Category: MakerSpace

Genetics Explorations with ¡Explora!

Who in your family do you look like? Have you ever wondered why some people like cilantro and others think it tastes like soap?

Join OFPL, Explora, and UNM Health Sciences in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 22nd from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM for hands-on activities exploring these questions and other genetic related puzzles.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 22nd from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

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

Creative Corner – Origami Flextangle

Join us in-person Fridays at the Main Library at 3:00 PM to get creative! Make your own art using material found around your home (ages 13 and up).

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

October 21st at 3:00 PM

Create a paper puzzle using origami techniques.

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

Crafty Kids – Handprint Autumn Tree

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.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 20th at 4:00 PM

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

Supply Request form

Hour of Code – Storytelling: Setting

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 19th at 4:00 PM

In this coding challenge, you will create a dynamic stormy day setting, complete with rain and lightning.

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

Tweens Who STREAM – Delicious DNA

Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for interactive STREAM workshops. STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 17th at 4:00 PM

Learn about DNA by building an edible scale model.

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

Creative Corner – Colorful Alebrije

Join us in-person Fridays at the Main Library at 3:00 PM to get creative! Make your own art using material found around your home (ages 13 and up).

Octavia Fellin Public Library
115 West Hill Ave.

October 14th at 3:00 PM

Celebrate and honor Hispanic Heritage Month by learning more about spirit guides, or alebrije.

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

Crafty Kids – Egg Maracas

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.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 13th at 4:00 PM

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

Supply Request form

Teen Paint Night

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library on October 12th at 5:00 PM for an immersive workshop as you learn basic and advanced techniques using acrylic paints!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 12th at 5:00 PM

OFPL is inviting youth artists to submit artwork to display at the youth library using the theme: Spooktacular Munster Mash. Use the materials and techniques learned in this workshop to contribute to the library space and leave your mark on OFPL. Supplies will be provided.

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

Hour of Code – Storytelling: Check it Out

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!

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 12th at 4:00 PM

In this coding challenge, participants will use block coding to tell a story where a character walks through a scene describing what they see.

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

Mighty Chondria Kids – Fizzing Lemonade

Join OFPL in-person at the Children & Youth Library every other Monday at 4:00 PM for STREAM workshops and activities for kids and tweens (ages 5-12). STREAM workshops explore topics in Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Making. October’s theme is Kitchen Chemistry: delicious, edible STREAM activities that will help you learn about the properties of matter.

Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

October 10th at 4:00 PM

Learn all about chemical reactions as you mix ingredients to create your own lemony carbonated drink! 

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