Arts and Crafts

Children in 3rd and 4th grades are invited to the New Castle Branch Library on Friday, January 11 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. to learn different ways to print with Ms. Margaret Cooke. Children will learn how to rub a print, monoprint, make stencils to print, and even how to make cards using a variety of fun materials and objects. (Kids are encouraged to wear an old t-shirt for this program.) Supplies and snacks will be provided. This class is limited to 25 children, and preregistration is required to attend this event.

Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are invited to the New Castle Branch Library on Friday, January 11 from 12 to 2 p.m. to learn how to make monoprints with Ms. Margaret Cooke. Children will learn different ways to print images that can be duplicated again and again. Children will make monoprints using kitchen gadgets, fruit or vegetables, stamps, sponge prints, and block printing. (Kids are encouraged to wear an old t-shirt for this program.) Supplies and snacks will be provided. This class is limited to 25 children, and preregistration is required to attend this event.

Children in 3rd and 4th grades are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 25 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. to learn about pointillism and how to use small dots of color to create shapes and forms with Ms. Ashley Atwater. We will look at artists who used this form of art to create drawings and paintings. Students will create their own pointillism images using a variety of mediums, such as markers, paint, and stamps. Then we will create a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 25 from 1 2 to 2 p.m. to learn about pointillism and how to use small dots of color to create shapes and forms with Ms. Ashley Atwater. We will look at artists who used this form of art to create drawings and paintings. Students will create their own pointillism images using a variety of mediums, such as markers, paint, and stamps. Then we will create a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Children in 3rd and 4th grades are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 18 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. to learn about the three planes found in a composition with Ms. Ashley Atwater. We will look at famous artists’ masterpieces and determine where foreground, middleground, and background are located in each work. Students will then create their own artwork by painting, drawing, collage and more for a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 18 from 12 to 2 p.m. to learn about the three planes found in a composition with Ms. Ashley Atwater. We will look at famous artists’ masterpieces and determine where foreground, middleground, and background are located in each work. Students will then create their own artwork by painting, drawing, collage and more for a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Children in 3rd and 4th grades are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 11 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. to study the basic elements of art with Ms. Ashley Atwater. Students will explore lines, textures, shapes, and primary and secondary colors. We will examine how these elements appear in famous works of art, and then we will create our own pieces of art through drawing, painting, and collage. We will create a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Children in kindergarten through 2nd grade are invited to the Rifle Branch Library on Friday, January 11 from 12 to 2 p.m. to study the basic elements of art with Ms. Ashley Atwater. Students will explore lines, textures, shapes, and primary and secondary colors. We will examine how these elements appear in famous works of art, and then we will create our own pieces of art through drawing, painting, and collage. We will create a class art gallery where students can enjoy everyone’s artwork! Supplies and snacks will be provided.

Are you bored on Fridays? Do you wish you could have some kids to play games with? Well don't be, come on down to the Library and Mr. Stanley will have all kinds of board games, like chess, checkers, and Yahtzee—just to name a few. Oh, by the way, those games will help you with your math skills. This program will be held at the New Castle Branch Library on Friday, December 14 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and is for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade.
 

Are you bored on Fridays? Do you wish you could have some kids to play games with? Well don't be, come on down to the Library and Mr. Stanley will have all kinds of board games, like chess, checkers, and Yahtzee—just to name a few. Oh, by the way, those games will help you with your math skills. This program will be held at the New Castle Branch Library on Friday, December 14 from 12 to 2 p.m. and is for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade.