Valentine Public Library

Craft Hour: Candy Bar Notepads (Grades 3 & Up)
2025-08-26 15:45 - 16:45 (America/Chicago)
Sweeten up your stationery! In this Craft Hour, kids will create their own Candy Bar Notepads using real candy boxes as covers, note paper for the pages, and colorful ribbon to tie it all together. These fun and functional notepads are perfect for jotting down thoughts, doodles, or sweet reminders—and they look good enough to eat!
All supplies are provided—just bring your creativity (and maybe a sweet tooth)!

Craft Hour: "Love to Read" Bracelets (GradesK-5)
2025-08-28 15:45 - 16:45
Show off your love for reading with some handmade flair! During this Craft Hour, kids will design their own Love to Read bracelets using colorful beads and fun charms. Whether it’s a gift for a fellow bookworm or a keepsake to wear proudly, each bracelet will be as unique as the reader who makes it.
All supplies are provided—just bring your creativity and your love for books!

Pre-K Story Time: Baseball
2025-08-29 09:30 - 10:00
Join us for Story Time—designed especially for Pre-K kids and their grown-ups!Each Friday from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., we explore a fun new theme through stories and hands-on crafts that spark creativity and learning.
What to Expect:

Themed Story Time: Listen to an engaging story each week.
Music & Motion: Join the music fun with rhythm sticks, egg shakers, and more—perfect for wiggling and giggling!
Craft Activity: Create a fun craft related to the story’s theme.

Bring your little ones for an enjoyable and creative start to their day! And don’t rush off after story time—stay for some “Fun with Friends” time in the kid’s corner. The kids can play while their caregivers connect and socialize. It’s a wonderful opportunity to make new friends and build community bonds.
Who: all toddlers and preschool-aged children accompanied by an adult are welcome!
Date and Time: Every Friday, 9:30 am – 10:00 am
We look forward to seeing you and your little ones here!

Craft Hour: Balloon-Powered Cars!
2025-09-02 15:45 - 16:45
🚗💨 Get ready to build, race, and learn! Kids in grades 3–8 can design their own car using balloons, construction paper, and other supplies. Once you’ve built your ride, see how far it can zoom powered only by air! 🎈
Science fun fact: When you let go of the balloon, the air rushing out pushes the car forward—this is called thrust, and it’s the same idea rockets use to blast into space! 🚀
All supplies provided—just bring your creativity and curiosity!

Craft Hour: DIY Fly Toy
2025-09-04 15:45 - 16:45
🎈💨 Kids in grades K–5 can make their very own flying toy using just paper, a straw, and a ball. Once it’s built, test it out and see how your breath can make the ball float like magic! ✂️📄
It’s a fun craft with a splash of science—learn how air pressure works while you play. 🌬️✨ All supplies provided!

Pre-K Story Time: Farm Animals
2025-09-05 09:30 - 10:00

Craft Hour: Paint Your Own Tile Magnet!
2025-09-09 15:45 - 16:45
🎨 🖌️ Kids in grades 3–8 are invited to get creative at the library! We’ll be painting tile magnets that you can take home and display. Choose from one of our fun designs or come up with your own masterpiece—the choice is yours! All supplies will be provided.

Craft Hour: Bleeding Tissue Bookmarks
2025-09-11 15:45 - 16:45
🎨📚 Kids in grades K-5 can create their very own colorful bookmarks using tissue paper and water on cardstock. Watch as the colors “bleed” and blend to make amazing, one-of-a-kind designs! ✂️💧
All supplies provided—just bring your creativity and get ready to make your reading extra colorful. 🌈📖

Pre-K Story Time: ABC's
2025-09-12 09:30 - 10:00

Shhh! We're Reading Book Club
2025-09-15 16:00 - 17:00
📚✨ Kid’s Book Club: Save Me a Seat 🎉
Tweens and teens, grab a seat—literally! Join us at the library to dive into Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan.
Joe and Ravi come from very different worlds—Joe’s lived in the same town his whole life, and Ravi just moved to America from India—but they share one thing: school can be tough! Together, they face a common challenge (the biggest bully in class!) and embark on a wild week of friendship, teamwork, and learning to stand up for themselves.
A new friend could be sitting right next to you, so come ready for laughs, great conversation, and maybe even a few surprises along the way.
This club is perfect for tweens and teens who love stories, friendship, and a little bit of mischief!

Craft Hour: Build a Kaleidocycle!
2025-09-16 15:45 - 16:45
🔄✨ 🎨 Kids in grades 3–8 are invited to fold and create their very own paper kaleidocycle—a cool 3D paper toy that flips and turns in endless ways! Once it’s built, decorate it with colors and designs, then discover how movement makes the image change right before your eyes.
It’s a mix of art, math, and a little bit of science—all rolled into one amazing paper creation! 🌀✂️

Craft Hour: Cup and Ball Challenge
2025-09-18 15:45 - 16:45
🏆🎯 Kids in grades K–5 can build their very own cup-and-ball game using paper cups, string, and a small ball. Once it’s ready, test your skills and see how many catches you can make in a row!
It’s a classic game that’s simple to make, fun to play, and perfect for friendly competition. All supplies provided—just bring your focus and your fun spirit! 🎉

Pre-K Story Time: Talk Like a Pirate Day
2025-09-19 09:30 - 10:00

Craft Hour: Apple Doodle Art
2025-09-23 15:45 - 16:45
🍎🎨 Celebrate the season with some colorful creativity! Kids in grades 3–8 will get an apple template to decorate using bright colors, doodles, and patterns. You can use one of our example designs for inspiration or make your own totally unique apple!
No great artistic ability needed—anyone can doodle! 🎉 All supplies provided, just bring your imagination and have fun. 🍏🍎

Craft Hour: Glow-in-the-Dark Pet Ghosts
2025-09-30 15:45 - 16:45
👻🫙💡Kids in grades 3–8 can make their very own glowing pet ghost in a jar! Using glow-in-the-dark paper, you’ll create a spooky-cute little ghost that you can keep and enjoy all October long.
It’s the perfect mix of craft and Halloween fun—no tricks, just treats for your imagination! 🎃

Craft Hour: Q-Tip Fall Tree Painting
2025-10-02 15:45 - 16:45
🍂🎨 Kids in grades K–5 are invited to join us for an hour of creative fun! We’ll be making autumn-inspired scenes using Q-tips to paint in the style of pointillism. It’s a hands-on, colorful way to celebrate the season! 🍁✨
All supplies are provided—just bring your imagination!

Pre-K Story Time: Leaves
2025-10-03 09:30 - 10:00

Craft Hour: Smoking Cauldron
2025-10-07 15:45 - 16:45
🪄✨🎨 Kids in grades 3–8 are invited to brew up some spooky fun by creating their very own smoking cauldron picture! Using a mix of art supplies, you’ll design a bubbling pot filled with swirling “smoke” and magical details. Add your own colors, patterns, and imagination to make your cauldron as creepy—or as whimsical—as you like!
It’s a crafty mix of art and creativity with a dash of Halloween magic! 🧙‍♀️🌫️

STEM: Balloon Hovercraft
2025-10-09 15:45 - 16:45
💨🚀 Kids in grades K-5th are invited to build their very own Balloon Hovercraft! Using a cardstock disc and a balloon, you’ll create a simple machine that glides smoothly across a surface. Then we’ll explore the science behind it—how trapped air escapes from the balloon, reducing friction and letting your hovercraft float!
It’s a perfect mix of crafting, experimenting, and discovering the power of air pressure in action. 🎈⚙️

Pre-K Story Time: Fire Safety
2025-10-10 09:30 - 10:00
It’s Fire Safety Week, and we’ve got a special surprise planned for our Pre-K friends!

Fire Safety Story Time!

Our friends from the Valentine Fire Department are visiting Pre-K Story Time this Friday, October 10th at 9:30 AM!

Kids will get to meet real firefighters, see a fire truck up close, and even say hello to Smokey Bear!

It’s going to be a fun, hands-on morning all about fire safety and community helpers — don’t miss it!

Valentine Public Library
Friday, October 10 | 9:30 AM
For Pre-school age children and their grown-ups

#VPLKids #valentinepubliclibrary

Join us for Story Time—designed especially for Pre-K kids and their grown-ups!Each Friday from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., we explore a fun new theme through stories and hands-on crafts that spark creativity and learning.
What to Expect:

Themed Story Time: Listen to an engaging story each week.
Music & Motion: Join the music fun with rhythm sticks, egg shakers, and more—perfect for wiggling and giggling!
Craft Activity: Create a fun craft related to the story’s theme.

Bring your little ones for an enjoyable and creative start to their day! And don’t rush off after story time—stay for some “Fun with Friends” time in the kid’s corner. The kids can play while their caregivers connect and socialize. It’s a wonderful opportunity to make new friends and build community bonds.
Who: all toddlers and preschool-aged children accompanied by an adult are welcome!
Date and Time: Every Friday, 9:30 am – 10:00 am
We look forward to seeing you and your little ones here!

Craft Hour: Fall Bean Mosaic
2025-10-14 15:45 - 16:45
🍂🎨 Kids in grades 3 and up can celebrate the season with a Fall Bean Mosaic! Using an assortment of colorful dried beans, you’ll glue and arrange them to create a festive fall picture—maybe pumpkins, leaves, or anything autumn inspires. Each design will be one-of-a-kind, textured, and totally creative.
It’s a hands-on way to turn simple beans into beautiful art! 🌟🌾

Pre-K Story Time: Scarecrows
2025-10-17 09:30 - 10:00

Shhhh!...We’re Reading Book Club: Wild Fire
2025-10-20 16:00 - 17:00
Teens & tweens, get ready for a page-turner you won’t want to put down! This month, we’re diving into Wild Fire by Dee Garretson.
When a simple summer camp in the wilderness turns into a fight for survival, four teens must rely on their wits, courage, and each other to make it out alive. With danger closing in and the odds stacked against them, friendships are tested, secrets are revealed, and every choice could mean life or death.
Join us for a thrilling conversation and plenty of fun. This book is perfect for kids who love adventure, suspense, and stories that keep you on the edge of your seat!
Book description:
The president’s retreat, Camp David, is one of the safest places in the United States. So, why can’t the President’s son, Luke, and his friends, Theo and Callie, stay there without Secret Service agents constantly hovering over them, watching their every move? And yet, when an earthquake sets off a raging wildfire, causing a chain reaction that wreaks havoc at Camp David, they are suddenly on their own.
Now Luke needs a plan:

To override the security systems
To save those who were supposed to save him
To get through an impassable gate
To escape Camp David

Debut author Dee Garretson delivers a heart-pounding tween thriller—an action-packed adventure with undeniable suspense.

Craft Hour: Pumpkin Yarn Art
2025-10-21 15:45 - 16:45
🎃🧶 Kids in grades 3 and up are invited to get crafty with a Pumpkin Yarn Craft! Using yarn and glue, you’ll shape and design your very own pumpkin creation—perfect for adding a cozy fall touch to your seasonal décor.
It’s simple, fun, and a little bit messy…the best kind of crafting! 🍂

Craft Hour: Spooky Watercolor Painting
2025-10-23 15:45 - 16:45
🕷️🎨 Kids in grades K–5 are invited to make a Spooky Watercolor Painting! First, you’ll draw spider webs on your paper using a white crayon. Then, watch the magic happen as you spread watercolor paint across the page—the webs stay white while the colors swirl around them.
It’s a mix of art and mystery that’s perfectly spooky for the season! 🕸️✨🎃

Pre-K Story Time: Pumpkins
2025-10-24 09:30 - 10:00

Craft Hour: Halloween Perler Bead Creations
2025-10-28 15:45 - 16:45
👻🎨 Kids in grades 3 and up can get spooky and creative with Halloween Perler Beads! Design your own haunting creation or choose from one of our fun Halloween patterns—think pumpkins, bats, ghosts, and more. Once the beads are fused, you’ll have a festive decoration to take home and enjoy.
It’s pixel art with a Halloween twist! 🦇🎃✨

Pre-K Story Time: Monsters (Kids can wear their costumes!)
2025-10-31 08:00 - 17:00
Happy Halloween! This week’s theme is Friendly Monsters! Kids can wear their Halloween costumes (any kind!) to storytime fun—then stop back by the library at 4:30 for the Annual Scare in the Square Trick-or-Treat Parade!
Join us for Story Time—designed especially for Pre-K kids and their grown-ups!Each Friday from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m., we explore a fun new theme through stories and hands-on crafts that spark creativity and learning.
What to Expect:

Themed Story Time: Listen to an engaging story each week.
Music & Motion: Join the music fun with rhythm sticks, egg shakers, and more—perfect for wiggling and giggling!
Craft Activity: Create a fun craft related to the story’s theme.

Bring your little ones for an enjoyable and creative start to their day! And don’t rush off after story time—stay for some “Fun with Friends” time in the kid’s corner. The kids can play while their caregivers connect and socialize. It’s a wonderful opportunity to make new friends and build community bonds.
Who: all toddlers and preschool-aged children accompanied by an adult are welcome!
Date and Time: Every Friday, 9:30 am – 10:00 am
We look forward to seeing you and your little ones here!

Ag-Citing Science: Pumpkins to Pie!
2025-11-06 15:45 - 16:45
Join 4-H educator, Blair Speck, as brings agriculture to life for kids in grades K-5th! This collection of hands-on modules, created by the Nebraska 4-H Youth Development Ag & Food Systems Team and Nebraska Ag in the Classroom materials, is utilized to help youth explore agriculture.
Pumpkins to Pie – a hands on journey with a tasty finish! Perfect for Fall or Halloween, youth will explore the pumpkin life cycle and from seed to pumpkin. We
will use all our of sense when learning about pumpkins during this STEM lesson!

Ag-Science: Positively Popcorn!
2025-11-13 15:45 - 16:45
From Seed to Snack- Nebraska is the number 1 popcorn producer in the United States. In this lesson, youth will learn about the different types of popcorn, the importance of agriculture, and the science behind how popcorn is popped.
Kids in grades K-5th are invited to join Blair Speck, 4-H educator, for an hour of fun and learning. We provide all the supplies!
