2 - 13 July 2012
We have lots of exciting stories and activities for the kids to enjoy across the Auckland region, including:
- Storytimes
- Crafty kids – let your imagination run wild with origami, paint, stencils and more.
- Quizzes – challenge your friends and see who will come out on top.
- Scavenger hunts – get your friends together and find the answers to all the clues.
Botany Library
Highland Park Library
Howick Library
Māngere Bridge Library
Māngere East Library
Māngere Town Centre Library
Manukau Library
Manurewa Library
Otara Library
Pakuranga Library
Papatoetoe Library
Te Matariki Clendon Library
Tupu Youth Library
Botany Library
30 June - 15 July: Famous artwork quiz -- How well do you know famous artists? Complete the quiz and go in the draw to win exciting prizes.
Monday 2 July, 10.30am - 11am: Colourful Storytime -- Teach your children the colours of the rainbow with fun stories for 3 - 5-year-olds.
Thursday 5 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Paper craft origami -- Learn origami with your child and make cool creations with paper.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 11am: Colourful Storytime -- Teach your children the colours of the rainbow with fun stories for 3 - 5-year-olds.
Sunday 15 July, 3pm - 4.30pm: Art with LEGO -- Bring along the kids and become an artist to create a masterpiece with Lego.
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Highland Park Library
Monday 2 July, 10.30am: Crazy dancing cat -- Create a crazy dancing cat.
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am: Storytime and colouring in -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do colouring in activity.
Wednesday 4 July, 10.30am: Beautiful butterfly mobile -- Enjoy making a beautiful butterfly mobile.
Thursday 5 July, 10.30am: Storytime and colouring in -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do colouring in activity.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am: Elephing elephants -- Make your own elephant and join our elephant parade.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am: Jumping Jack Monkey -- Create your own mischievous monkey.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am: Storytime and colouring in -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do colouring in activity.
Wednesday 11 July, 10.30am: Playful parrot -- Make your own pretty polly parrot that will make you laugh.
Thursday 12 July, 10.30am: Storytime and colouring in -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do colouring in activity.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am: Purrfect pencil holder -- Enjoy making this purrfect pussycat pencil holder.
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Howick Library
Monday 2 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Paper mosaic tins -- Make a colourful container for your pens, pencils or even flowers.
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am - 11am: Arty Party Storytime -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do colouring in activity.
Wednesday 4 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Swirly snakes -- Make your own super colourful snazzy snakes.
Thursday 5 July, 10.30am - 11am: Arty Party Storytime -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do a colouring in activity.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Stained-glass window -- Create your own beautiful windows to hang in the light.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Fantastic fingerprints -- Create a special masterpiece with your fingerprints.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 11am: Arty Party Storytime -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do a colouring in activity.
Wednesday 11 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Paper weaving -- Find out all the fun things you can make with strips of paper.
Thursday 12 July, 10.30am - 11am: Arty Party Storytime -- Come along for a fun Storytime and do a colouring in activity.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Arty Party scavenger hunt -- Look for paintings throughout the library and complete the picture jigsaw.
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Māngere Bridge Library
Monday 2 July, 10.30am - 11am: Leaf Rubbing Art -- Capture the essence of autumn and create your own leaf rubbings, that you take home to frame and enjoy all year round.
Wednesday 4 July, 2pm - 4pm: Create a magazine -- Create a tween magazine to amaze your friends. Suitable for children 9-13 years old. Registration required, phone 6366797 to book.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11am: Sing-along Storytime -- Join us for a special Matariki themed Sing-along Storytime.
Friday 6 July, 2pm - 4pm: KEWL Club meeting -- Learn the art of poi making and how to use poi.
Saturday 7 July, 1.30pm - 3pm: The Block Party -- Awaken your creativity with LEGO and build to our Matariki theme.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Suncatchers to brighten winter days -- Warm up with us and create a sun and wind catcher to brighten your winter days.
Wednesday 11 July, 2pm - 4pm: Picture this -- Welcome to our art gallery where you can "spin it, sculpt it, paint it!" Registration required, please phone 636 6797 to book.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 11am: Sing-along Storytime -- Join us for a special Matariki themed Sing-along Storytime. Music and fun for the whole family.
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Māngere East Library
Tuesday 3 July, 11am: Arty Fun -- Come along to Māngere East Library for a fun craft activity.
Wednesday 4 July, 11am: Dance workshop -- Get your groove on at our beginners hip-hop session with Paulo.
Friday 6 July, 11am: Dance workshop -- Get your groove on at our beginners hip-hop session with Paulo.
Monday 9 July, 11am: Arty Crafty Fun -- Come along and make some crafty masks.
Wednesday 11 July, 11am: Arty Crafty Fun -- Make your own beautiful bead jewellery to take home.
Friday 13 July, 11am: Balloon Party -- Join us for a fun-filled games day on the last day of the holidays.
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Māngere Town Centre Library
Monday 2 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Weaving Matariki stars -- Come and weave sparkling stars to help us decorate the library.
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Toioho Ki Māngere visual arts session -- Explore Maori art forms with Toioho Ki Māngere exhibition.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Matariki Storytime -- Come and enjoy fun Storytime session and make own poi to take home.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Paper, scissors, sculpt! -- Create, cut and fold animals. Use paper and scissors and make amazing 3D animals to take home.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Be a legend -- Work with Māori actor, Chris molloy to become a legend on stage.
Wednesday 11 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Junior artists on display -- Create an underwater world to impress your friends and family.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Stamping mad! -- Try something new with potatoes and get creative making gift wraps, cards and stationary.
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Manukau Library
Monday 2 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - decoupage -- Enjoy stories and songs followed by a special craft lesson. We'll introduce you to decoupage and you can make a pet rock.
Tuesday 3 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - Kandinsky -- Come to this fun Storytime session and discover the art of Kandinsky Trees.
Wednesday 4 July, 11am - 12pm: Matariki Storytime -- Come and learn the importance of star constellations, make your own star wheel and try it out in the night sky.
Thursday 5 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - chalk drawings -- Enjoy stories and songs then create your own chalk drawing own masterpiece.
Friday 6 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - pastels -- Enjoy stories and songs followed by a special craft lesson to learn to use pastels.
Monday 9 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - stained glass -- Create your own stained glass window.
Tuesday 10 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty Party - Giacometti -- Enjoy stories and songs followed by a special craft lesson where you can be inspired by famous artist Giacometti and craft a stick person.
Wednesday 11 July, 11am - 12pm: Matariki Storytime -- Following the appearance of Matariki it is time to plan your gardens for next year. Come and design a garden using traditional medicinal food plants.
Thursday 12 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - mosaic -- Have a fun morning at this Storytime where you can make a mosaic picture frame.
Friday 13 July, 11am - 12pm: Arty party - Alexander Calder -- Storytime session with craft. Follow in the footsteps of artist Alexander Calder and make a mobile using pipe cleaners.
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Manurewa Library
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Colourful Collage -- Make your own colourful collage like famous artist Henri Matisse.
Wednesday 4 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Kandinsky Colours -- Create your own abstract painting using crayons and paint.
Thursday 5 July , 10.30am - 12pm: Stencil Magic -- Create your own masterpiece using stencils, crayons and pencils.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11pm: Storytime -- Come along to enjoy stories and songs.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Matariki Stars -- Come along to our star making craft activity for Matariki.
Thursday 12 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Wax Resist Paintings -- Create your own masterpiece using wax crayons and watercolour paint.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 12pm: Famous Paintings -- Colour in famous paintings and take part in our arty party quiz.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 11pm: Storytime -- Come along to enjoy stories and songs.
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Otara Library
Monday 2 July , 11am: Famous painting colouring -- Be inspired by the colour photos of famous artists paintings and make your own work of art.
Tuesday 3 July, 11am: Make your own comic strip -- Using a comic strip template draw your own comic characters and add speech bubbles.
Wednesday 4 July, 11am: Create a jigsaw puzzle -- Colour in a picture and make it into a jigsaw puzzle.
Thursday 5 July, 11am: Draw a popular cartoon character -- Learn to draw Bombette from Mario Bros. Step-by-step we'll show you how.
Friday 6 July, 11am: Crayon etching pictures -- Etch your own picture and get really creative.
Monday 9 July, 11am: Draw a popular cartoon character -- Learn to draw a famous cartoon character. Step-by-step we'll show you how.
Tuesday 10 July, 11am: Stained Glass Colouring -- Make your own beautiful stained glass pictures.
Wednesday 10 July, 11am: Colour by numbers -- Colour a picture by numbers and be amazed as it comes to life.
Thursday 12 July, 11am: Colour your own book -- Colour and make a story into your own book.
Friday 13 July, 11am: Paint a stencil picture -- Create a masterpiece using stencils that you can take home and hang on your wall.
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Pakuranga Library
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Let's get crafty -- Join us at this fun craft session and we'll show you how to transform a plain cloth peg into a fashion item.
Wednesday 4 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Arty party Storytime -- Listen to lovely stories about art & colour-in pictures of famous paintings.
Thursday 5 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Come one come all, it's show time! -- Exciting Xbox 360 games in the library. Numbers limited to 25: first in, first served. Register your name at the library on the day.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Let's get crafty -- Come to this fun craft session to make a gorgeous pipe cleaner flower lapel to wear.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Festival of art -- Learn about famous paintings and famous artists with prizes to be won.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Arty party Storytime -- Listen to lovely stories about art & colour-in pictures of famous paintings.
Wednesday 11 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Come one come all, it's show time! -- Join gold title hip hop dancer and librarian Paulo Va'a for a high energy dance workshop.
Thursday 12 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Festival of Art -- Learn about traditional Māori art with special guest librarian Lawren Matrix.
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Papatoetoe Library
Tuesday 3 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Spectacular spuds -- Use spuds as sponges and create your own potatoes prints.
Thursday 5 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Arty numbers -- Let's get creative with colours. Bring alive the secret picture hidden in the numbers.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Finger art -- Make your own masterpiece using your fingerprints.
Thursday 12 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Flower power -- Join the experts, learn some tricks and create your own special artwork.
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Te Matariki Clendon Library
Monday 2 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Flying things -- Birds, butterflies, planes and balloons, come along and do some great artworks based on flying things.
Wednesday 4 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Mask magic -- Pretty or scary? Creature or animal? Create your own marvellous mask.
Friday 6 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Artist hunt -- Learn a little bit about art as you try to solve an art theft.
Monday 9 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: All that glitters -- Make a wonderful shining piece of art.
Tuesday 10 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Art workshop -- Learn new art tips and techniques at this artworkshop run by our special guest artist.
Wednesday 11 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Make a model -- Our resident artist will help you make some great artworks.
Friday 13 July, 10.30am - 11.30am: Arty party -- Our special holiday finale event , join us for party crafts and face painting.
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Tupu Youth Library
2 - 12 July, 1pm - 3pm daily: Street Art: 2012 -- Create and develop three pieces of street art to exhibit! For youth aged 13 years+.
3 - 5 July, 10am - 12pm: Fun with art -- Art and craft activities for school age kids. Runs Tuesday - Thursday.
10 - 12 July, 10am - 12pm: Fun with art -- Art & Craft activities for school age kids. Runs Tuesday - Thursday.
Friday 13 July, 3pm: Street Art: 2012 Exhibition -- Come along and see what we produced at Street Art: 2012. Bring your friends and family to enjoy this wonderful exhibit .
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