8-12 years

Celebrate Earth Day, and design your own world for a plant by making a terrarium with recycled containers at the East Side! A terrarium is like an aquarium, but for plants instead of fish. We will provide the basic supplies (plant, dirt, rocks, container, etc.) but feel free to bring in our own small objects to decorate your jar!

Gotta catch ‘em all! Solve puzzles and find pokémon to break out of this escape room before time runs out! For elementary ages. Registration required.

Pokémon fans can join us at South and play rounds of Bingo using characters from the Pokémon series and win prizes! Feel free to dress up as your favorite Pokémon character. For youth ages 7 and up.

Kids! Beat the heat and join us at South to watch the film "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" (Rated PG)! Kids can eat snacks, make a spiderweb during the screening, and more! Ages 5 and up. Parent or guardian must be present with children during screening.

Explore outer space and the planets with the Science Center of Iowa in this special 45-minute program! Guests can view the amazing journey of the Voyager spacecraft, see some of the awe-inspiring images they have taken and attempt some out-of-this-world science experiments! For youth ages 3 and up.

We will be creating several different projects involving some of your favorite characters and comics. This program is for children ages six to twelve and requires preregistration. Younger siblings may attend if accompanied by an adult.

Bring the family to the South Side Library to play and build with LEGOS in the Children's Area from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.! For youth ages 5-12. This is an unsupervised, drop-in program. Parent or guardian must be present with children.

Come to the East Side Library to celebrate Pride by creating your own Proud Cloud Rainbow buddy!

Come build with us! Computers and iPads provided: just bring your imaginations.

Join us outside on the library lawn for a special event during Art for All week at East. Using boxes we will build a city, and decorate with paint and other materials. All ages welcome! Please wear messy clothes. In case of rain, event will be rescheduled for July.