Event List

Teddy Bear Workshop: Color Splash Teddy (ages 2-12)

Week 1: Monday, 6/30 @ 6:00pm

Visit the CCLD table at the Horseheads Farmer's Market! CCLD will be attending the market the first Friday of each month (August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd).

Happy Summer Reading!

SRC Take and Make Craft #6: Color by Number Kit

Follow the code to create a beautiful picture! Crayons included!

Available starting 8/4 in the Kids Space, while supplies last!

Tote Bag Tie Dye Program: join us on August 4th and August 11th, from 3-4  to do a sharpie tie dye process on a tote bag you can keep as a library bag. Tote bags supplied by the Big Flats Library Advocates

Color your world with reading rainbow. Learn the copper foil stained glass process with artist, Erica Unterwoman. Solder candy colored glass pieces to sculpt a traditional suncatcher.

Monday, July 7th @ 5:30pm - Abstract Squeegee Painting

Mindfulness in Drawing: Create a beautiful sunset drawing with watercolor pens and simple tangle patterns.

Ever want to learn how paint with Acrylics? We will be starting these sessions off by learning the process of acrylic painting, then we will venture towards learning about and creating still life and landscape paintings.

Teddy Bear Workshop: Color Splash Teddy (ages 2-12)

Week 1: Monday, 6/30 @ 6:00pm

Use beach-themed items like sea glass, driftwood, and seashells to create motifs and designs in your very own shadow box! Free and open to adults and teens, registration required. 

7th-12th graders:  curious about acting?  Interested in writing a play?  Hang out with performer, writer Tim Collins and learn acting skills, and collaborate with other teens to write and develop other plays to perform in 2025!&nbsp

Root Beer Float Day!

Wednesday, August 6th @1:30pm

Get ready for School and be the coolest one in class with your very own personally engraved pencil! You can keep them for yourself, share with your bestie or even give one to your teacher to let them know how awesome they are!

Join Luca from The Magician’s Kitchen to learn how
to decorate cookies with a few different designs!
 

Space is LIMITED!! 

S’mores Day!!

Friday, August 8th @ 2:00pm

Tote Bag Tie Dye Program: join us on August 4th and August 11th, from 3-4  to do a sharpie tie dye process on a tote bag you can keep as a library bag. Tote bags supplied by the Big Flats Library Advocates

Scrappy birds need love, too. Learn the copper foil stained glass process with artist, Erica Unterwoman. Solder candy colored glass pieces to sculpt a baby birds for your desk.

This is the second part of the class continuing to learn the process to paint with acrylics. We will learn more techniques of using acrylic paints to create a still life and landscape painting when the session is complete.

7th-12th graders:  curious about acting?  Interested in writing a play?  Hang out with performer, writer Tim Collins and learn acting skills, and collaborate with other teens to write and develop other plays to perform in 2025!&nbsp

Marshmallow Painted Flowers

Wednesday, August 13th @ 10:00am

The Calligraphy Club meets the second Wednesday of each month from 2:30-4pm at the West Elmira Library. Bring your own supplies to work on the monthly theme, or anything else you prefer. The club is an open-ended chance to learn from each other.

As the "Color Our World" summer reading club draws to a close, let's transition from painting the pages of our imaginations to painting the world around us with vibrant colors through rock painting.

We will be making signs on the Cricut Machine for your Classroom, (or Dorm Room, Locker or Bedroom) to look bright and cheery, stay organized, be colorful, and to express yourself!

Mindfulness in drawing; decorating a trinket box with tangling and mixed media.