Day Calendar

This take home kit is designed for children ages 3 and up to create art in the style of African American Artist Alma Woodsey Thomas with their parents. Kits are first come, first serve. Feel free to call ahead and check on availability!

Celebrate African American Astronauts by creating your own mini galaxy. In celebration of Black History Month teens will be provided material to create their own mini galaxy.

Blast Off! This kit includes supplies to create a paper rocket, honoring the accomplishments of Mae Jemison. This kit is designed for young children ages 3-5 to explore and create with their parents. Kits are first come, first serve.

This program is designed for parents and children ages 2-5 to do together. Decorate a colorful sleeve to keep your library card safe! While supplies last via curbside service.

This program is designed for children ages 6-12. Do this introductory computer-free coding activity to celebrate Valentine's Day. While supplies last via curbside service.

Celebrate Black History Month and musical artists of color with CD scratch art.

No virtual component. Two kits per household please.

Weekly Make & Take Craft kits available as supplies last. Great for customers of all ages! Most supplies included, may need some supplemental materials such as glue or markers. Children may require adult help & supervision.

Spoticus is traveling around the world this year. Each month he will be visiting a new country but he needs your help. Solve the puzzles using familiar sight words and complete the craft inside to learn about each new place.

If you can paint one dot, you can paint many! Relax by painting dots into a soothing pattern. The kit contains all the supplies needed to create a beautiful mandala coaster. Adults only. Registration required. Limit 1 kit per registrant.

Can you be the very best at these wild Pokémon crafts and challenges? Try your hand at creating a Pikachu pom pom and learn some real-life versions of Pokémon attacks!

Kit pickup is from 2/15 - 2/28.

Celebrate Black History Month with this STEAM activity! Learn about famous and popular inventions created by Black Inventors.
Create your own traffic light! Paper circuit kit with supplies included!
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Express creativity with color transfer, color mixing, and layering techniques with this process art activity! Participants will have fun tearing and crinkling bleeding tissue paper to create a unique work of art.

Use the supplies provided to make your very own unique cardboard sculpture! There is no rhyme or reason to how you choose to build or design your masterpiece! Feel free to build it, change it, and create something new! The sky is the limit!

Kiddos of all ages will have fun creating, playing, and learning with these unique jewelry ideas! This low mess activity will aid in the development of hand-eye coordination and precision hand movements while looking FABULOUS!

Everyone needs a date night, and the pandemic has made that hard. But fear not! We have the perfect solution: Date Night in a Bag!

February is Heart Disease awareness month. This kit includes directions and supplies to make a heart inspired mini wreath and learn tips on how to promote good heart health. This kit is first come, first serve.

Celebrate adult friendships with a throw back to your early days - DIY Friendship Bracelets. This kit contains everything needed to create friendship bracelets, recipes for friendship bread, and booklists on maintaining adult friendships.

You know those expensive subscription boxes that send you a book and a bunch of cool swag? Well, this is the free version! Registered teens will receive a box containing a free book to keep and a bunch of other bookish goodies.

Go on a quest for knowledge with Ralph Ellison's annual trivia quiz! This year our quizzes are take-home kits. You will get the questions and the answers along with a prize.

Throughout 2021, Black History Month and Beyond, Ralph Ellison Library is providing a unique visual opportunity by visiting former locations of Black establishments.

Use a paper plate to make a Valentine's Day unicorn. Also included are some activity pages and some book suggestions about unicorns and Valentine's Day. Take home kits are first come, first serve.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) painted abstractions inspired by moments—from nature viewed through her living room windows to the Apollo Moon landings witnessed on the television screen.

Contains one polar bear craft, one penguin craft, and an information sheet about the two species. Available to all ages, registration required.

How’s this for a super cute, unique candle idea? The wonderful scent of fresh coffee – in a candle! Easily make your own Coffee Bean Candle with this kit. Everything you need is included. You will need some method to melt the wax.