The Pants Visit Acacia Branch

On Friday, November 21, at Acacia Library, twelve (12) teens gathered
together to decorate a square on the Arizona Traveling Pants and craft
purses and wallets out of jeans. While the teens displayed their
artistic talents they viewed "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants II" on
the bigscreen TV. Teens were proud to have their handiwork displayed
in Teen Hill, the designated teen area.
Christina Cooper
Librarian Assistant
Acacia Library
750 E. Townley
Phoenix, AZ 85020

Where, oh where are the pants?

That is the questions on everyone's tongue. The pants have just spent some time in Tempe, and have been delivered to Scottsdale. We'll try and get some pictures from the folks at Tempe Public.

The pants are heading to Tempe!

The pants have spent time in Mesa and in Apache Junction. Apparently, the teens in AJ were very enthusiastic about the decorating. The pants should be in Tempe in the next day or so.

The Pants Arrive in Mesa!

The pants left Chandler and began their Statewide journey with a visit to the Mesa Main Library. They were met by the Teen Advisory Group who had a great time decorating them. Next stop, Mesa Red Mountain Branch.

"The Jeans" Visit Chandler's Basha Library

We had tons of fun making coin purses and scarfs, we even had one teen make a cuff lined with bedazzled decorations! Basha library teens wanted to continue making jean crafts like jean purses (just cut the legs off and stitch up the bottom). We also had jean shaped cookies that flew off the rack :)

The Pants stop by Hamilton Branch.

Students from Hamilton dropped in to put their own touches on the pants and to wish them well on their trip! We also had jean-shaped cookies to decorate and devour.

Today we succesfully kicked off the Arizona Traveling Pants project at the downtown branch of the Chandler Public Library!

The teens had fun decorating Pants shaped cookies, making mp3 holders, leaving their mark on the traveling pants.

The cookies were dyed different shades of denim. Teens could choose from: Dark Rinse, Stone Washed, and Bleached. Teens could decorate with edible markers and gel icing.

Mp3 player holders were made out of the pockets of old jeans. Teens had a great time using the bedazzler and puff paint.

Pictures from our fantastic event can be found in the slideshow at the left.

-The Chandler Public Library Downtown branch Teen volunteers

Starting in the first part of Aug. 2008, the Chandler Public Library will be kicking off the Traveling Pants!

The pants will spend a few days in Chandler, traveling to our four branches, and then they will leave to go to the other interested libraries in Arizona.

Keep looking for updates, pictures, and information about where the pants are! Where they are going, and where they came from!

For more information, email us at aztravelingpants@gmail.com!