Event List

Drop-in and build your early literacy skills with alphabet activities. Be prepared to get messy! 

Ages 2-5 with a parent/caregiver. 

Drop in with the whole family to make some fun rain-themed crafts. 

Projects are intended for ages 3 - 10, though younger children with a grown-up and older children are welcome to participate. 

Create handmade knitted and crocheted crafts for local organizations. Please bring your needles and/or hooks and some acrylic or cotton yarn.

While your child is playing with our toys, create a “busy bag.” Each busy bag contains an age-appropriate activity for your toddler or preschooler to play with on the go. All supplies provided. This month’s activity: Bunny Whiskers.

Create a colorful portrait of your pet using markers, paint, and tracing. 

Sewing expert Mike Hall will go over all the basics of setting up and using a sewing machine. Sewing machines and supplies will be provided.

Create a colorful portrait of your pet using markers, paint, and tracing. 

Create handmade knitted and crocheted crafts for local organizations. Please bring your needles and/or hooks and some acrylic or cotton yarn.

Use supplies provided in the Youth Services Department to get creative and make a seasonal craft.

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: Zen Gardens

Tap into your inner creativity with a fun and easy craft project. This month: Zen Gardens

Create like the great artists! We will look at the artwork of well-known artists and then use them as inspiration to create our own works of art. This session's artist: Jasper Johns. 

Grades 1–5 


Drop-in with the whole family to make pet-themed crafts. 

Projects are intended for ages 3-10, though younger children with a grown-up and older children are welcome to participate. 

Adopt a pet your adult can’t say no to! Participants will craft their very own “pet”, fill out adoption papers, and then decorate a home for their pet to live in. 

Grades K–3

Adopt a pet your adult can’t say no to! Participants will craft their very own “pet”, fill out adoption papers, and then decorate a home for their pet to live in. 

Grades 4-6

Learn all about seeds and seed germination through an engaging storytime, an arts-and-crafts project, a hands-on activity, and a snack. This program is presented by the Cook County Farm Bureau’s Ag in the Classroom program. 

Create handmade knitted and crocheted crafts for local organizations. Please bring your needles and/or hooks and some acrylic or cotton yarn.

Use your creative skills to transform a cardboard box into an awesome hangout spot for your cat (or another small pet). Boxes and other basic supplies provided. Adults and families are welcome.