Northfield Library: Upcoming Library Closure

Due to disruptions from the roofing project, the Northfield Library will be closed Tuesday, April 8 and Wednesday, April 9. 

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Spring Migration Birding Walk

Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:30am
Offsite
Program Type:
Other
Age Group:
School Age, Teens & Tweens, Family, Adults
Event Details:

Join Red Hill Birding's founder Josh Engel at the Skokie Lagoons to learn about bird migration and see spring migrants at one of our best local birding hotspots. The beginning of A...

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Offsite Event
variety of colorful stickers

(New Location) Stickerpalooza

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age
Event Details:

Join your friends (or meet new ones!) for an awesome afternoon of sticker fun! Each participant will receive a booklet to decorate and collect stickers. Feel free to bring your own...

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Lights, Vision & LEDs

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Live Performance, STEAM
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Light up your imagination with Kids Science Labs! We'll be experimenting with a hands-on science program focused on lights, vision & LEDs.This program is for kids only. Re...

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Kids Science Labs Logo

Lights, Vision & LEDs

Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 4:45pm - 5:30pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Live Performance, STEAM
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Light up your imagination with Kids Science Labs! We'll be experimenting with a hands-on science program focused on lights, vision & LEDs.This program is for kids only. Re...

Required
wooden eggs

Sensational STEAM

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Join us for an exciting hour of hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. March 19 - Lucky Bamboo GardenApril 16 - Wooden EggsMay 7 - Coffee Fil...

Required
pile of colorful jellybeans

Jellybean Taste Testing - 4PM

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play, Food & Drink
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Sample savory and sweet jellybeans and put your taste buds to the test. Please choose either a 4pm OR 6:30pm time slot. Sign up each child that will be in attendance.

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pile of colorful jellybeans

Jellybean Taste Testing - 6:30PM

Thursday, April 17, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play, Food & Drink
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Sample savory and sweet jellybeans and put your taste buds to the test. Please choose either a 4pm OR 6:30pm time slot. Sign up each child that will be in attendance.

Required

Library Closed for Easter

All Day
Winnetka Library, Northfield Library, Offsite, Virtual

The Winnetka and Northfield Libraries are closed Sunday, April 20 in observance of Easter.

Closing
Multiple LEGO of a variety of colors.

LEGO® Fun

Monday, April 21, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Family
Event Details:

Lots of LEGO® bricks will be available so come ready with your imagination!   Ages 4+ with Adult  

light bulb inbetween happy and sad mask

Where's Your Funny Bone?

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Live Performance
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Having fun is the basis of improv and that’s what we’ll do!  We’ll do theatre games and put on mini-plays just for ourselves. Ages 9 -12

Required
perler beads

Crafternoon

Friday, April 25, 2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

No school today? Join us for an afternoon crafting fun. Stay the whole time or drop in when you’d like! Ages 5+ with Adult

pink and green shredded play foam

After School Free Play

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Join us after school for an hour of interactive free play. This program is sure to be a little messy (and fun!) so wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty! Ages 3+ with Adul...

Mario in a racing car on a rainbow track and he's really happy!

Mario Kart Racing

Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Gaming
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Meet us in the Lloyd Room for an afternoon of thrilling races, banana peels, and blue shells as we compete for victory!

Required
colorful clay worry stones

Sculpt a Sensory Stone - 4PM

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Use quick-drying clay to make a pocket-sized fidget toy.Please choose either a 4pm OR 6:30pm time slot. Sign up each child that will be in attendance.

Required
colorful clay worry stones

Sculpt a Sensory Stone - 6:30PM

Thursday, May 1, 2025 at 6:30pm - 7:00pm
Northfield Community Room at Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Use quick-drying clay to make a pocket-sized fidget toy.Please choose either a 4pm OR 6:30pm time slot. Sign up each child that will be in attendance.

Required
Text that reads Free Comic Book Day, first Saturday in May, May 3, 2025

Free Comic Book Day

All Day
Youth Services at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play, Storytime, Other
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Teens & Tweens
Event Details:

Come grab a bag of comics appropriate for kids of all ages, while supplies last! One bag per child, please.

Text that reads Free Comic Book Day, first Saturday in May, May 3, 2025

Free Comic Book Day

All Day
Northfield Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts, Creative Play, Storytime, Other
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Teens & Tweens
Event Details:

Come grab a bag of comics appropriate for kids of all ages, while supplies last! One bag per child, please.

Multiple LEGO of a variety of colors.

LEGO® Fun

Monday, May 5, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Family
Event Details:

Lots of LEGO® bricks will be available so come ready with your imagination!   Ages 4+ with Adult  

Ice Excavation

Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Arts & Crafts
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age
Event Details:

Help rescue animals, characters, and more trapped in the ice. A limited number of tickets for this event will be available beginning at 3pm. Ages 3+ with Adult

orange coffee filters made to look like flowers with paper plates and green and yellow markers

Sensational STEAM

Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 4:00pm - 4:45pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
School Age
Event Details:

Join us for an exciting hour of hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities. March 19 - Lucky Bamboo GardenApril 16 - Wooden EggsMay 7 - Coffee Fil...

Required
kid with ear against empty tin can with string going off to the side

STEAM Play

Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
STEAM
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Family
Event Details:

Join us for an exciting hour of hands-on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) activities.  There will be various open-ended activities for the littles. Age...

hands over set of controls ready to learn

No Escape! Backup

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
Winnetka Community Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Gaming
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Teens & Tweens, Family, Adults
Event Details:

Actually, there is an escape, you must work together and solve the clues as a family!  We’ll be using Breadkout EDU which turns any room into an escape room!  One fa...

hands over set of controls ready to learn

No Escape!

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Gaming
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Teens & Tweens, Family, Adults
Event Details:

Actually, there is an escape, you must work together and solve the clues as a family!  We’ll be using Breadkout EDU which turns any room into an escape room!  One fa...

Required
hands over set of controls ready to learn

No Escape!

Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:00am
Lloyd Room at Winnetka Library
Program Type:
Creative Play, Gaming
Age Group:
Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, School Age, Teens & Tweens, Family, Adults
Event Details:

Actually, there is an escape, you must work together and solve the clues as a family!  We’ll be using Breadkout EDU which turns any room into an escape room!  One fa...

Required