Take & Make Activity Kits

Bring home the excitement of some of your favorite library programs and events! Our various Take & Make Activity Kits are designed to provide you with everything you need to enjoy fun hands-on crafts, experiments, and other activities at your convenience.

Craft Takeout

Are you hungry for a new craft? Order up a delicious new project every month. Ages 18 and up.

  • Check our virtual events to see what’s coming up next!
  • Kits are released no later than the first Saturday of each month. Supplies are limited.
  • An accompanying craft-along video will premiere on Facebook at 6:00 PM on the second Saturday of the month. You can also watch or catch previous months’ craft activities on YouTube.

Critter Crafts Kits

Join us for Tails & Tales inspired stories and crafts during SummerQuest! If your kiddos are missing the full storytime experience, these kits may be just what you’re looking for! Every week, Ms. Jillian will present new Critter Tales and Critter Crafts videos on Facebook so that you can make storytime a true event at home! Add in the monthly kits with everything you need to craft your weekly projects, and you have the perfect recipe for at-home family fun and learning for the littles.

  • Monthly kits for each new month are available beginning at the end of the previous month. Pick them up anytime throughout the month while supplies last!
  • Accompanying Critter Tales and craft-a-long videos for each kit project air weekly every Friday afternoon on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.

LGBTQ+ Pride Kits

Celebrate Pride Month with us! Show your own pride or allyhood with three included crafts: custom pronoun buttons, mini pride flags to wave (or wear), and a fun rainbow embroidery project. Plus, enjoy a variety of reading lists and a surprise giveaway. Due to the complexity of some projects, kits are recommended for ages 13 and up.

  • Kits released on June 14th and will remain available for as long as supplies last.
  • You can also grab our librarian-curated LGBTQ+ reading lists here!

STEMtacular Kits

Enjoy new experiments every month! Each kit includes supplies, detailed instructions, and an overview of the science, technology, engineering and/or mathematics concepts behind each experiment. Don’t worry—STEMtacular activities are designed with ages 8–14 in mind, but kits are available to all ages while supplies last.

  • Kits are available at the start of each month.
  • Occasionally, STEMtacular Sparks videos are developed and released on an irregular basis. These videos might feature a project from the monthly kit or try a similar experiment with different variables!

SummerQuest Crafts Kits

Create all kinds of fun crafts all summer long! In honor of our Tails & Tales theme, our SummerQuest crafts will all tie in with animals or enjoying the outdoors. Craft activities and concepts are planned with children ages 5 to 11 in mind, but kits are available to all ages on request.

  • Kits are released at the beginning of each month.
  • Monthly kits are are available while supplies last.

Teen Makerspace Kits

NOTE: Uh oh! Our supply delivery for June kits has been delayed, but we’ll let you know on our social media channels as soon as new kits are ready for pickup.

Make something new and uniquely awesome! Explore your creative limits by designing, building, or crafting a fun new project every month. From jewelry to painting to paper crafts, you can use our supplies and basic instructions to make something that is perfectly YOU.

Teen Makerspace Kits are created with teens in mind, but they are available to all ages while supplies last.

  • New kits are released early each month. Stay tuned to our Facebook or Instagram accounts for announcements, or ask at your preferred location.
  • Monthly Teen Makerspace videos debut on Facebook on the first Thursday of the month at 4:00 PM. You can also watch on YouTube!
  • During SummerQuest, enjoy bonus Teen Makerspace Kits filled with crafty fun! These are in addition to the regular monthly kits and will each contain multiple activities; available beginning June 15th and July 15th.

The following kits are on hiatus during SummerQuest:

Cultural Crafts Kits

Explore a variety of celebrations and customs from around the world! With each monthly kit, kids and the young at heart can create all kinds of fun crafts honoring holidays, festivals, and more being celebrated by different cultures and countries spanning the globe. Plus, learn a little bit about each of the month’s featured events.

Craft activities and concepts are planned with children ages 5 to 12 in mind, but kits are available to all ages on request.

  • Kits are released at the beginning of each month.
  • Monthly kits are are available while supplies last.

Pokémon Club Kits

Get ready to catch, craft, and win ’em all on the 4th Thursday of the month! Monthly Pokémon Club activities vary, but special craft kits are offered from time to time. Pokémon Club activities and kits are designed for Pokémon fans ages 7–18.

Storytime Crafts Kits

If your kiddos are missing the full storytime experience while large in-person programs are on hiatus, these kits may be just what you’re looking for! Every week, Ms. Jillian will present new Virtual Storytime and Storytime Crafts videos on Facebook so that you can make storytime a true event at home! Add in the monthly kits with everything you need to craft your weekly projects, and you have the perfect recipe for at-home family fun and learning for the littles.

  • Monthly kits for each new month are available beginning at the end of the previous month. Pick them up anytime throughout the month while supplies last!
  • Accompanying Virtual Storytimes and craft-a-long videos for each kit project air weekly every Friday afternoon on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.