Sidewalk Chalk Paint: Tween Zone Weekly Challenge

Welcome to this week’s Tween Zone Weekly Challenge: Sidewalk Chalk Paint! Creating art with sidewalk chalk is a great way to get outside and brighten up everyone’s day. If you don’t have any chalk, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Sidewalk chalk paint is simple and cheap to make – you may even already have all …

Modular Origami: Tween Zone Weekly Challenge

Welcome to the first Tween Zone Weekly Challenge! Each Friday, we’ll share a new activity to challenge your thinking, creativity, and STREAM skills. Let us see your final projects by sharing them on social media using the hashtag #PoudreLibraries. We’ll try to share as many photos as possible before the next week’s challenge gets underway. …

Make Your Own Gnome Home: Gnome Zone Weeklong Challenge

Welcome to the first Gnome Zone Weeklong Challenge! Share your finished projects with us on social media using the hashtag #PoudreLibraries. We’ll highlight as many as we can each week before the next challenge begins (new challenges every Monday). Supplies needed Sticks, twigs, bark Stones – big and small Greenery – like grass and leaves …

What’s Included in My Virtual Summer Reading Account?

There’s more than meets the eye with the 2020 Virtual Summer Reading Challenge! Don’t miss these great additions and updates. Be sure to also keep up with the online events calendar for a full list of the fun virtual programs and weekly activity challenges. STREAM On! (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, Math) Hooray for STREAM …

From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After

There is perhaps no beginning to a story filled with more magical possibilities than “once upon a time.” It’s an invitation to storm the castle, swim with mermaids, defeat dark forces, and fly with the winds. It whispers, “Come along with me. An adventure awaits.” We must defeat the ogres and rescue the villagers. We …