Library Spring Break Activities

Creative Kid’s Writing Workshop: Write and Illustrate Your Own Children’s Book

Ages: 7 – 12 yrs. Registration Required Sat, Mar. 4 10 a.m.

Got stories you’re itching to share with the world? Work with local middle-grade novel author Christa Palm to create the text for an eight-page illustrated children’s book. In one session, you can get your book’s text down on paper. Next, illustrate your pages at home. Bring your finished book to the library, and we will display it for all readers! Healthy, yummy snacks included. Sponsored by The Masterpiece Literary Center of Dubuque.

Eco-Artists’ Art Show

Ages: All Ages Registration Required Sat, Mar. 4 2 p.m.

Join in our Eco-Artists’ Art Show for the month of March! Participate in one of two ways: 1) Bring a recycled-goods art piece that you made at home to the library from March 1 – 5. OR 2) Join us in the program room on March 4 and use library art supplies to create your own masterpiece! Voila: you are an eco-artist!

Read Across America Celebration

Ages: 2 – 6 yrs. Registration Required Sat, Mar. 25 10:30 a.m.

Grab your little ones and enjoy this celebration of reading with read-aloud books, activity stations, and more.

April Fools Fun

Ages: 6 – 12 yrs. Registration Required W, Mar. 29 5 p.m.

Are you ready for April Fools Day? Join other pranksters at the library to prepare the ultimate tool kit and plan the best shenanigans to fool your family and friends.

Going on an Egg Hunt

Ages: All Ages Registration Not Required April 1 – 30

Practice your egg hunting skills in time for Easter. Find all the themed eggs hidden in the Children’s Department and earn a prize!

Spring Break Activities

Duct Tape Decoration

Ages: 8 – 12 yrs. Registration Required M, Mar. 13 2 p.m.

Ever wonder how your parents spent their time in middle school? Join us for a retro rewind to discover how to decorate every single thing with colorful duct tape.

Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles! Ages: 6 – 10 yrs. Registration Required T, Mar. 14 4 p.m.

Join us in learning about the history of puzzles, different kinds of puzzles, and create your own.

Boredom Buster Day

Ages: 6 – 12 yrs. Registration Required W, Mar. 15 2 p.m.

Nothing to do during spring break? Come on down to the library to pick a special activity book. Choose from cool craft kits like paper airplanes, bath bombs, pom-pom critters, cross stitch, and more. You pick, you create!

Rhythm Drum Circle

Ages: 3 – 8 yrs. Registration Not Required F, Mar. 17 10 a.m.

Playing through rhythm helps children to connect to their inner beat and connect to others. Come enjoy this fun activity for families.

Super Mario Day

Ages: 10 – 17 yrs. Registration Required F, Mar. 17 1 p.m.

Let’s-a go to the library to celebrate everyone’s favorite adventurous plumber and his friends. Explore fun activities and crafts to get hyped up before the new movie comes out!

Cat’s Cradle and other Yarn Games

Ages: 6 – 11 yrs. Registration Required W, Apr. 5 4 p.m.

Come learn how to do yarn games such as Cat’s Cradle, Jacob’s Ladder, Cup and Saucer, and more!

Make a No-Sew Fleece Pillow Pet

Ages: 8 – 12 yrs. Registration Required F, Apr. 7 2 p.m.

Create a no-sew fleece pillow pet that you can hug and squeeze and keep for your very own! No feeding or walking required.

Bluey Party

Ages: 2 – 6 yrs. Registration Required Sat, Apr. 8 2 p.m.

Celebrate your favorite Blue Heeler family with stories, hands-on activities, and more.

ArtBots

Ages: 8 – 12 yrs. Registration Required T, Apr. 18 4 p.m.

They doodle, they dance, they’re…ArtBots! Practice your STEM skills by creating an ArtBot robot with markers for “legs” who wobbles across a piece of paper, creating art as it moves.

LEGO® Relay Race (for Architecture Days)

Ages: 7 – 12 yrs. Registration Required Th, Apr. 20 4 p.m.

Flex your creativity and stay active in this friendly competition. Each challenge will come with an additional relay race with a silly twist–maybe you’ll have to dance like a robot before you build a secret laboratory, or stagger like a zombie before you build a haunted house. Join us and see what fun awaits!

Creative Kid’s Writing Workshop: Comic/ Graphic Novel Writing

Ages: 7 – 12 yrs. Registration Required Sat, Apr. 22 10 a.m.

Are you a writer and an artist intent on creating a graphic novel for a real audience? Join local middle-grade novel author and artist Christa Palm in a fun workshop that will help you plan, write, and begin to illustrate your very own graphic novel. Finish your illustrations at home, and bring your graphic novel back to the library to be displayed at the library for all your readers! Healthy, yummy snacks included. Sponsored by The Masterpiece Literary Center of Dubuque.

Meet Author Varian Johnson

Ages: 8+ Registration Not Required T, Apr. 25 6 p.m.

Meet awarding-winning children’s book author Varian Johnson! Author visits are a wonderful and enriching experience for students and educators alike, and we’re excited to have author Varian Johnson visiting the library to share his life as a reader and writer. Varian is the author of several novels for children and young adults, including The Parker Inheritance, which won both the Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor awards; The Great Greene Heist, an ALA Notable Children’s book and Kirkus Reviews Best Book; and the graphic novel Twins, illustrated by Shannon Wright and many others.

Button Vase

Ages: 6 – 12 yrs. Registration Required W, Apr. 26 5 p.m.

Learn how to make a fun spring button bouquet in a salt shaker! Display your bouquet at home or gift it to someone special.

Preschool Playdough Palooza

Ages: 3 – 6 yrs. Registration Required F, Apr. 28 3 p.m.

Create playdough masterpieces spring boarding from the book “Play With Clay!” by Jenny Pinkerton.

Register for programs via the online events calendar at www.carnegiestout.org.