Join us for stories, songs, art, sensory play, and engagement! Messy hands and wiggly bodies are welcome. Most suited to ages 0-6 with an adult.

Drop by to create a unique paper turtle. While supplies last. For ages 5-13.

Relax with a guided painting project and tasty refreshments. Take home your work of art!

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Get in touch with the land and printmaking. Be a naturalist and an artist. No experience necessary.Register

Expand your horizons and ease your garden work by including edible perennials in your garden.

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Join us at the Parkland/Spanaway Library for our summer-long program, Camp Creative: STEAM Fun, where we will get creative with different STEAM and sensory projects!

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Join us for stories, activities, rhymes, and singing for the whole family. Please bring a blanket or lawn chairs for your family.

Join in with your child and enjoy books, action rhymes, knee bounces, songs and more. 

Drop by to create a unique standing paper dinosaur. While supplies last. For ages 5-13.

Like to paint? Want to experiment with a new canvas? Or are you just curious about what rock painting is? We're teaming up with Bonney Lake Rocks to paint and decorate rocks together!

Come prepared to create messy art outdoors to take home, and to hang in the library!

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and play. Geared toward ages 2-6, but all kiddos are welcome!

Join us every Thursday during Summer reading for a program in our meeting room. Register

Build a tiny house using mostly objects found in nature.

Find time to write, workshop ideas, share poetry, get feedback, work on your novel, meet writers, eat snacks, hang out, and talk books. Register

Learn how to use a single cloth and a couple of knots to create ways to carry water bottles, books, groceries, and other objects.Register

Taylor the American Mystifier's magic show takes the audience on a journey of the history of magic. Learn how to perform classic magic tricks.

Explore the themes of queerness, identity and desire in gothic horror, to include vampire literature such as "Camilla," as well as "Frankenstein" and the work of the great Shirley Jackson.

Join us for stories, songs, art, sensory play, and engagement! Messy hands and wiggly bodies are welcome. Most suited to ages 0-6 with an adult.

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Learn how to make a pendulum and then use it to create a work of art!

Author Talk and Writing Q&A with local author Lily Meade. Register

Building with blocks is not only fun, it develops early math and science skills. All you need is your imagination. 

Stop by the library for some musical fun as kid's and their caregivers dance along to kid-friendly tunes. This program is designed to combine movement, music, community and fun for the whole family!

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Join us at the Parkland/Spanaway Library for our summer-long program, Camp Creative: Art Fun, where we will get creative with different art projects and art mediums!

Join us for a fun-filled morning of crafting wind chimes!

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Join us for stories, activities, rhymes, and singing for the whole family. Please bring a blanket or lawn chairs for your family.

Join in with your child and enjoy books, action rhymes, knee bounces, songs and more. 

Join us for an afternoon movie at the Library!

Experience history and culture learning basic moves of the national Filipino dance, Tinikling. Learn about the dance's beat patterns, timing and sequences.Register

Join us for a "rockin'" good time outdoors on the library lawn!* Drop in to make a pet rock, paint a rock, or...play with rocks!

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and play. Geared toward ages 2-6, but all kiddos are welcome!

Find time to write, workshop ideas, share poetry, get feedback, work on your novel, meet writers, eat snacks, hang out, and talk books. Register

Join us for stories, songs, art, sensory play, and engagement! Messy hands and wiggly bodies are welcome. Most suited to ages 0-6 with an adult.

Drop by to create a crocodile with a mouth that opens and shuts. While supplies last. For ages 5-13.

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Come and make your own slime at the library! Pick your colors, pick your add-ins, just don't pick your nose!

Get in touch with the land and printmaking. Be a naturalist and an artist. No experience necessary.

Get up close and personal with amazing bugs from around the world. Explore more than 2,100 insects in 24 museum drawers and learn about diversity and classification of arthropods and other animals.

Dive into basic color theory with hands-on interactive STEAM activities (colorful bubbles and volcanoes galore!). Silly, messy and a whole lot of fun.

Local graphic novelist José Alaniz leads a presentation on the history of Latinx comics, followed by a workshop to create short comics.

Unleash your inner mad scientist and join us in the Frankentoy Workshop, where creativity knows no bounds!

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Join us and Key Pen Parks for rock painting at Gateway Park. All Supplies provided. Register

Children can play and explore sensory stations that will encourage their curiosity and sense of wonder through touch, sight and sound. Register

Join us at the Parkland/Spanaway Library for our summer-long program, Camp Creative: STEAM Fun, where we will get creative with different STEAM and sensory projects!

Work on a hands-on art activity together. Activities can include painting, collage, papier mâché, etc. Suitable for preschool-school aged children and their adults.

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Join us for stories, activities, rhymes, and singing for the whole family. Please bring a blanket or lawn chairs for your family.

Join in with your child and enjoy books, action rhymes, knee bounces, songs and more. 

Get up close with snakes, lizards, tortoises, amphibians, bugs and spiders.Register

Come hang out and tie-dye a tote bag with us! All materials provided!

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and take a turn telling stories around our pretend "campfire"!

Stories, art activities, rhymes, singing and fingerplays. For families with young children

Dive into basic color theory with hands-on, interactive STEAM activities (colorful bubbles and volcanoes galore!). Silly, messy, and a whole lot of fun.Register

Join us for stories, songs, rhymes and play. Geared toward ages 2-6, but all kiddos are welcome!

Children, teens, and adults of all ages are invited for an afternoon of Bingo! There will be prizes for the winners.

Create large paper animals! All supplies provided.

Find time to write, workshop ideas, share poetry, get feedback, work on your novel, meet writers, eat snacks, hang out, and talk books. Register

Kick back with games and snacks (and air conditioning!).

Join us for stories, songs, art, sensory play, and engagement! Messy hands and wiggly bodies are welcome. Most suited to ages 0-6 with an adult.

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Experience history and culture learning basic moves of the national Filipino dance, Tinikling. Learn about the dance's beat patterns, timing and sequences.Register

Enjoy live drumming and dance from the rich cultural traditions of Benin and Ghana in West Africa.

Enjoy live drumming and dance from the rich cultural traditions of Benin and Ghana in West Africa.

Stop by the library for some musical fun as kid's and their caregivers dance along to kid-friendly tunes. This program is designed to combine movement, music, community and fun for the whole family!

Join us at the Parkland/Spanaway Library for our summer-long program, Camp Creative: Art Fun, where we will get creative with different art projects and art mediums!

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Come to the library to explore your artistic side and learn to create your own Pokémon masterpiece painting on canvas.  Register

Find time to write, workshop ideas, share poetry, get feedback, work on your novel, meet writers, eat snacks, hang out, and talk books. Register

Experience history and culture learning basic moves of the national Filipino dance, Tinikling. Learn about the dance's beat patterns, timing and sequences.Register

Visit with friendly library staff and participate in the Library's summer reading program right in your neighborhood!

Make unique art and accessories using resin techniques.