Learn about the Festival of Lights and create diyas, rangoli, and other crafts to get ready for the upcoming holiday. Please visit and subscribe to our YouTube Channel - Loudoun County Public Library Online Programs - for more programs.
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Decorate a paper cape, drop it into the Hero or Villain bowl, and watch the battle unfold at Ashburn Library, ages 10 and under.
Brambleton Library hosts toddler storytime featuring rhymes, songs, stories, and movement for children 18 months to 3 years with a caregiver.
Cheryl Freeman leads a hands‑on watercolor workshop at Herndon Fortnightly Maker Lab, teaching basic techniques and color‑mixing experiments, for ages 13 and up.
Maker Lab Drop-in Hours (Herndon Fortnightly Library) — Access 3D printer, sewing and embroidery machines, Cricut and Cameo cutters for self‑directed projects, ages 13+.
Spooky cupcake decorating with provided cupcakes, icing, and supplies at Ashburn Library — ages 11–17.
Build headgear, foot pieces, and other cardboard costume parts with supplied materials at Ashburn Library, ages 11 and up.
At Temple Hall Farm, participants pick a pumpkin in the field, decorate it with crafters using acrylic paint pens, and leave with their finished pumpkin; $5 fee.
Build with LEGO bricks, Lincoln Logs, K'nex, Magna‑Tiles and other kits at Lovettsville Library, free drop‑in play, for ages 10 and under.
Games, treats, music, and a costume contest fill the Sterling Library Halloween party; visit the Loudoun County Public Library Online Programs YouTube channel for more programs, ages 11–17.
Create new creatures from discarded toys using a hot glue gun and scissors at Brambleton Library, Ashburn, for ages 11–17.
Artist Playground: Halloween Edition (Herndon Fortnightly Maker Lab) — Themed Halloween craft and coloring page session, materials provided, for ages 3–10.
Paint-pouring session at Cascades Library lets teens layer and manipulate colorful paints on canvas, with crafts, games and computers available, ages 11–17.
