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Crafty Kids – Puppy Puppet Craft

Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 23rd at 4:00 PM

Celebrate National Puppy Day by making your own puppet.

Email hetsitty@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Supply Request form

Tinker Tech – 3D Stamp

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 22nd at 4:00 PM

Use Tinker-cad to design and 3D print a stamp with your own custom phrase on it!

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Midweek Matinee – The Woman King (2022)

Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library every Wednesday at 3:00 PM for weekly film screenings of award-winning, classics, documentaries, newly released, and specially selected films.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 22nd at 3:00 PM

The Woman King (Women’s Her-story month)

2022 | PG-13 | 2 hrs. 15 mins.
A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

Seed Starter Pots

Ostara has arrived! Join OFPL in-person at the Main Library on March 21st at 4:00 PM to make your own seed starter pot! The Spring Equinox is a time of fertility, rebirth, and renewal. Make a seed starter pot and discover how to use the seed library at OFPL! Learn more about spring celebrations from across the globe.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 21st at 4:00 PM

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Eureka! – Build a Compass

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). Eureka! STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 20th at 4:00 PM

Explore the magnetism of Earth by building your own working compass then use it to complete a navigational challenge.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Family Storytime – Trains

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every Monday and Wednesday at 11:00 AM for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, fingerplays, and read-aloud stories every week!

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 20th & 22nd at 11:00 AM

This month, our story times will explore different forms of transportation. Ages 0-5.

Storytime Theme
Week 3: Trains

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Kidz Cinema – Wonder (2017)

Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Saturday at 2:00 PM for weekly family-oriented film screenings.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 11th at 2:00 PM

Wonder

2017 | PG | 1 hr. 53 mins.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Email pneilson@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

OFPL does not own the rights to this video. Courtesy of YouTube.

OFPL with Explora at Rio West Mall

Join OFPL in-person at the Rio West Mall on March 18th from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM for hands-on science explorations with Explora! Engage in a new kind of learning with fun exhibits that nurture thoughtful experiments with wind, light, electricity, rotation, and more!

Rio West Mall
1300 West Maloney Ave.

March 18th
12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Email bmartin@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Creative Corner – Creative Bookmarks

Create your own art using materials found around your home! Can’t make the in-person workshop? Watch a video replay on our YouTube channel. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

March 17th at 4:00 PM

Create a custom bookmark using a variety of recycled materials.

Supply Request Form

Email jwhitman@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Crafty Kids – Panda Craft

Join us in person at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 4:00 PM for family-friendly crafts with step-by-step tutorials for all skill levels and ages. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 16th at 4:00 PM

Celebrate National Panda Day by using recycled materials to create your own panda.

Email hetsitty@gallupnm.gov or call (505) 863-1291 for more information.

Supply Request form