Geromino! The TARDIS lands at the Library - A Whovians Club Adventure

When I started the Whovians Club, my first thought was that it would be really amazing to have a TARDIS big enough for the teens to get inside.  My second thought was that i am crazy.  How would I ever be able to pull that off?  I talked to the teens and asked if it was something they would want to try to create.  They definitely wanted one, but I think we lacked the skills necessary for such a large scale project.

Tabling the project, I turned my attention to smaller activities.  Each month we made props essential to Doctor Who.

Duct Tape Fezzes

Polymer Clay Sonic Screwdrivers

Duct Tape Dalek

Dalek Party Hats

 But...What we really needed was a TARDIS!

Enter my very talented family..  Constructed out of a wooden frame and cardboard, a TARDIS was created!  It is in 3/4 scale of the original.

The Details:

The door does open and you can go inside.

The windows are made from Dollar Store picture frames and hot glued to the cardboard.

The Police Box font is Gill Sans.

The color is Valspar's Satin Indigo Streamer. 

It breaks apart into two pieces to fold for storage.

It is not bigger on the inside.

To celebrate the arrival of the TARDIS, I thought it would be fun to take pictures with it.  I found cardboard picture frames and we decorated the outside with a TARDIS stamp.  I made the stamp out of fun foam. 

Simple, easy way to make your own stamps!

Building the TARDIS was A LOT of work!  I had to learn how to use tools!  There are a few things I would like to eventually add to it..  It would be awesome if it had a roof with a light.  And it would be fun to decorate the inside.  But I am very happy with the finished product.  It was definitely a labor of love.  I am a big Doctor Who fan and it was fun to bring something I see on television to life.  I loved hearing the squeal when I opened the door to our program room and they caught the first glimpse of it.  It made the whole process worth it!

Some pictures of the TARDIS...

 The teens (and their parents!) had a great time posing in the TARDIS.

Thanks for stopping by!

Fish Fingers and Custard - A Whovians Club Adventure

Whovian noun
 A fan of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who:
as a fan from way back, Barrowman is well aware of just how passionate Whovians are about everything ‘Who’
-- Oxford Dictionaries

I am a HUGE Doctor Who fan and super excited to start a group for teens that share my enthusiasm for everything related to the Doctor.  Unfortunately I missed the inaugural meeting of this epic new group, but I was back and ready to go for the second!

Looking back for a moment..  The first club meeting got things going by making bowties!  Because bowties are cool.. 

These awesome bowties were completely no sew.  I slightly altered this bowtie making tutorial to make them easy and quick to do!  And a GIANT thank you to Miss Kristen for filling in for me!  I appreciate her willingness to jump in and learn who Rose Tyler is..  The teens asked Miss Kristen if they could make fezzes at the next meeting.  She said she would pass the message on to me.  And I said CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Duct tape fezzes!  Both stylish and fun to make!  If fezzes are cool, then duct tape fezzes are AWESOME!  I found this tutorial on how to make homemade fezzes.  It was a little too involved and required a sewing machine.  I used the patterns they provided and traced them out on cardstock and covered the whole thing in duct tape.  A bit of yarn poked through the top made a great tassel.

I think they turned out wonderful and the teens looked amazing!

I would like each club meeting to include a game or challenge so this month's was all about the monsters of Doctor Who.  I pinned these bad guys on the board and challenged the teens to information on who they were and when they first appeared on the show.  They knew them all, even some episode titles!  (Images found from googling each character on the Internet)

The highlight of this club meeting was the snack!  Fish Fingers and Custards!  (Shhh... It was really fish sticks and vanilla pudding!)  They actually scooped their custard with the fish fingers.  I love the 11th Doctor, but I don't think I would eat like him.  Gross!  But they loved it!

One of the teens made up a game to play.  His version of Guess Who.. He called it Doctor Who!  They took turns picking a character and the others asked yes or no questions in order to guess WHO?!  It was awesome to discover how much they really know about the show.  And I learned that I will have to up the skill level on future games! 

I really enjoyed this group of teens.  They are smart and witty and got along incredibly well for not knowing each other.  I am looking forward to future meetings with them and excited about the adventures we will have alongside the Doctor!