Mega Crafts!

Mark Sunday, November 27th on your calendar and bring the entire family for some serious crafting fun in the Burgess Community Room!  

From 2-4 p.m. artists both young and young at heart will be making useful and beautiful gift worthy projects to take home for the holidays. All supplies provided just bring your imagination and have fun.

Generously sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Public Library

Towers and Turrets!

Come play with towers and turrets on Saturday August 13th.  Come design your own fantastic architectural structure using cylanders, cardboard, and lots of loose knick-knack parts.   Let your imagination and creativity flow 1:30-3:00 p.m. in the Puett Room.  The possibilities will be endless!  And all ages are welcome to attend too!

Beautiful Bead Magic

There are endless possibilities for making and decorating with beads! Unleash your creative flare and join is in the Puett Room Sunday, July 31 from 1:30-2:30 pm.  Even if you've never beaded before you'll have fun designing your own jewelry and crafts.  All ages welcome just bring your inspiration and creativity! 
We'll provide the supplies.

School's Out Drop-in Mondays, February 15

Looking for some fun on a day with no school? 
 

Stop by the library February 15 from 2-4 for some Origami fun for Everyone!

Try your hand at Japanese paper-folding.  Members of Tigard High School's Japanese National Honor Society will show you how to make simple, fun origami pieces.

 

Valentine Workshop!

Do you want to share the love with your favorite people? Come to the Puett Room this Saturday afternoon, and make valentines to your heart's content. You can make little boxes filled with sweet treats, soft felt pillows you stitch yourself, and fancy paper cards. 1:30-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 13th!

MEGA CRAFTS!

 Bring the entire family to the Library Community Room Sunday, November 29 from 2-4 p.m. for some serious all ages crafting fun!  Make useful, beautiful and gift-worthy projects for family and friends.

Generously sponsored by Friends of the Tigard Library

 

 

Cardboard Construction!

What can you make with a cardboard box? Just about anything you can imagine!
Join us this Saturday for cardboard building fun, and learn a few 3D construction techniques along the way. We'll be making games and maps using relief techniques, standing cardboard animals using slots, rockets with cones and tubes, and towering it up with box upon box, complete with embellishment. Come to the Puett Room on Saturday, April 11, 1:30-2:30 p.m. All ages welcome. See you there!

Poem Trees

Let's celebrate Arbor Week and National Poetry Month by painting a tree in the style of Douglas Florian. Come to the Puett Room from 1:30-2:30 on Sunday, April 5.

We'll use mixed-media on brown paper bags to create a one-of-a-kind tree. If you're feeling extra inspired, write a poem about your tree! Dress to get messy at this all ages event.

I LOVE Hearts!

Do you LOVE hearts???  And do you LOVE crafts???  If so, we're hosting special craft time full of nothing BUT heart crafts!  So come celebrate the day of love and friendship with heart inspired crafts in the Puett Room on Saturday February 14th from 1:30-2:30 p.m.  You'll have an hour to make things with love, then give them away to a special person or loved one!

Origami Workshop

 

Try your hand at Japanese paper-folding! 

Join us in the Puett Room Sunday, February 1 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Members of Tigard High School's Japanese National Honor Society will show you how to make simple, fun origami pieces.  Ages 5 and up.

 

What Fun Washi Tape

Looking for some fun that will stick? Join us December 7 from 1:30-2:30 for What Fun Washi Tape! We’ll make bookmark people, garlands, decorate journal covers and much more! This program is best for ages 5 and up.

PlayFoam Sculpture

Become a sculptor Sunday, October 5 from 1:30-2:30. Start with satisfyingly squishy PlayFoam, then and chenille sticks, googly eyes, feathers and much more. Take your creation home to display or
re-design. This 3-D art adventure is an all ages event.

I Heart Felted Beads!

Are you looking for some good clean fun? Do you like to work with your hands? Get tactile as we combine wool, water, a little soap, and a lot of elbow-grease! 
Make a bracelet for mom or a key fob for Father's Day!
This program is Sunday, June 15 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Puett Room.
This program is for kids 5 and up.

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

March is here and it's time to fly a kite! 

Kids ages 5 and up are invited to come visit the Puett Room on Saturday March 22nd from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. where they can create and design their very own kite.  Then, if the weather cooperates, kites can be taken outside to fly in the library field. 

Up, up, and away!!!!!!!!!!

WEEKEND ADVENTURE: Winter Wonderland Crafts

While the weather outside is frightful, come inside and do something delightful!  We've got some wonderful winter themed crafts the whole family will enjoy.  Beat your own wintery fun-foam necklaces, paint winter themed suncatchers, assemble snowman tubbey dolls, plus much, much more!  All the winter wonderland fun will be happening in the Puett Room on Saturday, December 28th, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

It's MEGA CRAFT time!

It's back and it's better than ever!  Everyone's FAVORITE Craft party, MEGA CRAFT will be here on Sunday December 1st, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Burgess Community Room!

For two whole hours, see how creative you can get creating unique crafts to keep for yourself or to giveaway as gifts.  Here's some of the crafty highlights:

• Greeting Cards
• Table Centerpieces
• Felt Magnets
• Snow Scenes
• Sachets
• Fabric Flowers
• Origami Boxes
• And so much more!

So join us for a few mintues, or for the whole two hours.  Mega Craft is open to everyone no matter  age or ability.  For a sneak peek of some of the crafts, stop by the library and visit the lobby display.  See you there!

MEGA CRAFT IS COMING!

It's that time of year when things get busy....and when Youth Services staff here at the library get busy planning for our ever so popular MEGA CRAFT!!!  I just got asked when it will be happening this year, so I thought I'd write a post sharing the good news...it will be here before we know it!  And without further adieu, MEGA CRAFT 2013 will be held on SUNDAY DECEMBER 1ST, 1:30-3:30 p.m.  It's open to all ages.  So.....mark your calendars now!  It will be a fun-filled and one heck of a crafty time!  Don't miss it!

It's Pumpkin Time!

 

Kids ages 4 & up are invited to a pumpkin craft weekend adventure!  On Saturday October 12th, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. we'll be making pumpkin masks, ornaments, magnets, and perhaps, just maybe, there might me some pumpkin decorating involved too!  So come celebrate the harvest season with this bright orange ornamental object of fall.  And be sure to come prepared to get messy!!! (with permanent markers that is!)

Back to School With Seuss!

What time is it?  It's Seuss Time! (And back to school time too!) Join in the back to school fun by inspiring your child’s curiosity. Help your kids continue to be enthusiastic about learning with some Seuss-inspired activities from Seussville.  How about making some pinwheel sandwiches for your child's school lunch?  Or some Big Chrunch-err-oo's for an after school snack?  Check out the Seussville Back to School with Dr. Seuss! page for some more school related activities.  It will be Seuss-tastic!

Summer of Seuss

Parents, are you looking for some last-minute end of summer fun?  Why not check out the Summer of Seuss page located over at Seussville.com?  They've got lots of
Seuss-y like activities, like a recipe for a "Pink Ink Yink Drink" (a strawberry smoothie),  having a "Seuss Spa Day", making a kite, and creating Seussical Musical instruments.  Stop by and join in the fun!