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MidKid Take & Make: Basketball Cup and Ball Craft

All Day 2/16 - 2/22
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
MidKids
Event Details:

For ages 8-12 years old. All kids require registration, and are avaliable for pickup for one week.

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: MidKids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

For ages 8-12 years old. All kids require registration, and are avaliable for pickup for one week.

Take & Stitch: Ruffle Heart Coaster

All Day 2/16 - 2/22
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Coast through this simple valentines day themed craft for your home or to gift to someone special! Registration required.

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Coast through this simple valentines day themed craft for your home or to gift to someone special! Registration required.

Puzzle Race

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Family, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Think you have the fastest puzzling skills in town? Grab some friends and come prove it! Compete in teams of up to four over 2 hours to see who can finish their puzzle first! Prize...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Family, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Think you have the fastest puzzling skills in town? Grab some friends and come prove it! Compete in teams of up to four over 2 hours to see who can finish their puzzle first! Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!

Jewelry Making: Metal Stamping

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

Drop in at the Youth Services Department on the second floor and design your own metal stamped jewelry pendant! For ages 12-18 years old. No registration required.

Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Drop in at the Youth Services Department on the second floor and design your own metal stamped jewelry pendant! For ages 12-18 years old. No registration required.

Kids & MidKids Sign Language

Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Games & Activities, Lecture
Age Group:
Kids, MidKids
Event Details:

Are you interested in learning sign language or want to brush up on your skills? Look no further than this new sign language program, teaching basic sign language with fun activiti...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids, MidKids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Games & Activities, Lecture
Required
Seats Remaining: 19
Event Details:

Are you interested in learning sign language or want to brush up on your skills?

Cuentos en Español

Friday, February 21, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere regis...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere registro.

Decade DIY: 1900

Saturday, February 22, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

We love history!! Join us for our new crafting series at the library. Each month we will feature a decade from history where we will listen to decade themed music and create a one ...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

We love history!! Join us for our new crafting series at the library. Each month we will feature a decade from history where we will listen to decade themed music and create a one of a kind work of art that was popular during that time period.

Teen Take & Make: Tin Candles

All Day 2/23 - 3/1
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens
Event Details:

For ages 12-18 years old. All kits require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 6
Event Details:

For ages 12-18 years old. All kits require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

American Girl Doll Book Club

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:15pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Games & Activities
Age Group:
MidKids, Teens
Event Details:

Do you like dolls, history, and American Girl? Then join our American Girl Doll Book Club running for only the second year here at the library! The featured American Girl Doll this...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: MidKids, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:

Do you like dolls, history, and American Girl? Then join our American Girl Doll Book Club running for only the second year here at the library! The featured American Girl Doll this month is Claudie Wells!

Cuentos en Español

Friday, February 28, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere regis...

Open
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere registro.

Galaxy Jars Craft: Night of the Planetary Alignment

Friday, February 28, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
MidKids
Event Details:

Celebrate 'planet parade' day as Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all appear together in the night sky tonight. Transform a jar into nebulae and galaxies!...

Closed
Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: MidKids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 0
Event Details:

Celebrate 'planet parade' day as Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars all appear together in the night sky tonight. Transform a jar into nebulae and galaxies! Registration required, ages 8-12 with caregiver.

Adult DIY Take & Make

All Day 3/1 - 3/8
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

If you're feeling crafty, check in with us each month to see what fun new project we've cooked up for you! We provide the materials and instructions, you provide the can-do attitud...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 39
Event Details:

If you're feeling crafty, check in with us each month to see what fun new project we've cooked up for you! We provide the materials and instructions, you provide the can-do attitude! Registration required.

Paint & Sip

Monday, March 3, 2025 at 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Embrace your creative side with a night of themed painting! Materials and refreshments will be provided, but bring your imagination! Registration required.

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

Embrace your creative side with a night of themed painting! Materials and refreshments will be provided, but bring your imagination! Registration required.

Ahoy! Paper Ships

Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 11:00am - 1:00pm
Korbel Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Let’s make paper ships using all recycled materials and watch them soar! Registration required.

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Korbel Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Let’s make paper ships using all recycled materials and watch them soar! Registration required.

Little Process Artists

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

What's process art? Process art is an art journey that focuses on the aspect of creating the art instead of focusing on the final result of what it looks like. The child picks the ...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

What's process art? Process art is an art journey that focuses on the aspect of creating the art instead of focusing on the final result of what it looks like.

The cover of Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters. It is a mostly red cover with Rosie at the center wearing a red polka dot bandana.

Chapter Book Seekers - Rosie Revere and the Raucous Riveters by Andrea Beaty

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

Join us for games, activities, and crafts based around a beginner chapter book. A librarian will read the first chapter aloud, and then kids can check out a copy of the book to fin...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Book Discussion, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

Join us for games, activities, and crafts based around a beginner chapter book. A librarian will read the first chapter aloud, and then kids can check out a copy of the book to finish reading at home.

Decade DIY: 1910

Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

We love history!! Join us for our new crafting series at the library. Each month we will feature a decade from history where we will listen to decade themed music and create a one ...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 30
Event Details:

We love history!! Join us for our new crafting series at the library.

Kid Take & Make: Treasure Chest

All Day 3/9 - 3/15
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Kids
Event Details:

For ages 5-8 years old. All kits require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

For ages 5-8 years old. All kits require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

Adventure Time Party

Sunday, March 9, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Family
Event Details:

Come along with we to the land of Ooo for some mathematical adventure and fun! Registration required.

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Come along with we to the land of Ooo for some mathematical adventure and fun! Registration required.

Cuentos en Español

Friday, March 14, 2025 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Imaginarium at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere regis...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Imaginarium
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers, Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Bilingual, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 12
Event Details:

¡Acompañanos para la hora del cuento en español! ¡Escucha historias, haga una manualidad y aprenda sobre la cultura hispana! Edades de 2 a 6 años con un cuidador. Se requiere registro. 

American Girl Doll Book Club: Springtime Celebration

Friday, March 14, 2025 at 4:30pm - 6:15pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Age Group:
MidKids, Teens
Event Details:

It's officially Spring! Come celebrate some American Girl Dolls' birthdays and everything Spring related in this fun and festive program. Feel free to dress up and bring your dolls...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: MidKids, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

It's officially Spring! Come celebrate some American Girl Dolls' birthdays and everything Spring related in this fun and festive program. Feel free to dress up and bring your dolls! Ages 8-17 years old with a caregiver.

MidKid Take & Make: Build a Type of Transportation (Lego)

All Day 3/16 - 3/22
Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
MidKids
Event Details:

For ages 8-12 years old. All kids require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Age Group: MidKids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Required
Seats Remaining: 18
Event Details:

For ages 8-12 years old. All kids require registration, and are available for pickup for one week.

St. Patrick's Day Storytime

Monday, March 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities, Storytime
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers
Event Details:

Celebrate St. Patrick's day with this fun Storytime. There will be a craft, stretches, and stories! Wear your greenest outfit! Registration required!

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Babies & Toddlers
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities, Storytime
Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Celebrate St. Patrick's day with this fun Storytime. There will be a craft, stretches, and stories! Wear your greenest outfit! Registration required!

Puzzle Race

Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Ferrentino Meeting Room at Elmwood Park Public Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Age Group:
Family, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Event Details:

Think you have the fastest puzzling skills in town? Grab some friends and come prove it! Compete in teams of up to four over 2 hours to see who can finish their puzzle first! Prize...

Required
Library Branch: Elmwood Park Public Library
Room: Ferrentino Meeting Room
Age Group: Family, Teens, Adults, Seniors
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Games & Activities
Required
Seats Remaining: 25
Event Details:

Think you have the fastest puzzling skills in town? Grab some friends and come prove it! Compete in teams of up to four over 2 hours to see who can finish their puzzle first! Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!