Travelogue: Greece
Guest speaker Meredith Miller will share experiences from her recent trip to Thessaloniki, Greece, including the Palace and Royal Tombs of Aikai—birthplace of Alexander the Great!
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Intro to Dungeons & Dragons
Learn how to play Dungeons & Dragons in this introductory one-shot adventure! Open to kids ages 8-12, and parents are welcome to attend as well. Librarian Meredith will walk players through character sheet layout and basic game mechanics, and then launch players into a brief encounter to get a feel for game play. This session
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4-H Presents: Nature Art
Come explore the outdoors and your creativity! Leaders from the Waupaca area 4-H will guide children in using natural objects—like leaves, flowers, and pine cones—to create beautiful prints on paper. Kids can make a picture and/or bookmark to take home. Paint will be used, so dress for mess! Ages: 6–11 Younger children with a caregiver
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Help Our Garden Grow!
Drop into the library between Monday, March 31 and Saturday, April 5 to help us fill our window planters with paper flowers to celebrate Spring! The library will provide the supplies and instructions to make a variety of paper flowers. Make several to add to our display and have some to take home! All ages
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Shadow Play
Join us at the library on Friday, January 24 for some shadow fun! Kids can enjoy a Story Time from 2–2:30 followed by shadow activities and crafts from 2:30–4 p.m. Story Time will include stories an an easy activity for 4–6 year olds; later activities, including shadow art, shadow plays, and paper luminaries, may be
Rain Gardens and Prairie Plants
Learn about rain gardens and prairie plants through a brief presentation by Generation Native Plant Nursery owner, Nichole Good, and librarian Meredith followed by hands-on exploration in the library’s prairie rain garden. Stay to help us weed and thin plants in the rain garden, then take home some prairie plants for your own garden! (Be
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Spring Seed Starting
Think Spring with a seed starting event at the Scandinavia Public Library! We’ll have tomato, marigold, and maybe some other seeds that you can plant and take home to grow. This program is intended for children ages 5-11 with their families. Older individuals may also be able to participate if enough supplies are available. You
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Solar Eclipse Party!
On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross the United States. Join us at the library from 10:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. to make a pin-hole camera and observe the eclipse! Self-guided instructions for making a pin-hole camera will be available starting at 10:30 am. The eclipse will reach its peak at 11:55 a.m., so
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Sun Fun!
Learn about the sun, moon, and solar eclipses! Plan to: Share books about the sun, moon, and solar eclipses. During a solar eclipse, the moon nearly covers the entire sun. The sun is 400 times larger than the moon. How can this be? We’ll explore this together! Create eclipse chalk art. Obtain a pair of