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Video Game Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Hop in for some multiplayer fun on Nintendo Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! No registration required. 

Beautiful Butterflies

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Learn about our state insect the Monarch butterfly and the amazing migration it takes along with creating your own special butterfly. 

Maze Masters

4:00pm - 4:30pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 1
Event Details:

Work in a team to create a marble maze out of Legos. 

Skittles Art

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Open
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 5
Event Details:

Create your own paper plate art project using skittles as the non-toxic “paint”. 

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Bingo

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Play Bingo to win prizes and learn many ways to help save the Earth—a winning combination.

Pond Dipping

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Pond dipping is a fun and simple way for children to explore an aquatic habitat. Children will be able to observe a diversity of different creatures from leeches to dragonfly nymphs and learn how they are adapted to live in an aquatic habitat.

Protect Our Planet Storytime and Craft

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Let’s read Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth and explore ways that we can help Earth slow climate change and create an art project with our ideas. 

Save the Bees

11:00am - 11:30am
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

National Pollinator week is June 17-23. Plant a mini pollinator garden and learn how to help pollinators in your neighborhood.

Video Game Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Hop in for some multiplayer fun on Nintendo Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! No registration required. 

Nature Buddies: Seed Bombs

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Buddy up with a Teen and learn how to make seed bombs for your gardens. 

Super Smash Bros. Tournament

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 32
Event Details:

Register for our 1 vs. 1 tournament to determine the library’s best Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player! We’ll supply the gaming gear!

Inside Riley’s Mind: An Inside Out Escape Room

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Riley's emotions have been going haywire recently! Can you help her work through her feelings and solve her problems? 

Recycled Craft Buddies

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Buddy up with a Teen and learn how to make awesome recycled paper. 

Animal Bridge Building

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

We will read Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals and build bridges and tunnels with Legos and blocks to help our animals cross safely. 

Video Game Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Hop in for some multiplayer fun on Nintendo Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! No registration required. 

OPPLympics

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Compete in silly games to bring home the gold! 

Dig In: Sweet Story of Dirt

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Use various candies to create the layers of soil. 

 

Coyote Call

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Age 3 - Kindergarten, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Learn how to spot signs coyotes leave behind. Learn what they like to eat and how they communicate. Pet a real coyote pelt. Learn what to do if you encounter a live coyote. Presented by the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.

Nature Buddies: Solar Paper Art

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: The Backyard
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Buddy up with a Teen and learn how we can use the sun to create amazing art. 

King Sailor Duck’s Royal Tea Party

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

We’re all Princes and Princesses in this royal event focused on loving oneself! Dressing up is encouraged but not required.

Video Game Club

4:00pm - 5:30pm
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Large Meeting Room - 104
Age Group: Children, Grades 3-5, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Event Details:

Hop in for some multiplayer fun on Nintendo Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! No registration required. 

Apple Picking

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Explore the legend of Johnny Appleseed and create your own apple orchard.

STEAM Candy Lab: The Floating M

6:30pm - 7:30pm
Registration
Library Branch: Orland Park Public Library
Room: Youth Services Program Room
Age Group: Children, Grades K-2
Program Type: Youth Program
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 15
Event Details:

Use natural liquids or even plain water to dissolve “dirt and grime” and release the floating letter M!