Kids Programming
Summer at WFBPL:
Outdoor Storytime in School House Park
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 10am
June 23rd-July 31st
We're excited to offer outdoor storytime for all ages in School House Park (across the street from the library). Join us for stories, songs, and more. In case of bad weather, we'll hold storytime in the Storytime Room.
Saturday All Day Drop-In Art!
Saturdays During Open Hours
All ages. No registration required.
Join us for a n ew summer series and celebrate famous artists throughout history. Create art with your community at the Community Art events, and Create Your Own masterpieces at the CYO drop-ins. These are for all ages, and we'll have supplies set up throughout the day in the YS area.
June 21st: Community Art: Henri Matisse - The Cut Outs
June 28th: CYO: Yayoi Kusama Obliteration Room
July 12th: Community Art: Andy Warhol Soup Cans
July 26th: CYO Piet Mondrian Cats
Cards of Kindness Drop-In Craft
Friday, June 13th and Saturday June 14th
During open library hours
Stop by the YS area during open hours to make a craft for someone you love. We'll have plenty of art supplies and a few examples to inspire you.
Colorful Cityscapes (inspired by Faith Ringgold)
Thursday, June 19th from 2pm-4pm
All Ages. (Adult caregiver required for young children)
No Registration Required.
Inspired by Faith Ringgold's Tar Beach, we'll be making colorful cityscapes at this all ages, drop-in program.
Color Your World: Big Paper
Tuesday, June 24th from 3:30pm-5:00pm.
All Ages. (Adult caregiver required for young children.)
No Registration Required.
Drop-in for this open-ended, process-focused big paper art project, and color your world! We'll have big paper, markers, crayons, and more. And we'll have prompts for those who need some ideas.
Color Our World: Cardboard Rainbow Sculptures
Monday, June 30th from 3pm-5pm
All ages. (Adult caregiver required for young children.)
No registration required.
Join us for a new series: summer sketching! We'll provide the sketchbooks and materials, and we'll also have a variety of prompts to inspire. Join us for the entire series or only for one day.
Life-Sized Keith Haring
Wednesday, July 9th from 1pm-3pm. All ages.
(Adult caregiver required for young children)
No registration required.
Inspired by the work of Keith Haring, we'll use big paper, bold colors, and simple drawings to create life-sized Keith Haring-esque portraits. Drop in, get traced, and create!
Color Our World: Sharpie Tie-Dye for Tweens
Friday, July 11th from 1:00pm-2:00pm.
Entering 4th-6th grade. Registration open now.
Stop by the youth services area to make your very own summer merit badge buttons and celebrate your summer accomplishments. Create your own design or use one of our pre-made templates!
Drop-In Art: Kandinsky Trees
Monday, July 14th from 1pm-4pm
All ages. (Adult caregiver required for young children).
No registration required.
Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's love of circles, we're making Kandinsky trees! We'll have a variety of methods to make circles. Feel free to stop in for 15 minutes of crafting or the entire time.
Dabble Lab for Tweens
Thursday, July 17th from 11:00am-noon.
Entering 4th-6th grade.
No registration required.
You're invited to Dabble Lab! We'll have a variety of cool materials perfect for tinkering and exploring. What's tinkering? It's all about hands-on experiences, learning from failures, and unstructured time to explore and invent better solutions to current problems. And it's fun!
Color Our World: Plein Air Summer Sketching
Tuesday, July 22nd from 10:00am-11:00am
All ages. (Young children welcome with an adult caregiver.)
No registration required.
Channel your inner Gabriele Munter and create a gorgeous, colorful landscape en plein air aka in open air. We'll be drawing in the library lawn and in School House Park.
Rain site: Upstairs program room.
Parachute Playtime in School-House Park
Friday, July 25th at 10:00am
2yo-5yo with an adult caregiver. Younger siblings welcome.
Registration open now.
Join us for a new series: summer sketching! We'll provide the sketchbooks and materials, and we'll also have a variety of prompts to inspire. Join us for the entire series or only for one day.
Pint-Sized Polka with Mike Schneider
Tuesday, July 29th at 6:30pm.
All ages. Registration encouraged.
You’re invited to Dabble Lab! We’ll have a variety of cool materials perfect for tinkering with and exploring. What’s tinkering? It’s all about hands-on experiences, learning from failures, and unstructured time to explore and invent better solutions to current problems. And it’s fun!
