Hildreth Public Library

Family Fun Day is held on the same morning as the Friends of the Library Bake Sale. Families enjoyed a morning of bingo, crafts, face painting, visit from Santa, cookie decorating and making Christmas tree melts.

After school was a blast today. We tried worst food combinations. Some of the foods we tried were vanilla cookies with mustard, chocolate covered pickles, drizzled chocolate on bacon and many other combinatons.

These are a few of the winter decorated “lunch boxes” that will be on display at the Friends of the Library Bake Sale and Library Family Fun Day events on Saturday. Stop in and see the creativity and detail that our youth, families and adults put together.

Sunday and Monday evening recipe clubs met this last week. Our hostesses out did themselves! No one went away hungry! Thanks ladies…recipe club is always a fun time for new recipes and fellowship.

We had a delicious meal served to us at recipe club on Wednesday. Shannon and Lidija were our hostesses. Thanks so much ladies!

Lots of FUN at Family Bingo Night. Join us for holiday bingo on December 14 at the Family Fun Day!

Dana and Julie were hostesses at recipe club on Monday evening. The theme for the meal was Presidents favorite foods. First we took a quiz to match the President with his favorite food. Then we enjoyed a meal of cider, ham, cottage cheese, chess pie, jezebel sauce, leather britches, sweet potatoes with marshmallows and French vanilla ice cream – all favorites of Presidents. It was such a fun evening of food and fellowship!

What a spooktacular evening of food and fun!! These hostesses went all out with their decorations and even the soup had pumpkin shaped carrots in it and the dip had a ghost shape on top.

Around 40 kids decorated graham cracker haunted houses after school at the library.

Teresa and Melanie served a delicious lunch of soup, crescent rolls, honey and apple butter and apple crisp for dessert. Perfect meal on a cool fall day!

40+ kids decorated pumpkins after school on Tuesday. They did a great job!

It’s Fire Prevention Week! At storytime we were treated to a fun morning in the fire station with fire fighters Joel and Beau.

The after school crowd had fun playing with play-doh on National Play-Doh Day!

We listened to an oldie but goodie story this morning at storytime – Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Crowley. Other activities included retelling the story using paper characters, bubble fingerplay and popping bubbles to the song Poppin Bubbles. We also learned that a bar of Ivory soap floats and has pockets of air in it from whipping the soap too long. Next we microwaved cut up pieces of a bar of Ivory soap and watched as it grew bigger and fluffier. We also got to feel how soft it was.

We had a fantastic morning at the library with Katrina’s sister, Pat Pickering from Aurora. Pat taught the ladies under glazing, glazing and how to throw pottery. It is a hobby she has been doing for four years. Mugs, bubble bowl, stencil bowls and bowls on the pottery wheel were all made. We are so appreciative of Pat and her visit to our library to share her talents with us.

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Playing hot potato at storytime! We also listened to stories and played some listening games!

A great opportunity for a fun and relaxing time right here at the Library! Bring your family, friends and neighbors!

It was a full house in the library for Friday Evening Bingo. Families and bingo fans of all ages attended. Alyson, Library Board President, was the caller. Prizes were donated by individuals and businesses. Twenty nine lucky people won bingo prizes! Bingo will meet again in September with the date and time yet to be determined.

At storytime this morning the children listened to books about butterflies, played our instruments in a butterfly marching band and did movement to a Bubblegum song. Our craft was a butterfly made with colorful pattern band aids, dipped our fingers in ink pads for the wings, and added wiggly eyes and antennas. Everyone got a butterfly shaped treat bag to take home.

All ages welcome, no cost to play, prizes available to choose from – Drop in for some FUN!!!

All three recipe clubs met to kick-off a new recipe club year. Everyone brought a finger food and Jackie Greening gave a demonstration on fall decorating. It was a fun evening!