DIY/Maker

Create a new notebook for the school year! This is a drop-in craft for children in grades kindergarten and up.

Drop in anytime between 1pm-4pm and your own perler bead crafts! This program is for families and school aged children.

Let our Teen Summer Volunteers who you how to make your own sock puppet.  Ages Preschool and up.

Drop in to participate in this special community art project, in partnership with the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project.  Decorate a rock with paint pens to convey a message of kindness and appreciation for our diverse community.  Once the rocks are dry, our teen volunteers will add them to displays inside the library and eventually, they'll be added to the Human Relations Council's Diversity Rocks area outside, near the municipal pond, Grown-ups, please let children know in advance that their rocks will not be returned to them.

Drop in to participate in this special community art project, in partnership with the Lost Souls Public Memorial Project.  Learn how to make a tissue paper flower with our teen volunteers, then make several to leave at the library.  Our teen volunteers will create beautiful bouquets that will be displayed in September.  Your flowers, in bouquets of flowers made by other people in our community, will represent you and the contributions you make to our great town.  All ages are welcome to join in.  Grown-ups, please let children know in advance t

The members of the East Brunswick High School Robotics club will work with children as they work to build and then program their LEGO Mindstorm robots. Compete with other teams to see which to which robot reign supreme!

With the recent rising intrigue in science, the volunteers of the VLC have established the Library Laboratory. Our volunteers have made creative and educational presentations catered towards elementary-aged children. This club will allow participants to take part in group and individual events to increase their curiosity and knowledge of STEM topics. In hour-long meetings that take place every other week, kids will learn about a specific science topic supplemented with a related hands-on activity. 

Get messy at the library and leave with some slime! This program will be held outside. In case of bad weather, we will move it inside. Please register online here for either the 2pm or 3 pm session. 

Gr. 2 and up.

Come raid the library's perler bead supplies! This program is for families and school aged children.

Create your own summer journal or a new notebook for the school year! This is a drop-in craft for children ages kindergarten and up.