Coloring Crea-tea-vity

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Spend an afternoon in a relaxing environment with others, while you coloring images of your choosing while having a cup of tea.  Children will be provided juice boxes if they do not prefer tea. Coloring sheets and other materils will be provided. 

Storytime and Craft

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Bring the little ones for a storytime session about birds, just in time for Summer! We will read some stories about pets, and create a kitty paper bag puppet craft together for your little one to take home.

Endangered Animal Book Buddy Read Along

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Bring your endangered stuffed animal and read them a story!  Children can sit on the carpet or in a chair and read a book to their stuffed best buddy. Prereaders can "read" the book or have a parent or guardian read with them. Small children must be accompanied by an adult. Snacks and juice boxes will be provided.

Teen Movie Night

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us for a heartwarming movie night watching Raise Your Voice.

Terri Fletcher is a small town girl with the voice of a big-time singer. When personal tragedy interrupts her steady life, Terri defies her father's wishes and secretly heads off to spend a summer at a Los Angeles performing arts academy.

Frankengames

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Calling all Teens! Use your creativity and inginuity to create a new board game, card game, or dice game from an existing one.  What type of game woudl you create? Show us your ideas or work with friends to create a new game. 

Screen Free Week – Card Game Day

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us as we put our screens down for the day and play cards with family and friends. Play games such as war or go fish with the little ones, or rummy and spoons with the teens. Adults can choose games such as Euchre, Spades or Hearts. Enjoy an afternoon with family and friends playing your favorite card games. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Screen Free Week – Paper Crafts

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us as we put our screens down for the day andcreate oragami paper crafts with family and friends. Create one of your own creation or use one of the examples and directions available to create an oragami craft.  There will be a variety of colored paper to choose from.

Wee Wonders Program – Cicadas

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us for our monthly Wee Wonders Program with the Sand Ridge Nature Center! This month we will be learning about cicadas! Why do they make such loud noises? Why are there so many of them? Come in and ask during the program!

Screen Free Week – Plant a Flower

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us as we put our screens down for the day and plant a flower with family and friends. There will be a few different flowers to choose from. All materials will be provided. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Screen Free Week – Outdoor Lawn Games

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us as we put our screens down for the day and play outside with family and friends. Spend an afternoon playing one of the many lawn games we have provided. Snacks and drinks will be provided.

Board Meeting

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Join us for our monthly board meeting at 7:00pm in the children's library! All are welcome.

Road Trip Planners

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Hey Teens! Are you going on a road trip? Want to make a road trip planner to keep track of activities, food, packing lists and more for your next road trip? Join us as we create a road trip planner geared toward your road trip! All materials will be provided.

Bullet Journal

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Hey Teens!! Are you looking for a way to get all your information together for the new school year, or how about your job, or your chores at home? A bullet journal is the perfect place to keep track of everything all in one place. The best part, you can be as creative or minimalist as you would like. Add stickers, color codes, stanps, washi tape, and so much more.  There will be plenty of examples and guides for you to get ideas from. 

Virtual World Build Day

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Do you love minecraft, SimCity, Inkarnate, or another building application? Bring in your own Laptop, iPad or other device to create your own world. Use your imagination and create your dream home, a castle, or other building of your choosing. If you don't have your own, we have a limited amount of laptops available for use. These will be wiped at the end of the session. If you need to use a laptop, please call and reserve one before the day of the event. If you call the day of, you WILL NOT be able to reserve one. It is a first come, first serve.  This program is for teens only!

Earth Person Craft

Thornton Public Library 115 E. Margaret St., Thornton, IL, United States

Bring the little ones in and create an earth perso out of paper plates and construction paper. Using crayons, Markers or colored pencils to create the earth. Give your person a happy face with legs and arms and then give it a name! What earth person will you create?

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