Tag: plastic

Tinker Tech – 3D Printer Boot Camp

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 1st at 4:00 PM

Learn how a 3D printer works and the basics of using one to print a 3D model, then work as a group to print an example 3D design.

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

Crafty Kids – Recycled Plastic Bottle Game

Join us 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.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

August 4th at 4:00 PM

Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-served basis using the Supply Request Form below.  

supply request form

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

Mighty Chondria Kids – Plastic Bag Plant Pots

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Thursday at 2:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 28th at 2:00 PM

Activities promote understanding of the natural world and encourages seeking out answers to questions about the natural world.

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

Family Storytime – Pollution & Ocean Conservation

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join us every Wednesday at 11:00 AM and Saturday at 2:00 PM at the Children & Youth Library for storytime activities, songs, rhymes, and read-aloud stories every week! This summer we are learning about ocean animals. Ages 0-4.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 27th at 11:00 AM

OFPL X-STREAM SUMMER 2022 WEEK 9
FAMILY STORYTIME THEME: Pollution & Ocean Conservation

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Plastic Pollution Stations

OFPL X-STREAM Summer 2022

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Tuesday at 3:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Robotics, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics.

The Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

July 26th at 3:00 PM

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

Acrylic Galaxies

Join us at the Main Library, on Facebook, @galluplibrary, or YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library Mondays at 4:00 PM. Create your own art using materials found around your home! Courses are geared towards individuals approximately 15-years and older.

Facebook @galluplibrary
YouTube at Octavia Fellin Public Library

May 2nd at 4:00 PM

Watch on Facebook
watch on youtube

Map out the cosmos in this interactive workshop by making your own galaxy using acrylic paint. Supply kits are available at OFPL on a first-come, first-serve basis using the Supply Request Form below.

supply request form

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

MakerSpace – October

MakerSpace: Heat Tools

Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m.
Official OFPL MakerSpace Logo.
Created in October 2019.

Get in touch with your creative side and learn new techniques and technologies. This month, October, we’re bringing the heat with our heat tools. Make projects using shrink plastic, polymer clay, and fuse beads.

*Intended for ages 8 and older.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.

MakerSpace – September

MakerSpace: Think It, Print It 3D Printing

Official OFPL MakerSpace Logo.
Created in October 2019.

If you can think it you can print it! Join us at the Children’s Branch on:

  • Wednesday, September 4th, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
  • Tuesday, September 17th, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 21st at 4:00 p.m.

as we learn how to make objects using TinkerCAD and create your own personalized name key chain.

Email childlib@gallupnm.gov or call 505-726-6120 for more information.