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Big Flats Craft Table: Paperbag Puppets!

06/20/2025 @ 12:00pm to 06/30/2025 @ 5:00pm
Big Flats Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens

Paper bag puppet!

This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group

Steele Kids: Stuffed Animal Repair Clinic

Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Kid's Space Program Room at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens

Saturday, June 28th @ 1:30pm-3:30pm

Kid’s Space

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Steele Kids: Take and Make - DIY Birdhouse

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Kid's Space at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-directed Activities & Kits
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Happy Summer Reading!

SRC Take and Make Craft #1: DIY Birdhouses

Assemble, color, and decorate your own little bird house for your feathered friends!

Available starting 6/30 in the Kids Space, while supplies last!

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Open Sew

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Open Sew is an unstructured workshop, open to all skill levels, where sewers can socialize while working on their projects. Sewing machines and workspace are provided and an instructor is available to offer assistance and advice when needed.

This event is in the "Babies & Toddlers" group
This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group

Steele Kids: Color Splash Teddy Bear Workshop

Monday, June 30, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Kid's Space Program Room at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens

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

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

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Registration Required
This event is in the "Adults" group

Steele Adult - Summer Reading Club Take & Make: DIY Drink Charms

All Day
Downstairs Lounge at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Adults

To celebrate this year's Summer Reading Club theme 'Color Our World,' there will be take and make kits for DIY drink charms at Steele! Each kit comes with 4 beaded wine cork rings, a paint brush, and paints to create 4 unique charms.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Horseheads Adult Summer Coloring Contest

All Day 7/1 - 7/3
Horseheads Free Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-directed Activities & Kits
Age Group:
Adults

Join our Adult Summer Coloring Contest and add a splash of creativity to your day. Ask at the front desk to browse our selection of adult coloring books, choose your favorite page, and bring it to life with color!

This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen/Tween Folded book art

All Day 7/1 - 7/3
Horseheads Free Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens

Folded book art is a fascinating and creative craft that transforms ordinary books into intricate sculptures through precise folding techniques.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Fine Art Drawing Class 4 – Landscape

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Pencil Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw a landscape scene in pencil. We will learn how to use perspective, shading and composition to draw a landscape from a photo reference in class.

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Van Etten Summer Reading Kick-Off and Craft!

All Day
Van Etten Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Community, Self-directed Activities & Kits, Special Events
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults, Everyone

Sign up for and Celebrate this year's summer reading program theme, "Color Our World" and create colorful Spin Art!  Spin art is a fun and easy action art activity for kids of all ages!

This event is in the "Children" group
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Steele Kids: Firework Painting!

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Kid's Space at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Happy Independence Day!

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This event is in the "Teens" group

Steele Teen Zine making

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Teen Space at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Book Clubs / Literature / Writing, Games & Hobbies
Age Group:
Teens

7th-12th graders learn how to make their own zine with artist and performer Tim Collins. Supplies provided. 

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This event is in the "Teens" group
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Butterfly Houses

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Home, & Garden, Science & Nature / STEAM, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Create a wonderful Butterfly House to help these special critters have a place to overwinter this year! We will use wooden paint sticks to build these homes then will paint them with acrylic paints to look great in your yard.

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Steele Kids: Summer Reading Kickoff Party!

Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Kid's Space Program Room at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Special Events
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens

Happy Summer Reading! Let's kick off the summer in style with a fun-filled afternoon of crafts & special guests!

Thursday, July 3rd @ 2:30pm

Independence Day

All Day 7/4 - 7/5
Big Flats Library, Horseheads Free Library, Steele Memorial Library, Van Etten Library, West Elmira Library, Bookmobile, Off Site, Virtual

All CCLD locations will be closed for Independence Day.

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This event is in the "Tweens" group
This event is in the "Teens" group

Teen/Tween Folded book art

All Day 7/7 - 7/31
Horseheads Free Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Tweens, Teens

Folded book art is a fascinating and creative craft that transforms ordinary books into intricate sculptures through precise folding techniques.

This event is in the "Adults" group

Horseheads Adult Summer Coloring Contest

All Day 7/7 - 8/15
Horseheads Free Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-directed Activities & Kits
Age Group:
Adults

Join our Adult Summer Coloring Contest and add a splash of creativity to your day. Ask at the front desk to browse our selection of adult coloring books, choose your favorite page, and bring it to life with color!

This event is in the "Children" group
This event is in the "Tweens" group

Steele Kids: Take and Make - Spinning Color Wheel

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Kid's Space at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Self-directed Activities & Kits
Age Group:
Children, Tweens

Happy Summer Reading!

SRC Take and Make Craft #2: Spinning Color Wheel

Create a colorful spinning wheel that will delight your eyes!

Available starting 7/7 in the Kids Space, while supplies last!

This event is in the "Tweens" group

Steele Kids: Tween Paint Day -- Abstract Squeegee Art

Monday, July 7, 2025 at 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Kid's Space Program Room at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Tweens

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

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Fine Art Class 5 – Portrait Drawing

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Adults

Fine Art Pencil Drawing for adults. This class will be focusing on how to draw a portrait in pencil.

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This event is in the "Teens" group
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West Elmira- Calligraphy Club

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 2:30pm - 4:00pm
West Elmira Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Teens, Adults

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.

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Steele Kids: Color Splash Teddy Bear Workshop

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 at 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Kid's Space Program Room at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Babies & Toddlers, Children, Tweens

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

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

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Bird Feeder

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tinker Lab at Steele Memorial Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Food, Home, & Garden, Science & Nature / STEAM, Workshops / Classes / Lectures
Age Group:
Children, Tweens, Teens, Adults

Summertime is bird watching time! Let’s make bird feeders out of wooden sticks and then paint them in acrylic paints to add a bit of color to your yard! Learn about the birds in the Elmira area that will be coming to snack too!

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