Edible Books was the cooking club theme for June. It was actually set for April, but several events canceled or postponed cooking club between February and June! I have a lot of catching up to do.
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| An array of books to choose |
I provided book scans donated by a patron who had used them for a baby shower. These were a lot easier to offer the kids versus the bulk and weight of actual books. After the event, I was even more pleased to recycle these icing-coated-images rather than clean books forever.
Getting the attendees to focus and plan a “book” look was a little tough, considering they just wanted to eat all the treats. I did get a few very fine examples:
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| Blue Chicken |
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| Rainbow Fish |
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| Emerald |
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| Clumsy Crab |
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| A Cat Called Penguin |
The trouble was getting the kids to see past the sweets and use them as building tools for their creations. Eventually, I gave up steering their direction and let them create sugar castles fit for a belly ache.
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| Donuts, marshmallow, graham crackers with icing “glue” |
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| “Heart Failure” |
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| GROSS!!! |
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| YUCK! |
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| This loosely reference a farm book |
I have seen amazing edible books designed for contests, but this mission fell a little flat. Perhaps if the students bought these supplies, there would have been more reverence for their usage. This is just another lesson in working with teens and tweens.
