Category: MakerSpace

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

Tinker Tech – 3D Tangram Puzzle

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 15th at 4:00 PM

Use Tinkercad to design a 3D printable tangram puzzle that you can have your friends try to solve!

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

Eureka! – Magnet-Powered Motor

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 13th at 4:00 PM

Use magnets, a battery, and copper wire to replicate one of the first electric motors!

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

Teen Makers Club – March 2023 (1/2)

Let’s get creative! Join us in-person at the Children & Youth Library on March 11th at 2:00 PM for the teen makers club! OFPL will provide a space where creative minds can give shape to their ideas, and help spread their passion.

Octavia Fellin Children & Youth Library
200 West Aztec Ave.

March 11th at 2:00 PM

This month we focus on origami and zoetropes as we discover animation! Open to creative teens of all skill levels.

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

Crafty Kids – Creative Tape Painting Art

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 9th at 4:00 PM

Construct your own colorful patterned art using tape and acrylic paint.

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

Supply Request form

Tinker Tech – 3D Bookmark

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 8th at 4:00 PM

Sign up for and learn how to create basic shapes like rectangular prisms and letters using the free 3D modeling program Tinkercad. Create a custom bookmark which will be printed on our 3D printer!

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

Eureka! – Amazing Magnets

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 6th at 4:00 PM

Learn about magnetism by testing various objects and then participate in some magnetic challenges!

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

Creative Corner – Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)

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 3rd at 4:00 PM

Learn how to make your own Artist Trading Card in an interactive workshop inspired by Courtney Cerruti’s CreativeBug.

Supply Request Form

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

Crafty Kids – Dr. Seuss 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 2nd at 4:00 PM

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday by constructing your favorite Dr. Seuss-inspired characters.

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

Supply Request form