Tell us about your experience at the library! Using crayons, colored pencils, watercolors, markers, charcoals or paint to create an original bookmark. (No computer generated images, please.) Make it wonderful and colorful!

Artists from preschool to age 18 are invited to participate. Details and entry forms will be available at the library beginning February 22.

In March, Library patrons will vote on their favorites and winners will be announced during National Library Week in April.

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Ages 6-18
Friday, February 26
2-4pm

Enjoy a day off from school. Come hang out at the library for an afternoon of gaming. We’ll pull out the board games and play some fun new-to-you games. We’ll also have the Wii for wireless games.

If you have a board game you’d like to share, bring it and introduce other kids and teens to your game.

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Kidscape – Celebrate Kansas
(ages 6-11)
Thursday, January 28
4-5pm

Celebrate Kansas Day with wheat and sunflower treats,and a Kansas game.

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Kidscape
(ages 6-11)
Thursday, February 4
4:00-5:00pm

Come make and decorate paper lanterns to help ring in the Chinese New Year, create a dancing dragon and enjoy some New Year treats! The Year of the Tiger begins on February 14.

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Kidscape (ages 6-11)
Thursday, December 10
4:30-5:30 pm

Create your own masterpiece out of odds and ends from our craft room!

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Kidscape (ages 6-11)
Thursday, October 8
4:30-5:30pm

Savannah Sunderman will talk about her book ABC and getting a book published.

Then we’ll make our own ABC books.

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photo courtesy of Reading With Rover (readingwithrover.org)

Kidscape (ages 6-11)
Thursday, November 12
4:30-5:30pm

Kidscape is going to the dogs. Two therapy dogs will be here for you to read to. Dogs don’t judge you and love to be read to.  Sign up to read to a dog, then make a craft for the animals at a local shelter.

Sign up for a 10-minute reading slot at the library.

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November 14 – 2-4pm
(Ages 6-18)

Come celebrate National Gaming Day @ your library with us! We’ll have board games and the Wii!

Hundreds of libraries across the country will be participating!

Help us break the record for the most number of people playing the same board game on the same day!

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Join us for the first Kidscape Thursday of the summer!

Personalize your own lunch bag perfect for picnicking.

Kidscape Thursdays (ages 6-12)
June 11 at 2pm
200 E. Third St.

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Enjoy music by some jazz greats while making your own instruments with common things around your house.

Kidscape Thursdays (ages 6-11)
June 18 at 2pm

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