Art / Crafts

Pirate Crafts at the library

Come one, come all to create perfectly personalized pillows! This month, we are making throw pillows and stuffing them so you can take them home with you. All supplies are provided. This activity is suitable for ages 5+. Space is limited. Registration is required.

What's your favorite dinosaur? Do you like doing STEM activities? Join for DIY Creative Studio and build your own dinosaur from the past ... or invent your own!

Clay Crab craft at The Learning Express

Let your little one’s imagination run wild! Kiddie Craft is a hands-on, creative program designed for children to explore colors, textures, and simple craft techniques in a fun and supportive environment. Join us as we use the fun of bubbles to create your own art masterpiece! Grown-ups are welcome to craft alongside their kids or relax nearby. It’s the perfect way to spark a lifelong love of art and play! Ages: 0 - 11

In this workshop you will create your own mini polaroid using drawing paper, a template, and a variety of other materials to fill in the blank space. There will be images available for you to trace and color in, you can cut and collage a scene or you are welcome to draw a picture all of your own! The possibilities are endless with a little inspiration and imagination. No matter how you choose to fill your mini polaroid, you will love taking home one of these adorable handmade creations. All Materials Provided. All Ages. Location: RiverFront Park at the Arrival Plaza outside of Kiewit Luminarium.

Free crafts for kids, extra savings for parents.  Make a bug or Safari animal magnet

Get your hands messy and your creativity moving! Teens are invited to learn basic clay-working techniques while making simple pieces like pinch pots and other small creations. All supplies are provided, just bring your imagination. This is a free event for teens.

Did you know computers have their own language? It's called "binary" and you can learn it with beads! Stop by the library on Monday, July 13, at 3:00PM to create your own binary bracelet while learning how computers communicate.

Make a Shark Sensory Bottle at The Learning Express

Ages 8-16. Register at Front Desk

Pottery has been unearthed in ancient civilizations around the globe! Create your own version of these artistic marvels to take home!

Come one, come all to create perfectly personalized pillows! This month, we are making throw pillows and stuffing them so you can take them home with you. All supplies are provided. This activity is suitable for ages 5+. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Join every Wednesday for a take along craft! Crafts will be available to make in the library, or take with you on the go.

Join for some hands on activities! Parent participation required.

In this DIY Creative Studio, we try painting dinosaurs with cottonballs.

Make an Emoji Kite at The Learning Express

Get your hands messy and your creativity moving! Teens are invited to learn basic clay-working techniques while making simple pieces like pinch pots and other small creations. All supplies are provided, just bring your imagination. This is a free event for teens.

Make Shark Slime at The Learning Express

This month they are making sew-free pillows! Kids will create their own cozy pillows using fleece and simple tying techniques. Kids will leave with their own personalized pillow to take home! All necessary materials will be provided. This activity is suitable for ages 8+. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Join every Wednesday for a take along craft! Crafts will be available to make in the library, or take with you on the go.

Come one, come all to create perfectly personalized pillows! This month, we are making throw pillows and stuffing them so you can take them home with you. All supplies are provided. This activity is suitable for ages 5+. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Do you enjoy drawing? How about scratch art painting? Give this fun art form a try during their DIY Creative Studio, where we'll scratch out our own dinosaur art!

Craft an Airplane Craft at The Learning Express

DIY Bird Houses at The Learning Express

Come one, come all to create perfectly personalized pillows! This month, we are making throw pillows and stuffing them so you can take them home with you. All supplies are provided. This activity is suitable for ages 5+. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Join every Wednesday for a take along craft! Crafts will be available to make in the library, or take with you on the go.

All Ages. Bring prehistoric fun to life in this hands-on dinosaur craft program for kids! Parent participation required.

Ages 10-18. Register at Front Desk

Celebrate the end of summer with us by crafting to your hearts content. All leftover crafts from the prior year will be available. Located in the Youth Area.

Test your creativity!

DIY Flower Pots at The Learning Express

Free In-Store Kids Workshops. Join at 9 a.m. the First Saturday of Every Month. While Supplies Last.

Relax indoors and discover the joy of paper crafting! Origami paper and instruction books will be out for you to use today. We can’t wait to see what you fold together! This is a self-directed activity. Parent  participation required for ages 10 and under. All ages are welcome!

Together we will create a large scale “painting” with liquid watercolor….run with a paintbrush, flick the color, giggle with wild abandon. Then each person gets their own hunk of the paper for abstract discovery. You might seek out bugs, wings, faces or places? Let your mind wander like a happy child. Meet at the Arrival Plaza next to the Discovery Playground!

Dungeons & Dragons Miniature Painting. Ages 10+