Week Calendar

Drop in to receive research-based lawn, landscape, pest management, and gardening help from the University of Florida.

These sessions are made possible through a partnership with UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County.

Get your bling on! 

 Looking to try a new craft/art form? Join us for our monthly Creation Station drop-in DIY jewelry making sessions!

For infants to five years, attending with caregiver. The story time includes simple stories, nursery rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and crafts. Space is limited. Free tickets are available at the youth desk beginning at 10 a.m.

Join us select Fridays, June - August, to work on a colorful craft! Each session offers something new.

June 13: Cardboard Tube Cactus

June 27: Rock Photo Holders

July 25:  Fun with Clay

August 22: Junk Necklaces

Treat yourself to a relaxing workshop and learn how to make an all-natural sugar scrub. This self-care craft is perfect for personal pampering as you exfoliate the day away.

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn how to make your own beeswax candle! 

This program is perfect for beginners and craft lovers alike. All materials will be provided.

Make a book using leatherized paper for the cover and some marbled paper for the pages.  Use your book as a photo album/sketchbook/journal.

Wind down summer reading at the library and join us in making custom teddy bears! Paint, stuff and adopt your own forever friend! 

Registration is required and seats are limited! 

Wind down summer reading at the library and join us in making custom teddy bears! Paint, stuff and adopt your own forever friend! 

Registration is required and seats are limited! 

Join a fun exercise class with a coach from Stretch-n-Grow of Sarasota. Recommended for ages 3-6; all ages welcome in the room as needed.

Space is limited. Tickets are available at the youth desk from 10:45 a.m.

Local musicians The Garbage-Men perform musical numbers on their unique homemade recycled instruments.

Join folk guitarist and singer Dave Moran for a collection of children's songs with a show from the Selby Puppets.

Join us as we learn about a featured artist and then create our own Marvelous Masterpiece in the style of that artist.  Space is limited. Get ticket at the youth desk 30 min before program.

Experience the wonders of green screen technology! We'll write a short skit and then film it in front of a green screen. Improv instructor, 'Ce Shafler will show us the basics of improv and help us hone our drama skills.

Glitter, watercolor, paint, and more - our closets are overflowing with craft supplies! We need help cleaning out of craft supplies. Bring your creativity and create a one of a kind masterpiece.

Create cool designs with 3-D doodle art pens! Use your imagination or use templates to make rocket ships, coasters, dream catchers, and more! The possibilities are endless. Registration is required. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Join Chef Rocco Cartia and Chef Warren Caterson in the Teen Center, who will provide fresh, easy, healthy snacks to inspire you to make your own at home.

Kids and tweens can make colorful pixel art images with Perler beads! The only limit is your imagination!

Dive into the enchanting world of Magic: The Gathering this summer! Join us every monday afternoon from 2-4 PM for our weekly free play sessions.

Calling all aspiring spellcasters! Step into a world of movement, music, and mesmerizing wand work in this magical workshop.

Get simple strategies for eating healthy and learn how to make delicious, healthy food!  You get to eat what you make and take home a bag of groceries.

Registration required. 

Come watch a movie and craft with us! No experience or materials required. This month we’re watching “Guardians of the Galaxy” and crafting animals with air-dry clay. Registration required.

Tweens and Teens can join us in creating their very own personalized calming bottle that can be used for emotional regulation in their time of need. This will include a quick demonstration before participants will be allowed to make selection

Celebrate the geography and beauty of our diverse planet! We invite young artists and explorers to come together and color world maps that will be displayed in our library for all to see.

We've got the beat! Create a personalized craft based on your favorite song or band using a decoupage technique.  Then we'll keep the rhythm going with Drums of Unity with Joe Licinski. 

Drums of Unity is an opportunity for participants to join in a fun, dynamic, and positive group activity! Joe leads through the language of the drum, motivating participants to discover their individual drum voice.

Join us for this exclusive class provided by Little Medical School where you get to learn all about the gross, but important, things your body does, AND you get to make your own slime!  Best for ages 5 - 12. Registration required.

Meet other coders and work on your coding project. Share with others and troubleshoot as a team. Led by Levi Szantosi whose top picks are Python, Scratch, and Unreal Engine.

Learn to create a simple 3D printed pen/pencil holder using Tinkercad, a free program that is great for beginners. Staff will print your design on the library's 3D printer, and you may pick it up the following week.

Celebrate the end of summer with a professional mini golf experience. Navigate through creatively themed course holes designed to spark your imagination and inspire a love for reading. All ages are welcome, with no prior experience necessary.

Using pom poms, create a small alien creature or an axolotl!

Bookbinding is the process of assembling pages and attaching them to a case to form a complete book. In this workshop, teens will learn the basic techniques of creating a beautiful hardcover case for a book!

Join us for a special presentation with Save Our Seabirds, a local wildlife rescue and rehabilitation center.

Join us the second and fourth Thursdays of the month, June through August, for afternoons full of fun, friends, and LEGO®! We provide the LEGO® bricks, you bring the imagination. 

Calling all young scientists! Grow your scientific knowledge and dazzle with some cool hands-on science experiments with the help of Miss Jenny and the other librarians at Fruitville.

Celebrate the weekend with an hour of open gaming time with video games and board games!

Come draw with us! In this open hour have fun drawing your own doodle designs.

Join us to design and create your unique necklace using beads from around the world in this jewelry class taught by Judy Levine.

Hang out as you please and play a variety of board games, video games, and card games with your friends! All games will be provided. Ages 11-18 only.

Create bright and colorful needle felted critters using wool roving. Felted creations can be turned into a pin, a bag charm, or just a fun fuzzy friend.

Make art with the Ringling museum!

Make a silly puppet in this crafting workshop!