Event List

Combine science and art to make colorful flowers that light up.

Join us for a sensory-friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several stations of fun activities while socializing.

Stations include storytime, a craft, and interactive playtime.

Teaching artist Jay Mankita is a maker/educator who'll lead this mechanically-oriented maker space event.

Join us for this special craft program presented by the 2025 MPL Adult Summer Reading Program! 

Get your crafting table warmed up at this fun event!

Using markers, paper, and a clear gridded paper children will have the chance to design their own Minecraft bookmark.

Solo RPG’s are private storytelling experiences driven by randomized decisions, in this case, the roll of a dice and your creativity.

Use the randomized experiences you encounter to begin writing your own adventure.  

Do you have what it takes to become a spy?

Learn how to decode messages, take a turn at crawling under “lasers,” and more at this fun event.

Join us for a fun-filled evening with some good old-fashioned finger painting!

We will be painting beautiful hydrangeas on canvas in an impressionist style.

All supplies will be provided.

Send your minifig on a zip line adventure.

How fast can you make them go?

Build your favorite video game character or gaming accessory in 2-D 8-bit form with Perler beads.

Patterns will be available and kids are welcome to create their own. Staff will iron their creations to take home.

These guys are pretty cute for cacti!

Join us to create your own cactus out of paper, markers, and glue.

This event is best suited for children ages 5-years-old and older with siblings welcome.

Build a catapult out of Popsicle sticks, rubber bands and a spoon.

We will be testing your creations to see whose will launch a pom-pom the farthest for a small prize.

Using air dry clay, paint and other materials we will make a DIY Mimic to hold all of your table top dice!

Make your mimic as terrifying or cute as you want. 

Come to the teen room to craft your own DIY fidget using Popsicle sticks, string and beads. 

Join us for a sensory-friendly playtime where children and caregivers can interact with several stations of fun activities while socializing.

Stations include storytime, a craft, and interactive playtime.

Art never looked so plush.

Children will use pom poms, glue, and cardboard to create a small picture.

Templates will be available and children are welcome to create their own design.

The Rainbow Roundtable is a LGBTQIA+ oriented club where we talk about what we are reading, watching and listening to that’s LGBTQIA+ related.

Chat as you complete a craft!

Learn new techniques to build the best possible paper airplane. 

We will be testing your creations to see whose will fly the farthest and straightest! 

Come make a ginormous beaded lizard out of pool noodles!

Cool off with some ice painting.

We'll provide aprons but come dressed in clothes you don't mind getting messy.

Level up by learning how to weave!

Create a coaster sensation while learning a new skill.

Children will use string, cardboard, and yarn to weave their own unique creation.

Be reminded of summer all year long!

Join us to decoupage oyster shells into beautiful trinket/jewelry holders.

All supplies will be provided.

Create an adorable version of your favorite Pokémon using yarn, cardboard and other materials.  

During this two hour session you will make nearly everything you need for Dungeons & Dragons.