Programs and Events

Pizza & Pages:

Teen Winter Reading Program

December 9, 2024 – March 3, 2025

Pick up your booklet any time before March to start earning raffles and rewards for book tasting a variety of titles. Book tasting means you try out a book – it is optional to finish the book. You can read graphic novels, audiobooks, e-books, printed books, Braille, manga, fiction, non-fiction. Read aloud to others or be read to. Raffles include gift cards towards Culver’s, Fill Inn Station, and Chippewa Candy Store, and also the food and supplies for you to have your own pizza party at home. Rewards include books, pizza cutters, vinyl stickers, pizza plushies, and more. We will host different themed programs throughout the winter, too. All Pizza & Pages participants will be invited to a Pizza Party at the library in March.

Thank you to this winter’s sponsors: Culver’s (Chippewa Crossing location), Fill Inn Station, Chippewa Candy Store, and Friends of the Library. These businesses and organizations have donated gift cards and items for our rewards, raffles, and the Pizza Party.

To Be Read book boxes

February’s form is active February 3-28.

Starting February 2025, we are implementing a few changes to our personalized teen book boxes. You may still request up to two non-themed boxes during the same month, but only the first box will come with the free items and book suggestions. What else is evolving? This service will be offered every other month – February, April, June, August, October, December. You will have the option to choose a free book to keep OR the freebie/craft of the month. Each box will still come with snacks and book suggestions for you to try. Resubmit this form each time you would like another TBR box. More details are available on the form or by contacting Youth Services staff

Rubber Duck Cosplay

Monday, March 10, drop in from 4 to 6pm.

Dip your toes in the water with cosplay! Each participant will get one or more rubber ducks and then the sky is the limit! You can also make yourself a button or other piece of jewelry to match your rubber duckie. Supplies provided will include glue, acrylic paint, sequins, glitter, clay, popsicle sticks, felt, yarn, broken and aged toys to take apart, cardboard, beads, and SO much more! Drop-in program. We recommend arriving by 5:15 to give yourself enough time.

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A checkered surface with one square lifted, revealing red light and the text "BREAKOUT BOXES."

Break-Out Boxes & Bags

March 11-14. Drop in from 9 to 3pm.

Back by popular demand! Solve puzzles, clues, secret codes, and word problems to break into the boxes and bags! Anyone who successfully breaks the codes will earn a prize. Boxes will be tailored to and labelled for 3 different age groups: early elementary, later elementary/middle school, and middle/high school. Solve individually, with friends, or as a family. Children in elementary school may need assistance. Boxes may take about 20-45 minutes to solve. (FYI Break-Out Boxes are like escape rooms but on a much smaller scale.)

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Switch It Up

Friday, March 14, drop in from 1 to 3pm.

Drop by the Teen Area to play a wide selection of Switch games. You are welcome to bring your own device or take turns borrowing our Switchlite. Snacks will be available. CFPL is not liable for any damage, issues, or problems that arise with personal devices. Staff do not have extra chargers on hand. NEW! We have opened this program up to ages 10-18.

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SAMA: Boba Slime

Monday, March 24, 4:30 to 6pm.

Society for the Appreciation of Manga and Anime is open to all 6-12th graders. We meet every other month, typically the last or second to last Monday of the month. In March, we will make boba slime. Snacks and coloring supplies will be available while we watch an episode or more of anime and hang out. Advanced registration is encouraged but not required in order to attend.

Roast That Movie

Friday, April 11, Friday, April 25 and Friday, May 9 from 5:25-8pm.

Laugh, cry, boo, hiss, gasp, and grimace along with other teens during our much asked for teen after-hours movie nights. Vote for your favorite snacks and themes when you register below. Please arrive by 5:25pm. For staff and participants’ safety, the library doors will be locked at 5:30pm. You are welcome to bring a small blanket, a stuffed animal, and/or wear pajamas. You’ll be entered into a raffle each time you attend for a free DVD/bluray or a stuffie. Advanced registration for each individual date that you plan to attend – April 11, April 25, and May 9 – is encouraged to help us plan enough snacks and to finalize the top movie theme choices, but it is not required. This movie series is for ages 13-18.

Teen Makerspace:

The YA Area offers space and seating reserved for grades 6-12. Drop in to enter the monthly raffle and for self-service activities, board games, and projects during library hours. These materials and items rotate periodically. This summer’s projects and supplies may include (but are not limited to) coloring tools, fabric painting (please provide your own fabric), embroidery floss, watercolors, 3D pens, button making, color your own stickers, breakout boxes, jewelry making, and more.

Calling Teen Artists!

We would love to showcase your art in the Teen Area. Accepted artwork may be in a variety mediums, including but not limited to photography, sculpture, woodworking, painting, and collages. Learn more about sharing your creation with the public.

Kits and More

Games & Science Kits– CFPL has games and science kits that you can check out then play in the library or at home.

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