge Island NW MI comes out to play with us! Play games, grab a craft kit to go, enjoy snacks and more!  There's fun for everyone at the library Summer Clubhouse! 

From 10:30 - 12,Challenge Island NW MI joins us to help you make your own sinking sand (kinetic sand). Once you have it made, if you don't sink in the sand yourself, you can make some sand sculptures or sand castles. You will be able to take home your new kinetic sand.  We will also be making snappy sharks and shark origami or you can take these challenges home for later.

This is a family event where adults can participate as well.  Adult(s) can read each step in the recipe and kids can do the action. It will take teamwork, good listening skills, and following directions in a specific order and specific way to allow your sand to become kinetic sand.  

Do you have what it takes to engineer this creation into existence?  If so, your adventure awaits!

Full program description: 

Adventure Begins at Your Library!  So come join Challenge Island Northwest Michigan for some summer fun as we jump into Book 1 of the Challenge Island book series (available in your library). In the first book, Bridge to Sharktooth Island, Joy, Daniel, & Kimani find themselves on a giant boulder in the ocean looking for ways to get across shark-infested waters to the island beach.  In chapter 2, Joy jumps into the water and finds out it is water-covered mud. When she splashes down, she sinks into the mud! First, up to her ankles, and then up to her knees! "Help! It's quicksand! I'm sinking!"  

Your adventure challenge is to follow a specific recipe to make your own sinking sands (kinetic sand).  Once you have it made, if you don't sink in the sand yourself, you can make some sand sculptures or sand castles. You will be able to take home your new kinetic sand.  We will also be making snappy sharks and shark origami or you can take these challenges home for later.

This event is open from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm.  You can start your engineering adventure at any time within this event time.  This is a family event where adults can participate as well.  Adult(s) can read each step in the recipe and kids can do the action. It will take teamwork, good listening skills, and following directions in a specific order and specific way to allow your sand to become kinetic sand.  

Do you have what it takes to engineer this creation into existence?  If so, your adventure awaits!