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Get Creative with LEGOs

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:
This program is a LEGO free play. Bring the whole family. We will have LEGOs, DUPLOs and MEGA BLOKS so everyone can play! For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Intro to Roblox Development

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
If you love Roblox and want to get started with building your own games, this is for you! You will learn the basics of game building in your own 3D Roblox worlds with Code Ninjas. No experience required. For ages 8 and up. This grant is made pos...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

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Headquarters Library
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Toddler and Preschool Story Time: Robots

10:30am - 11:15am
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Join us for stories, songs and more. We will have a craft and a coloring sheet at the end. This week's theme is robots. This event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival, a statewide celebration of STEM. You can find more events lik...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Code Your Own Cartoons

4:00pm - 6:00pm
North Regional Library
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
It's time to unleash your creativity and express yourself as a master storyteller. You will learn to code your own animations and imaginative stories with Code Ninjas! For ages 8 and up. This grant is made possible by funding from the federal In...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Toddler Story Time: Happy Mother's Day!

10:00am - 10:30am
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Story time for 1-3-year-olds. This week's theme is Mother's Day. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459. ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Family Story Time: I Heart My Library!

10:00am - 10:45am
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Story time for ages 0-5-year-olds. Story time includes reading stories, creative storytelling, music and movement and more. Please note that this program is appropriate for sensory seekers. This week's theme is books and libraries. For more...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Story Time: Funny Stories

10:00am - 11:00am
Cliffdale Regional Library
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Story Time Room (CLF)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Story time for 3-5-year-olds. This week's theme is funny stories. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1449....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Preschool Story Time: Happy Mother's Day!

11:00am - 11:30am
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (SPL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
Story time for 3-5-year-olds. This week's theme is Mother's Day. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Story Time Take and Make Craft

12:00pm - 7:00pm
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
This story time take and make craft will be available at the youth services desk from April 30 - May 6 or as long as supplies last. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Terrific Tuesday: Glitter Slime

3:30pm - 4:30pm
North Regional Library
Library Branch: North Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (NRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Practice some chemistry by making your own gooey, sparkly glitter slime. This event is part of the North Carolina Science Festival, a statewide celebration of STEM. You can find more events like this all month long at ncscifest.org. Fo...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Robotic Challenges: Code-A-Pillars and Cubelets

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Cliffdale Regional Library
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Registration
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years
Program Type: STEM/STEAM
Registration Required
Seats Remaining: 10
Event Details:
We invite children and teens to get creative and challenge themselves with robotics. Children can learn simple coding through our Code-A-Pillar and Bee-Bot. Try out different codes to make them move. Down for a race? Who do you think can be the ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Spring Movie Night: Encanto

4:30pm - 6:15pm
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:
¡Hola amigos! Join us as we cozy in to watch the movie Encanto (PG; 2021). We will also have popcorn for you to enjoy. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1481....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Baby Yoda Scavenger Hunt

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Games & Activities, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Uh-oh! Grogu made copies of himself, he has. Find all ten (10) of them, you must. Win, the Dark Side must not. When all ten (10) of the Grogus you've found, prize from the children's desk you get. May the 4th be with you, but beware of the Reven...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Community Garden Art Challenge

All Day
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Come get a flower pot to decorate and draw in the plant of your choosing. You may use crayons at the library or art supplies you have at home and bring your artwork back. Please return to the library by May 31. Please note that this program...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

LEGO Free Play

10:30am - 11:30am
Cliffdale Regional Library
Library Branch: Cliffdale Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (CLF)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities
Event Details:
Get creative with LEGO DUPLOs and accept the challenge to create something interesting. Come and play. Ages 2-8. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1449....

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Crafty Science: Fun in the Sun!

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Bordeaux Community Library
Library Branch: Bordeaux Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (BOR)
Age Group: 6-11 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, STEM/STEAM
Event Details:
Beat the heat as we learn about UV Rays and complete a craft with UV reactive materials. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1381.  ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Star Wars Take and Make Craft

All Day
Spring Lake Community Library
Library Branch: Spring Lake Community Library
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Directed Activity
Event Details:
Come by and pick up a May the 4th themed take and make craft. The crafts will be available from May 3 - May 10 or as long as supplies last. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1459. ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Playdates at the Library

9:00am - 10:00am
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Games & Activities, Sensory Program
Event Details:
Join us as we host Playdates at the Library. During this continuous program we will provide different play materials such as sensory toys, LEGOs, etc. We hope to see you there. Ages 0 to 4 years old. For more information about this program, plea...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

"Zensory" Story Time (Low Sensory)

10:00am - 10:45am
Hope Mills Community Library
Library Branch: Hope Mills Community Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (HPM)
Age Group: 0-5 Years, 6-11 Years
Program Type: Sensory Program, Story Time
Event Details:
Join us as we explore our senses in story time as we read the book Ploof by Ben Clanton and Andy Chou Musser. There will also be activities centered around the book. Story times include dim lighting, music and movement, visual schedule, fidgets ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Nature Tales: Animal Sounds

10:00am - 11:00am
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome! This month's theme is Animal Sounds. Please register online at www.capefearbg.org or&n...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Star Wars Matinee - Star Wars: A New Hope

10:00am - 12:00pm
Headquarters Library
Library Branch: Headquarters Library
Room: Pate Room (HQU)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, All Ages
Program Type: Culture & Entertainment
Event Details:
Join us for a special showing of Star Wars: A New Hope (1977; PG) as we celebrate May the 4th Be with You Day! Ages 7 and up. For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1361. ...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

May the Fourth Crafts: Comics and Cinema

10:00am - 5:30pm
West Regional Library
Library Branch: West Regional Library
Room: Meeting/Activity Room (WRL)
Age Group: 6-11 Years, 12-14 Years, 15-18 Years, 19+ Years, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, General Program
Event Details:
Celebrate Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day with a drop-in movie marathon and self-directed crafts. The following movies will be shown: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (PG, 2018) Star Wars: Clone Wars (PG, 2008) The DC Leagu...

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Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.

Nature Tales: Animal Sounds

11:00am - 11:45am
Off Site
Offsite Event
Library Branch: Off Site
Age Group: 0-5 Years
Program Type: Story Time
Event Details:
A FREE, preschool story and nature time presented at Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville. Ages 2-6 are welcome! This month's theme is Animal Sounds. Please register online at www.capefearbg.org or&n...

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs will not be permitted.