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We had eleven entries in our Book Character Pumpkin Decorating Contest. The pumpkins were judged and the winners are:

Best Detailed Design: Olaf and The Grinch

Most Unique: Grumpy Monkey and Narwhal

Most Creative: Elbow Grease and Fly Guy

Cutest: Piggy

Most Imaginative: Elephants

Most Spirited (Halloween): Frankenstein

Most Amusing: Screamin’ Millie

Most Colorful: Flower

Overall Winner: Olaf

Thank you to all the children and parents who participated in our first annual character pumpkin decorating contest. Also a big thank you to our judges who thought everyone did a fa-boo-lous job! Winners need to stop by the library to pick up their prize and pumpkins. We also encourage the public to stop by and see these creative characters in person!

Lego League continues to be a spooktacular success!  Fifty one children attended the October 18^th Lego League.  Their Halloween creations are on display at the library.   We would like to thank Kim Fangman and Shannon McClain for donating more legos to our collection.  In addition to the donations, more legos were purchased with a Thrivent grant.  We would also like to thank Sapp Brothers for donating the snack for the October Lego League.  If any Elgin businesses would be interested in donating snacks for upcoming Lego leagues please contact the library.

What do you get when you can’t have Lego League for a year? 50 eager kids, 2 very excited library directors and every nook and cranny of the library full!! Lego League was held on Monday, September 20. We had a full library and we loved it!! The kids spent their time just having fun building. Next Lego League will be Monday, October 18.

Yippee!!! Lego League starts Monday, September 20, from 4 to 5 at Elgin Public Library. Grades Kindergarten – 5th grade are invited to come build with legos. Hope to see you Monday.

We are excited to announce Lego League will be starting in September.   It will be held the third Monday of each month with the first one being September 20 from 4:00 to 5:00.  Children in grades Kindergarten through fifth grade are welcome to attend.  Hope to see you then!!

Our Summer Reading Challenge has ended. We had 16 kids complete our Reading Safari game board. Those completing the challenge are Ryleigh Young, Chase Young, Taysom Bottorf, Cayson Bottorf, Molly Thiessen, Sadie Thiessen, Adaleese Kinney, Elise Hoefer, Leo Spieker, Tenley Schindler, Taryn Schindler, Levi Scheer, Allie Scheer, Aubrie Starman, Cheyanne Koinzan, and Brooke Borer. Please stop by the library and pick up your prize. Thanks for reading!!

We finished our Summer Reading Activity Time with a little competition. They spent time playing a variety of yard games.

Thank you to all that attended our Activity Time. A special thank you to Travis Rudloff, intern at the Antelope County Extension Office, for coordinating all the activities.

Time to pick up all your toys!
Why is Mama making noise?
This is a truly funny take on a childhood chore that all children will relate to and laugh at! And it is sure to be helpful to get kids cleaning up!

This was our last story time for the summer. We would like to thank all those who attended.

Below are pictures of the children excited about breaking the pinata.

Elgin Public Library will be hosting Balloon Animal Adventures on Friday, July 16, at 2:00 pm at the Elgin United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome to attend. Animal Adventures is offering balloon animals to purchase at the price of $2 each. If your child would like a balloon animal, they will need to be ordered and paid for at the library by July 12th.