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Coloring for Kids

Fri, Sep 22   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts first five years kids create

Kids receive age appropriate coloring sheets, crayonsm and create wonderful pictures.

Coloring for Kids

Tween Time

Fri, Sep 22   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Bay Ridge Library

Kids arts and crafts conversations kids create

Tween time is a weekly program where kids ages 9-12 can make different crafts, learn new skills and make new friends! 

Tween Time

Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge!

Fri, Sep 22   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Kids after school teen time

Work together to complete a jigsaw puzzle! For ages8 and up or with adult supervision.

Jigsaw Puzzle Challenge!

Kids Create

Fri, Sep 22   3:30 pm to 4:30 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school arts and crafts kids create

What will you make?

Join us each Friday for a different craft! We'll use different materials, such as paint, clay, beads, paper, and more to create one-of-a-kind creations you can take with you.

This weekly after-school...

Kids Create

Library Lab: 3D Printing

Fri, Sep 22   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Kensington Library

Kids Library Lab STEM & STEAM techknowledge

Library Lab is Brooklyn Public Library’s dynamic learning enrichment program for children (ages 6 to 10) and their families. Explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math concepts with fun, free activities that will spark curiosity...

Library Lab: 3D Printing

Kids Explore: Legos & Duplos

Fri, Sep 22   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids Build with Lego kids explore

Come Build with Legos & Duplos

*This program is geared for children 3 years and up.

Kids Explore: Legos & Duplos

Kids Create: Hispanic Heritage Month

Fri, Sep 22   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island, Meeting Room 2

Kids kids create

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a take-home craft!

Kids Create: Hispanic Heritage Month

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Arts and Crafts with KEEN (ages 13-21)

Sat, Sep 23   10:30 am to 11:30 am   Brooklyn Heights Library, Multipurpose Room

Kids ADHD autism developmental disabilities Inclusive Services

Arts and Crafts with KEEN (ages 13-21)

Saturday, May 6, 2023

10:30 am - 11:30 am

Brooklyn Height Library, Children's Programming Room

286 Cadman Plaza W

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join an adaptive Arts and...

Arts and Crafts with KEEN (ages 13-21)

Read and Color

Sat, Sep 23   11:00 am to 4:00 pm   Dyker Library

Kids book adventures kids create

Come in to read one of your favorite books followed by coloring sheets.

Read and Color

Beaded Jewelry

Sat, Sep 23   12:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts jewelry making

Choose from a colorful selection of beads to make a stretchy bracelet. All materials are provided.

Beaded Jewelry

Draw Yourself Calm - Relaxation Drawing for Kids

Sat, Sep 23   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Brighton Beach Library

Kids after school health and wellness mental health

Research has shown that drawing helps to distract children from worries and sadness. Bring your child to the Brighton Beach Library for a mood-improving hour of drawing and doodling. 

Draw Yourself Calm - Relaxation Drawing for Kids

Aesop's Fables

Sat, Sep 23   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Brooklyn Heights Library

Kids Events for Youth and Family performance

 THEATER 2020’s Hearthside Reading Series!

 Brooklyn Height’s own award-winning professional theater company returns to our favorite library branch to present adaptations of Aesop's Fables! ...

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Aesop's Fables

Collections Connections Cancelled

Sat, Sep 23   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Washington Irving Library

Kids Collections Connections Culture Pass

Explore unique objects from the Brooklyn Children's Museum in our new Community Gallery! 

Collections Connections, in partnership with Brooklyn Children's Museum, is made possible due to generous funding from The Charles H...

Collections Connections

Saturday Storytime

Sat, Sep 23   2:00 pm to 2:30 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids saturday storytime storytime

Join us for an afternoon of stories, songs, and play!

Reccomended for toddlers and school-aged children. 

Saturday Storytime

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Kids' Board Games

Mon, Sep 25   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school table-top & board games

Join us for kid's board games, Mondays from 4-5PM!

Kids' Board Games

Hispanic Heritage Month Craft for Kids:Tissue Paper Flowers

Mon, Sep 25   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids Hispanic Heritage Month kids create kids explore

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with us! Learn all about the traditions and celebrations as we create beautiful flowers out of tissue paper. 

Hispanic Heritage Month Craft for Kids:Tissue Paper Flowers

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Kid Tech Time

Tue, Sep 26   3:00 pm to 3:30 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids game on kids tech time

Come to explore new and old games and have fun to play with your friends.

 

Kid Tech Time

Kids Create

Tue, Sep 26   3:30 pm to 4:15 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids after school arts and crafts kids create

Create, experiment and have fun!  Arts and crafts (and reading) for school age children 5-12 years.

 

 

Children under 6 should be closely supervised by an adult. 

Kids Create

Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids community partner cooking Healthy Communities kids explore

Join City Harvest for a six week series of free cooking and nutrition classes! Children and Teens will have fun cooking healthy foods, play fun games, and learn about healthy eating! All food will be provided by City Harvest. 

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Serving up MyPlate with City Harvest

Kids Movies @ the Library - Sing!

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids family movie movies movies at the library

Join us for a showing of Sing!

Kids Movies @ the Library - Sing!

Comics Club

Tue, Sep 26   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Walt Whitman Library

Kids after school anime and manga book club comics

Discuss your favorite books every month with fellow comic book and manga fans and learn how to turn your own ideas into comics!

For ages 8-12.  Meets the last Tuesday of each month.

Registration not required - drop-ins...

Comics Club

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Grab & Go Craft: Cubed Kirby

Wed, Sep 27   10:00 am to 6:00 pm   Kensington Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create summer reading

Stop by Kensington Library and pick up our latest Grab & Go craft: Cubed Kirby!

(Supplies Limited) 

 

 

Grab & Go Craft: Cubed Kirby

Duplo for Kids

Wed, Sep 27   11:00 am to 12:00 pm   Dyker Library

Kids Build with Duplo kids explore

Explore and build with  Duplo. Take on a building challenge or do your own thing.

Duplo for Kids

Arts and Crafts

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school arts and crafts

Flex your creative muscles and enjoy creating a new craft to take home every week! Kids 5+ welcome!

Arts and Crafts

Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Paper Bird Kite

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Highlawn Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create

Stop by the Highlawn Library and pick up a kit with everything you need to make your own paper kite! Kits include a pre-punched template, paper, string, eye stickers, and instructions.  

Kits will be available at the Highlawn...

Kids Create Grab-and-Go: Paper Bird Kite

Home Work Help

Wed, Sep 27   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids after school homework help

If you are in grades K-8, we can help you with your homework!

Come visit our home work helper. 

Home Work Help

After School Homework Help

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school Events for Youth and Family homework help

Need some help with your homework? We can help!

For school-aged children, ages 6-12.

After School Homework Help

Kids Tech Time

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids kids tech time techknowledge video games

Get your Game on with Xbox and Switch. We also have Roblox on iPad. 

This program is for kids, so content may vary depending on the audience.

Kids Tech Time

Chess For Children

Wed, Sep 27   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids after school Chess Workshop

Chess after school for children!  Come learn how to play, improve your strategy, and most of all...have FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Chess For Children

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Kids Create Grab & Go:Decorate Your Own Blank Notebook

Thu, Sep 28   2:30 pm to 5:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits kids create

Stop by the Gravesend Library and pick up a decorate your own blank notebook kit.

Kits will be available on the main floor until we run out.

For kids ages 5-10

 

 

    

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Kids Create Grab & Go:Decorate Your Own Blank Notebook

Kids Create: Grab & Go Decorate Your Own Notebook

Thu, Sep 28   2:45 pm to 5:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids arts and crafts grab and go kits

Create something new and all your own! Get a Grab and Go kit to take home and create! For kids age 4-11 years old. First come, First Served! 
Grab & Go Kits  will be available on the main floor.

Kids Create: Grab & Go Decorate Your Own Notebook

Kids Tech Time

Thu, Sep 28   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Highlawn Library

Kids kids tech time video games

Join us in the Highlawn Meeting Room for Kids Tech Time.  

Kids Tech Time

Book Adventures

Thu, Sep 28   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Washington Irving Library

Kids book adventures

Join us to read a book and do an activity! (ages 6 – 12

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Book Adventures

Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft

Thu, Sep 28   3:30 pm to 4:15 pm   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids arts and crafts ezra jack keats storytime summer reading

Through the Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft program, librarians read aloud to children and offer a grab & go craft activity related to the themes and images of the book. At the end of each session, every child is given a free copy of one...

Ezra Jack Keats Story and Craft

Teen Tech Time

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids teen tech time video games

Let’s play!

Join us for weekly gaming fun at Coney Island Library. Put your smash skills to the test, race against your peers, or have a dance off with your friends!

We have a wide selection of video games...

Teen Tech Time

Family Game Night : BINGO

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school Events for Youth and Family game on table-top & board games

Spend the afternoon playing with your family. Today we'll be playing BINGO!

If you don't know how to play, we'll teach you - it's easy! 

Come have fun and win a prize!

Fun for all ages and all types of ...

Family Game Night : BINGO

Storytime in Fort Greene Park

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 4:30 pm   "The Mounds" at Fort Greene Park

Kids BPL Outdoors storytime summer reading

Sing, read, and play with librarians from Brooklyn Public Library! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to young childen. For children of all ages and their caregivers....

Storytime in Fort Greene Park

Storytime in Fort Greene Park

Thu, Sep 28   4:00 pm to 4:30 pm   "The Mounds" at Fort Greene Park

Kids BPL Outdoors storytime summer reading

Sing, read, and play with librarians from Brooklyn Public Library! Have fun hearing great picture books read aloud and playing with other children during this program dedicated to young childen. For children of all ages and their caregivers....

Storytime in Fort Greene Park

Chess Workshop for Kids

Thu, Sep 28   5:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Gravesend Library

Kids Chess Workshop table-top & board games

Come learn to play chess, or improve your skills.

For Kids
Ages 5 & up

Chess Workshop for Kids

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Coloring for Kids

Fri, Sep 29   3:00 pm to 6:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts first five years kids create

Kids receive age appropriate coloring sheets, crayons and create wonderful pictures.

Coloring for Kids

Tween Time

Fri, Sep 29   3:00 pm to 4:00 pm   Bay Ridge Library

Kids arts and crafts conversations kids create

Tween time is a weekly program where kids ages 9-12 can make different crafts, learn new skills and make new friends! 

Tween Time

Kids Create

Fri, Sep 29   3:30 pm to 4:30 pm   Brownsville Library

Kids after school arts and crafts kids create

What will you make?

Join us each Friday for a different craft! We'll use different materials, such as paint, clay, beads, paper, and more to create one-of-a-kind creations you can take with you.

This weekly after-school...

Kids Create

Movies @ the Library: Coco

Fri, Sep 29   4:00 pm to 5:30 pm   Crown Heights Library

Kids Hispanic Heritage Month movies movies at the library

Come by the library and watch a movie with us. 

Movies @ the Library: Coco

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Saturday Storytime

Sat, Sep 30   11:00 am to 11:45 am   Macon, The Fireplace

Kids early literacy first five years saturday storytime storytime

All ages storytime!

Join the Macon Children's Librarian to share rhymes, songs, and books! 

 

Saturday Storytime

Read and Color

Sat, Sep 30   11:00 am to 4:00 pm   Dyker Library

Kids book adventures kids create

Come in to read one of your favorite books followed by coloring sheets.

Read and Color

Beaded Jewelry

Sat, Sep 30   12:00 pm to 2:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids arts and crafts jewelry making

Choose from a colorful selection of beads to make a stretchy bracelet. All materials are provided.

Beaded Jewelry

Collections Connections

Sat, Sep 30   2:00 pm to 3:00 pm   Washington Irving Library

Kids Collections Connections Culture Pass

Explore unique objects from the Brooklyn Children's Museum in our new Community Gallery! 

Collections Connections, in partnership with Brooklyn Children's Museum, is made possible due to generous funding from The Charles H...

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Collections Connections

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Decorate Your Own Trick or Treat Bag

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Coney Island Library

Kids arts and crafts halloween holiday

Transform a canvas tote into a trick or treat bag to match your Halloween costume! Kids, Tweens and Teens welcome!

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Decorate Your Own Trick or Treat Bag

Kids' Board Games

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Cypress Hills Library

Kids after school table-top & board games

Join us for kid's board games, Mondays from 4-5PM!

Kids' Board Games

Game On: Board Games for Kids

Mon, Oct 2   4:00 pm to 5:00 pm   Homecrest Library

Kids everyone is welcome here summer reading

Play retro board games like Connect 4, Monopoly, Jenga and many more.

Game On: Board Games for Kids

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