Create and Celebrate: Seasonal Crafts and Cozy Programs

As we enter the holiday season and near closer to the start of winter, we find ourselves eager to cozy up indoors, get a little crafty, and enjoy culinary comforts with friends and family. If you find yourselves feeling the same, then we hope you will join us to create and celebrate over the coming weeks. Read on to learn more about upcoming events and highlights from our collection.

UPCOMING CRAFT + HOLIDAY PROGRAMS

Kids & Family

• Create Your Own Family Video Greeting Card
• STEAM: Paper Circuit Holiday Cards
• Preschool Craft: Sparkling Winter Process Art
• Winter Perler Bead Party

Gingerbread House Crafting:

• STEM Craft: Gingerbread Engineering
• DIY Gingerbread Houses
• Design a Gingerbread House

Teens

• Teens Make Stuff: Hand-Stamped Greeting Cards
• Perler Bead Snowflakes
• Snack Houses!
• Teens Help Out: 3D Pop-Up Holiday Cards
• 3D Printing for Grades 6-12: Winter Edition

Teen Art Clubs:

• Watercolor Bouquet Shadow Painting
• Ornament Making

Adults

• Amigurumi Snowmen
• Seniors Make Stuff: Beaded Plants
• Handmade: A Crafty Social
• Fiber Friends Crafting Night

In addition to these, be sure to also check out the resources available in our Digital Media Labs for more creation tools. Digitize memories to share with family, design a 3D-printed gift, take a holiday photo with friends, and more.  

And if you’re not feeling crafty or creative but are searching for some seasonal spirit, take a look at these upcoming events:

• First Thursdays Concert: Holiday Gospel with Cora Armstrong (Adults)
• Cook & Book: Holiday Sweets (Adults)
• Bob Singer Senior Series: Yuletide Traditions at Agecroft Hall (Adults)
• Science & Stories: Wintertime (Kids)
• Stuffed Animal Cozy Camp (Kids)
• Hot Chocolate Hangout (Teens)
• Cocoa and Chill (Teens)

COLLLECTION

Find culinary and creative inspiration for the holidays and winter season in the library’s collection:

Culinary Reads

• A Kwanzaa Keepsake and Cookbook: Celebrating the Holiday with Family, Community, and Traditions by Jessica B. Harris
• Baking for the Holidays: 50+ Treats for a Festive Season by Sarah Kieffer
• Celebrate with Me! Recipes, Crafts, and Holiday Fun from Around the World by Dawn M. Cardona
• The Christmas Movie Cookbook: Recipes from Your Favorite Holiday Films by Julia Dowling Rutland
• Christmas with Southern Living, 2025: Inspired Ideas for Holiday Cooking & Decorating
• The Complete Autumn & Winter Cookbook: 550+ Recipes for Warming Dinners, Holiday Roasts, Seasonal Desserts, Breads, Food Gifts, and More by America’s Test Kitchen
• The Jewish Holiday Bible: A World of Recipes, Traditions, & Stories to Celebrate All Year Long by Naama Shefi
• The Snowy Cabin Cookbook: Meals and Drinks for Adventurous Days and Cozy Nights by Marnie Hanel
• Vegan Holiday Cooking from Candle Café: Celebratory Menus and Recipes from New York’s Premier Plant-Based Restaurants by Joy Pierson
• World Kitchen Celebrations: Recipes from Around the World by Abigail Wheatley

Crafting

• The Art of Papercraft: Unique One-Sheet Projects Using Origami, Weaving, Quilling, Pop-Up, and Other Inventive Techniques by Helen Hiebert
• A Winter Treasury of Recipes, Crafts, and Wisdom by Angela Farraro-Fanning
• Crafts for Hanukkah by Kathy Ross
• Cricut Craft: 25 Beautiful Makes for Your Home by Paula Milner
• Handmade Holiday: Festive Embroidery Patterns and Techniques for Christmas Crafting by Alyssa Ploof
• Holiday Crafts: 50 Projects for Year-Round Family Fun by Linda Reece
• Homemade Holiday: Craft Your Way Through More Than 40 Festive Projects by Sophie Pester
• Making Winter: A Hygge-Inspired Guide for Surviving the Winter by Emma Mitchell
• More Christmas Ornaments to Crochet: 36 New Designs to Celebrate a Handmade Holiday by Megan Kreiner
• Paper Crafts for Kwanzaa by Randel McGee