Arts & Crafting

Whether it's a craft-to-go or craft event, you can learn a new skill or join others to chat and craft with the ICPL community. Check out upcoming events below.


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Upcoming events

Sunday, May 25, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Create a colorful rainbow using cereal and cotton balls! Let your creativity run wild as you mix colors and add fluffy clouds to finish your masterpiece. ¡Crea un arcoíris colorido usando cereal y bolitas de algodón! Deja que tu creatividad vuele...

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 4:00pm

Storytime Room

Book to Art Club is the fourth Tuesday of every month for school age children. Each month we will read a picture book and create custom art inspired by the story! For our last Book to Art Club of the school year, we are getting ready for summertime...

Kids Families Arts & Crafting Storytimes

Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 6:00pm

Digital Media Lab

Do you knit, crochet, spin, punch needle, embroider or do some other fiber arts activity?  Bring your current work in progress and join us the last Thursday of each month for an evening of conversation and group crafting. Whether you're...

Adults Teens Arts & Crafting
paper bag decorated with colorful polka dots and with attached streamers.

Sunday, June 1, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Create a colorful trailing kite using paper sacks! Let your creativity run wild and decorate your masterpiece.

Tweens Kids Families Arts & Crafting
intro to the cricut cutting machine

Monday, June 2, 2025 - 6:30pm

Digital Media Lab

Your library has a Cricut Maker 3! Anyone interested in using the Cricut to create paper cut-outs, vinyl decals, iron-on designs, or other creations is invited to this introductory session. Stacey will walk us through the following: What you can...

Adults Teens Families Arts & Crafting Classes & Workshops Science & Technology

Friday, June 6, 2025 - 2:30pm

Teen Center

Chill out after the last day of school with snow cones, minute to win games, add some art to our community project, and check out activities that will be happening all summer long at your library! Teen services staff will help you get signed up for...

Teens Arts & Crafting

Saturday, June 7, 2025 - 11:00am

Pedmall, Other

The Arts, Books & Children (ABC) Day is a feast for kids and kids-at-heart! All ages will enjoy the kids activities located on the Pedmall as part of the Iowa Arts Festival! Produced by Iowa City Public Library, this is the official kickoff for...

Adults Teens Tweens Kids Babies Families Arts & Crafting Music

Sunday, June 8, 2025 - 2:00pm

Storytime Room

Today is World Ocean Day! Let's celebrate by making a colorful jellyfish using a paper plate, tissue paper, yarn, and more. Dive into the fun and show your love for our oceans!

Kids Families Arts & Crafting

Monday, June 9, 2025 - 1:00pm

Teen Center

Craft a bracelet, necklace or keychain made from your favorite book or series

Teens Arts & Crafting
share your voice

Monday, June 9, 2025 - 6:30pm

Digital Media Lab

Using Adobe Illustrator, turn the phrase of your choice into a striking and legible sign that could be held at a rally or posted in a window of your home. Illustrator has text features that go beyond ordinary, flat lines of text. You can warp...

Adults Teens Arts & Crafting Classes & Workshops Science & Technology