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Tie-Dye Jellyfish

Lucasville Library 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, United States

Children are welcome to join us at the Lucasville library on Friday, August 1st at 4:00 pm for a perfect ocean themed and colorful craft. Using coffee filters and some miscellaneous ribbons, create a gorgeous tie-dye jellyfish you can hang wherever you want! For more information call 740-259-6119.

Free

Family Game Day

New Boston Library 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, United States

Come join the Family Game Day fun at the New Boston Library on Saturday, August 2, between 10:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.! We'll have a wide selection of games to enjoy, including board games, card games, and video games galore! All ages are welcome. For more information, please call 740-456-4412.

Free

Sunset Stories

New Boston Library 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, United States

Join us at the New Boston Library once a month to enjoy stories as the sun goes down! Children will learn through songs, stories, crafts, and play! For more information, please call 740-456-4412.

Free

Boho Coasters

Portsmouth Public Library 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, United States

Join us for a super easy and cute macramé program! The event will be Thursday, August 7th, 2025 at 4:00 P.M. in the Copley Room at the main library location. Ages 8-108. Space is limited! Please register in Local History or call 740-354-5304.

Tweens – Shrinky Dink Keychains

Lucasville Library 103 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH, United States

On Friday, August 8th at 4:00 pm tweens are invited to join us at the Lucasville library and create their own keychains with shrinky dinks! Draw your design, cut it out, and watch it shrink up! The possibilities are endless and they are incredibly fun to make. For more information,...

Free

S.T.E.A.M Boat Rapids

Portsmouth Public Library 1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, OH, United States

Stop by the library for an afternoon of creative play, science, and engineering! Kids will get to design and construct different types of boats, then send them down our makeshift river to see which kind of vessel can stay afloat through the rapids.

Children’s DIY Pencil Case

South Webster Library 496 Webster Street, South Webster, OH, United States

Children’s craft at 6:00pm. DIY Pencil Case – It time to go back to school, so come create your own DIY Pencil Case at the South Webster Library. All supplies provided. For more information, call the South Webster Branch Library at 740-778-2122.

Lemon-y Paintings

New Boston Library 3850 Rhodes Avenue, New Boston, OH, United States

Create a painting that will look good and smell good at the New Boston Library. All children are welcome to join us outside for this program on Wednesday, August 13th at 4:00 pm. For more information, please call 740-456-4412.

Free

Paint Palooza!

Wheelersburg Library 10745 Old Gallia Pike, Wheelersburg, OH, United States

Kids can explore their creativity during Wheelersburg Library’s Painting Palooza! Different painting methods, like paint wheels and bubble painting, will be made available. Things will get messy, so bringing along extra clothing/ wearing older clothing is highly encouraged.

Free

Homework Caddies

Wheelersburg Library 10745 Old Gallia Pike, Wheelersburg, OH, United States

Children are invited to the Wheelersburg Library to make these super cool and handy homework caddies. Celebrate back to school and complete your homework with your own unique style!