Tag Archive for: Crafts

Crafternoon: Button Making (All Ages)

Draw your own button designs or choose from ours and bring them to life with the library’s button maker!

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Crafternoon: Beginner Cross Stitch (Ages 6+)

Get started with cross stitch for beginners. We’ll be practicing the basic cross stitch and following a pattern on plastic mesh canvas. Drop-in.

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Crafternoon: Beginner Cross Stitch (Ages 6+)

Get started with cross stitch for beginners. We’ll be practicing the basic cross stitch and following a pattern on plastic mesh canvas.

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Registration opens January 15.

Crafternoon: Button Making (All Ages)

Draw your own button designs or choose from ours and bring them to life with the library’s button maker!

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Registration opens January 15.

Dungeons and Dragons: Miniature Painting (Youth Ages 10+)

Paint a miniature for your next D&D campaign! Fun for experts and beginners alike.

All supplies provided. Registration opens January 15.

Craft Supply Swap (all ages)

Swimming in sequins? Wishing for wool? Swap supplies among your fellow crafters and get crafty this Spring Break! No requirement to bring anything to participate.

Drop-off craft supplies to donate to the swap March 1-14 to the Children’s Information Desk. We accept lightly used, good condition materials and tools. No open liquids or glitter please.

A parent must accompany children under the age of 8.

Registration opens January 15.

Lunar New Year Art Workshop (9-12 years)

Join us for a fun and interactive art workshop with illustrator, muralist, and artist Paige Jung! Be sure to check out her latest book with folk musician Ginalina, Grandmother’s Chair: A Family Lunar New Year Story. Register below. 

Lunar New Year Art Workshop (6-8 years)

Join us for a fun and interactive art workshop with illustrator, muralist, and artist Paige Jung! Be sure to check out her latest book with folk musician Ginalina, Grandmother’s Chair: A Family Lunar New Year Story. Parent participation is required for this session for children ages 6-8. Register below. 

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The Joy of Mending

Did you know that the clothing industry is responsible for 4-9% of total global greenhouse gas emissions? Would you like to learn more about hand mending and darning and be able to save money, ‘love’ your clothes longer and decrease your own environmental impact?

This mending workshop will cover the environmental impact of textiles, how to choose textiles with their full lifecycle in mind and hands-on stitchery instruction.   We will sew on buttons and learn a few basic stitches and when to use them.

Instruction provided by members of the New Westminster Climate Action Hub.

Ages 12+

Supplies provided.

Presenters:

Cheryl Lewis is a leader in climate solutions at the personal and community. For example, her home now includes climate-friendly solutions such as a heat pump, solar panels and high-level energy efficiency. She also presents climate solution sessions at businesses and facilitates sessions with the RegenerateBC team. She is a long-time sewer and mender, creating practical solutions for various sewing problems.

Kristen Andrews attended a RegenerateBC course a few years ago on getting into climate action. The course inspired her to volunteer to teach others about climate solutions and to be a part of creating the New Westminster Climate Action Hub, an organization focused on speeding up climate solutions adoption in our own community. She has a background working in public libraries and is passionate about public education on this most important topic of our times. Kristen is an avid quilter interested in sustainability in textile crafts.

 

This class is part of BC Library Association’s Climate Action Week, a province-wide initiative to highlight the ways communities and libraries are taking action in the climate crisis. Check out all the climate action events at the New Westminster Public Library from November 2-8! nwpl.ca/climate

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Origami with Yuki Anthony (Ages 3-6)

(Ages 3-6) Join us for an origami workshop with local origami artist Yuki! Younger children will learn to fold simple shapes, while older kids will tackle more complex 3D creations.  Children aged 8 and under must have an adult participate with them. This is not a series; register for one date only. If the event is full, please email youth@nwpl.ca to be added to the waitlist.