Paint and decorate a pumpkin anyway you choose! Pumpkins will be available while supplies last! Stop by the Chevy Chase Library to paint and decorate your very own pumpkin. Pumpkins, paint, and decorations will be supplied as well as snacks. Pumpkins handed out first come, first served.
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Pumpkin Decorating Contest (Parklands‑Turner Neighborhood Library) — participants receive pumpkins to paint and craft into favorite book characters, displayed for community voting, ages 5+.
Spooky-season storytime with Halloween costumes and a haunted craft at Lamond‑Riggs/Lillian J. Huff Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and under.
Creative drop‑in play about bats in the Bird House Classroom, with hands‑on activities for early learners and families, all ages welcome.
Georgetown Cupcake offers Halloween-themed cupcakes in multiple dozen assortments, each decorated with spooky fondant and sprinkles, $45 per dozen, available for pick‑up or delivery.
Make sock puppets with assorted materials at Benning Dorothy I. Height Neighborhood Library, ages 5 and up.
Pumpkin painting at Rosedale Neighborhood Library, Washington, with 11 a.m. session for ages 5‑8 and 4:30 p.m. session for ages 9‑12, for ages 5–12.
Hands‑on art‑making projects at Moonshot Studio, The REACH, Kennedy Center, celebrate creativity, for all ages.
Two-hour Excel class at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library teaches loan and mortgage calculations with the PMT formula, limited to 16 participants, for ages 18 and up.
Zoom session teaches Canva basics, exploring fonts, images, graphics for flyers, projects, and social media posts, ages 18 and up.
Inventors workshop at the American History Museum’s Spark!Lab invites ages 6–12 to create, collaborate, test, and experiment using STEM, art, and history.
Karaoke at Northeast Neighborhood Library during lunch lets singers belt out tunes with Peer Specialist Patrice, showcasing the We Care Team, for ages 18 and up.
Live video visitation with DC Jail inmates available at Anacostia Neighborhood Library Thursdays and Fridays 2‑4 pm, for ages 18 and up.
