If you thought you saw a variety of turtles around the library last Saturday, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you.  It was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Extravaganza!

    

The TMNT candidates had to first decipher their Ninja name, then decorate a shuriken, or throwing star to use at a training station.

   

Next, the TMNT candidates were required to complete 5 training exercises, consisting of:

Accuracy– Toss the turtle into the sewer lid

   

Agility– Do a spin move, throw the ninja star into the pizza box

Balance– Carry the pizza box across the balance beam

 

Endurance– Hold your best ninja pose for 10 seconds

      

Patience– Transfer the sushi using chopsticks

    

     

Stealth– Move through the lasers without sounding the alarm

   

And check out the radioactive ooze- how it all started for the Turtles!

As the candidates finished the training course, they showed their completion form…

       

and were awarded their official TMNT headband!

     

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles LOVE pizza, so to end the day, the new “heros-in-a-half-shell” decorated pizza cookies,

 

       

and then enjoyed their treat after a hard day’s work!

                   

COWABUNGA DUDE……TURTLE POWER!

Be sure to ask for a new Winter Program Guide at the Youth Services desk for information about our upcoming programs and join in the fun!