Using iPads and pro-level tools, students learn illustration techniques, character design, and storytelling—all while having fun and building confidence! Grades 5+ welcome. Registration required starting one week in advance. Sponsored by the Wellesley Cultural Council
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Monthly drop‑in LEGO Club in the Main Library’s Wakelin Room lets participants build creations displayed in the Children’s Room for all ages.
Storytime with songs and fingerplays fills the Wakelin Room, then free play with toys and manipulatives follows, ages 3–12, sponsored by the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries.
WEF 37th Annual Wellesley Spelling Bee — community fundraising event supporting enrichment programs for Wellesley Public Schools.
Storytelling and a simple open‑ended craft activity at the Fells Branch library, drop‑in with no registration required, for ages 3–12.
Stitch stuffed toys, clothing, and bags using sewing machines in the Main Library’s Wakelin Room, all materials provided; prior sewing experience recommended but not required, for ages 9–12.
Craft Closet Open House (Main Library Craft Room) — Unstructured craft time with drawing, dump‑truck building, paper‑bag puppets, collages using odds‑and‑ends, drop‑in, all ages.
Discussion of Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Night Owl at the Main Library Blue Room, open to anyone with an open heart and mind, registration required, for ages 18 and up.
Fall Book Sale in the Main Library’s Wakelin Room offers a members‑only shopping night and a $10 grocery‑bag book sale, all ages.
Make fresh butter by shaking in the MakerSpace at Waltham Public Library, for ages 5 and up.
Draw lions and tigers from simple shapes, then create imaginative scenes with an artist instructor at Newton Free Library, for ages 7–10.
In Jackie's Room, Main Library, parkour challenges test agility as participants escape a haunted mansion, mine ore, brew potions, battle witches, then design a witch’s hut for ages 9–12.
