The Anti-Valentine's Day Party: Where I admit that I am not the Teen Whisperer

I have been preparing for my Anti-Valentine’s Day Party for Teens for a while. I made rude conversation heart decorations. I put together a anti-love songs mix (which I’ll post in a future entry in case you want to steal it). I prepared a black duct tape rose craft (I got black duct tape from the craft store and used this tutorial):

If I were to do these again, I’d use black Sharpie markers on the white edges of the flower. It looks a bit ratchet without.

I included some easier crafts like writing rude things on heart doilies and romance novel cover parodies:

I won’t include what the teens actually wrote on these things as it’s totes NSFW.

And we had lots of snacks that would give you nasty breath:

Nothing makes your breath more funky than Doritos. #fact

The teens had nearly no interest in giving doing the crafts (some of them wrote on the doilies, the rest made animal shapes out of pipe cleaners). They mostly danced to the mix I made, tried to make out with each other while I wasn’t looking (not very anti-Valentine’s U GUISE), and ate all the food. Seriously. I forgot how much teens eat. So, while things didn’t go quite how I planned, I had a really good time.

Mr. Edwin hates when I put my feet on the table, but he was on vacay. Don’t worry about those teens making cuddles in the background. I properly shamed them when I was done making this dumb face.

I know for next time, less crafts. More chips. You can see more pictures on their fashion Tumblr (follow them?).

~Love and Libraries, Ingrid