Kingston Libraries - School Holiday Program April 2023

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

ALL LIBRARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES ARE FREE

Bookings for program will open

Friday 24 March at 10am.

To book library events:

Phone: 1300 135 668

Online: library.kingston.vic.gov.au/events

In person at any library branch

Children under 10 years must be accompanied by a responsible adult.

Public Holiday reminders

Library will be closed:

Friday 7 - Monday 10 April (Easter Weekend)

All dates and times are correct at time of printing.

Changes may be made in accordance with Government regulations. See our website for updates.

Bookmark Design Competition commences Saturday 1 April to Saturday 6 May.

Collect your entry form from your nearest library or download it from our website. Help design this year’s new range of bookmarks.

$50vouchers!bookshop * *8 to be won

COMPETITION WIN!

Tuesday 11 April

Bunk Puppets

Westall Library

10-11am

Cheltenham Library

12:30-1:30pm

Ages 7+

Join Jeff Achtem who has toured around the world doing puppetry, clowning and visual storytelling in an exciting workshop making shadow puppets out of simple everyday materials. A monkey? A unicorn? What can you see? Learn to transform scraps and junk into shadow puppets.

Bookings required.

Minecraft 3D Printing

Parkdale Library

3-4pm

Ages 8-14

Learn all about 3D printing by designing and creating your own take-home Minecraft print job (to be collected at a later date).

Wednesday 12 April

Storytime at the Gallery

Kingston Arts Centre

2-3pm

Ages 3+

Are you brave? Are you strong? Are you ready to tame a dragon? Come along to our very special Storytime at the Gallery, full of stories about dragons, followed by making a marionette dragon puppet.

No bookings required.

Movie & Craft

Patterson Lakes Library

2:30-3:45pm

Ages 3+

Box car masters - from cardboard to Drive-In ready. Design and decorate your very own box car. Then tour your car to the drive in and watch a short movie.

Mini movie - A keen but accident-prone dragon learns how to become a dragon at Dragon School. Rated G. Snacks provided.

Bookings required.

BUNKASAURUS

By Bunk Puppets

Two fools in too much trouble … a raucous new all-ages adventure for kids!

A jaunty new adventure from the DIY masters of puppetry and theatrical wizardry, Bunk Puppets, promise to rip open your imagination with the cast of slapdash puppets, bizarre characters and riveting illusions!

Award-winners at Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringes, Bunk Puppets have travelled the globe and built an international reputation with their absurdist and imaginative visual stories.

Date/Time

Wednesday 12 April, 10am and 1pm

Venue Shirley Burke Theatre

64 Parkers Rd, Parkdale

Duration 55 minutes

Ticket cost

One Price $20

Suitable for ages 6+

Adelaide Advertiser (for Swamp Juice)

“Totally Awesome!”

Thursday 13 April

Sphero Robotics Junior

Cheltenham Library

10:30-11:30am

Ages 5-9

Get to know our Sphero robots. Learn how to navigate them through mazes and other obstacles.

Bookings required.

Butterfly Finger Puppets

Dingley Village Library

2:30-3:15pm

Ages 3+

Flutter, flutter butterfly. Come and make a beautiful butterfly finger puppet using flowers and leaves.

Bookings required.

mBots

Westall Library

3:30-5pm

Ages 8-14

Put your engineering and computing skills to the test, and build one of our mBots, and then program it to move.

Bookings required.

Friday 14 April

Paper Bracelet Weaving

Chelsea Library

10:30-11:15am

Ages 8+

Weave your own magic by designing your very own paper bracelet.

Bookings required.

Minecraft 3D Printing

Westall Library

10:30-11:30am

Ages 8-14

Learn all about 3D printing by designing and creating your own take-home Minecraft print job (to be collected at a later date).

Bookings required.

Saturday 15 April

Saturday Storytime

Chelsea Library 11am-12pm

Ages 0-5

A wonderful opportunity for busy parents to enjoy Storytime at the library with your children.

No bookings required.

Monday 17 April

Australian Native Botanical Art Workshop with illustrator

Rachel Gyan

Chelsea Library

11am-12pm

Ages 5-12

Parkdale Library

2-3pm

Ages 5-12

Unravel the wonder and creativity of Australian native plants in a hands-on workshop with Rachel Gyan, illustrator of Plantastic!: A-Z of Australian plants. This mindful art practice will connect children to the natural world around them and inspire limitless possibilities for future at-home creations.

Bookings required.

Rachel Gyan

Sphero Robotics Junior

Westall Library

10:30-11:30am

Ages 5-9

Get to know our Sphero robots. Learn how to navigate them through mazes and other obstacles.

Bookings required.

Tuesday 18 April

Paper Bracelet Weaving

Parkdale Library

2:30-3:15pm

Ages 8+

Weave your own magic by designing your very own paper bracelet.

Bookings required.

Minecraft 3D Printing

Chelsea Library

2:30-3:30pm

Ages 8-14

Learn all about 3D printing by designing and creating your own take-home Minecraft print job (to be collected at a later date).

Bookings required.

Toontastic

Cartooning

Clarinda Library

2-3pm

Ages 5-12

Go DRAWING MAD as Toonworld invites you to come on a journey filled with creativity and challenges. You will meet fun characters and we will design our own wonderful heroes while defending the lands against the evil Rubbix and his rampaging stickmen army!

Bookings required.

Wednesday 19 April

mBots

Chelsea Library

2:30-4pm

Ages 8-14

Put your engineering and computing skills to the test, and build one of our mBots, and then program it to move.

Bookings required.

Butterfly Finger Puppets

Cheltenham Library

2-2:45pm

Ages 3+

Flutter, flutter butterfly. Come and make a beautiful butterfly finger puppet using flowers and leaves.

Bookings required.

Nature Craft mask, crown and tiaras

Patterson Lakes Library

2:30-3:15pm

Ages 3+

In celebration of Nature Play Week get creative with nature to decorate a mask, crown or tiara.

Bookings required.

Thursday 20 April

Air Dry Clay Creatures

Cheltenham Library

10:30-11:15am

Ages 6+

Using air dry clay, create a dancing banana, a jaw snapping shark or a unicorn on roller skates. You decide.

Bookings required.

Storytime & Craft: Dragons

Dingley Village Library

2:30-3:30pm

Ages 3+

Are you brave? Are you strong? Are you ready to tame a dragon? Come along to a very special storytime, full of stories about dragons, followed by making a marionette dragon puppet.

Bookings required.

Friday 21 April

Air Dry Clay Creatures

Chelsea Library

10:30-11:15am

Ages 6+

Using air dry clay, create a dancing banana, a jaw snapping shark or a unicorn on roller skates. You decide.

Bookings required.

Teen Phone Charms and Bracelets

Cheltenham Library

2:30-3:15pm

Ages 12+

Make your very own beaded phone charm or even a bracelet or two.

Bookings required.

GAMING AT THE LIBRARY

Nintendo Switches available at Chelsea & Clarinda Library!

Xbox One available at Chelsea, Westall & Dingley Library. All school holidays.

®Lego Drop-IN

Kids of all ages welcome.

Drop in Lego® – available at all branches, all school holidays.

& TINY TOTS

Storytime and Tiny Tots programs continue as usual throughout the holidays. For locations, dates and times, scan the QR.

DROP IN FAMILY BOARD GAMES

A variety of board and card games are available at all branches, all school holidays.

MOVIES

Wednesday 12 April

Cheltenham Library

5-7pm

Rated PG13+

How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways. On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely undateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

Friday 14 April

Parkdale Library

2-4pm

Rated PG Ages 7+

Five years have passed since Hiccup and Toothless united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting the island’s unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons -- and a mysterious dragon rider. Hiccup and Toothless then find themselves at the centre of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior named Drago.

BOOKINGS REQUIRED

FOR ALL SESSIONS

Please note accompanying parents/ guardians will need to also book.

Snacks provided!

LIBRARY AT THE

Thursday 20 April

Parkdale Library

2:30-4pm

Ages 8+

Puss in Boots is down to the last of his 9 lives and is running scared from the Grim Reaper, a very nasty Big Bad Wolf. He sets out on an adventure to find the mythical lost wishing star, which has one wish remaining.

Friday 21 April

Westall Library

2-4pm

Ages 5+

The Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, is the last robot left on Earth. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during the past 700 years, he has developed a personality, and he’s more than a little lonely. Then he spots EVE, a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten he embarks on his greatest adventure yet when he follows EVE across the galaxy.