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July 25, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS

MakerSpace: Making Fingerprint Pokemon Go Buttons

July 25, 2016 by Karen Jensen, MLS   8 comments

pokemonbuttons2Pokemon Go is big – you’ve probably heard. So my library is like many libraries and we are trying to plan a Pokemon Go program for our patrons while the program is still hot. Yes, I know Pokemon has been popular for 20 years now, but this is a new level of popularity and we want to tap into the zeitgeist in a timely manner.

We’re in the brainstorm stages, but one thing I know for sure we want to do is continue to use one of our most popular Teen MakerSpace stations – our button makers – to get teens creating. So I spent a part of last week researching Pokemon related button making ideas. And then it hit me, our fingerprint buttons are already so popular, so why not try making Fingerprint Pokemon Buttons.

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Which is how I stumbled down the rabbit hole of Pokemon characters. I know Pikachu and a few of the characters I have caught playing Pokemon Go, but my knowledge of Pokemon is definitely lacking. So I had to research and find characters from Pokemon that might be easier to translate in the fine art form of fingerprint art.

Pikachu, it turns out, is actually kind of the easiest. In fact, I have perfected my fingerprint Pikachu and plan on putting that on my next resume.

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Not Just a Button, a Pokebutton

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I particularly wanted to play around with the idea of the Pokemon being in the Pokeball, but having the red portion of the Pokeball didn’t really work. Making the black bars creates the illusion of the Pokeball, but I had to make them shorter in order to provide space for the fingerprint Pokemon. The Pokeball template ended up looking like this:

pokeballtemplate1Although we definitely want to encourage our fingerprint button makers to be creative and make whatever they want, we have found that many participants want examples that they can follow. So I made a page of examples: Pokeball ExamplesPokeball Examples-page-001

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Some of my fingerprint Pokemon examples were a little, um, less than successful. It’s okay, you can laugh.

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My finished template page ended up looking like this:

pokeballtemplatesIt’s just one of the many activities that we will do for our Pokemon Go program, but it was a fun one to put together. And you have to admit, teen librarians have some of the most interesting resumes out there.

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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. Emily Fardoux says

    July 25, 2016 at 8:40 am

    My desire to buy a button maker for my teens has increased exponentially with Pokemon Go. Do you have a recommended one?

    • Karen Jensen, TLT says

      July 25, 2016 at 9:04 am

      We bought ours from American Button Machines and I am very happy with it. I know Heather Booth uses a different one and she is also happy with hers.

  2. Ruth McNally Barshaw says

    July 26, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    I’ve been happy with Badge-a-Minit for about 30 years.

  3. Kanha says

    August 4, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    That is seriously super cute! A great idea that I will definitely pass along.

  4. Cindy says

    October 14, 2016 at 11:52 am

    There’s definitely a lot of Pokemon fans coming out of the woodwork. I can’t believe it really.

  5. Vicki says

    June 14, 2017 at 10:13 pm

    Just wondering – did you use paint for the fingerprints? Or stamp pads? These look so cool!

    • Karen Jensen, TLT says

      June 15, 2017 at 5:32 pm

      Hi Vicki,
      We used stamp pads

      • Vicki Palmer says

        June 15, 2017 at 7:04 pm

        Thanks!!

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