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Digging for Bones

All Day 4/21 - 4/24
Bayou Blue - Meeting Room at Bayou Blue Branch

Program Type:

Play & Games

Age Group:

Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Event Details:

(All Ages) Embrace your inner archeologist by digging for “bones” in celebration of National Parks Week.Monday-Thursday, April 21-24, All Day

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Library Branch: Bayou Blue Branch
Room: Bayou Blue - Meeting Room
Age Group: Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Play & Games
Event Details:

(All Ages) Embrace your inner archeologist by digging for “bones” in celebration of National Parks Week.

Monday-Thursday, April 21-24, All Day

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Cactus Painting (L10)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Storefront - Circulation Area at South Lafourche Storefront

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.(Adults) Celebrate National Park Week by painting your own desert scene. 

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Library Branch: South Lafourche Storefront
Room: Storefront - Circulation Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.

(Adults) Celebrate National Park Week by painting your own desert scene. 

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Salt Dough Fossil Dig

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Larose - Meeting Room at Larose Branch

Program Type:

Play & Games, STEAM

Age Group:

Early Learners, Kids

Event Details:

(Ages 3-12) In honor of National Park Week, children will be able to dig for fossil bones and make fossil bones to take home.

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Library Branch: Larose Branch
Room: Larose - Meeting Room
Age Group: Early Learners, Kids
Program Type: Play & Games, STEAM
Event Details:

(Ages 3-12) In honor of National Park Week, children will be able to dig for fossil bones and make fossil bones to take home.

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Felt Succulents

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lockport - Meeting Room at Lockport Branch

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

(Adults): Make your own felt succulent plants for your home that you don't need to water.

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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Adults): Make your own felt succulent plants for your home that you don't need to water.

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Giant Game Tournament

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Choctaw Branch

Program Type:

Play & Games

Age Group:

Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Event Details:

(All Ages) Compete with your friends with our giant Connect 4, tumbling blocks, bowling and playing cards.

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Library Branch: Choctaw Branch
Age Group: Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Play & Games
Event Details:

(All Ages) Compete with your friends with our giant Connect 4, tumbling blocks, bowling and playing cards.

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Petite Planting (L10)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Thibodaux - Reading Patio at Thibodaux Branch

Program Type:

Classes & Clinics, Gardening & Outdoors

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.(Adults) We can all grow plants, flowers and veggies! Come learn about gardening in a smaller setting using containers ...

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Library Branch: Thibodaux Branch
Room: Thibodaux - Reading Patio
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Classes & Clinics, Gardening & Outdoors
Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.

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Homeschool Hangout

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Storefront - Circulation Area at South Lafourche Storefront

Program Type:

Homeschool Hangout

Age Group:

Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages

Event Details:

(All Ages) Check out the resources public libraries have to offer homeschool students and enjoy a different activity each week.  Let’s make crafts, play games, and learn about...

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Library Branch: South Lafourche Storefront
Room: Storefront - Circulation Area
Age Group: Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Homeschool Hangout
Event Details:

(All Ages) Check out the resources public libraries have to offer homeschool students and enjoy a different activity each week.  Let’s make crafts, play games, and learn about the library while we hang out.

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Petite Planting (L10)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Thibodaux - Reading Patio at Thibodaux Branch

Program Type:

Classes & Clinics, Gardening & Outdoors

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.(Adults) We can all grow plants, flowers and veggies! Come learn about gardening in a smaller setting using containers ...

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Library Branch: Thibodaux Branch
Room: Thibodaux - Reading Patio
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Classes & Clinics, Gardening & Outdoors
Event Details:

(L10): This workshop is limited to the first 10 participants.

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Nature Frames

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:00am - 11:00am
Gheens - Main Area at Gheens Branch

Program Type:

Arts & Crafts

Age Group:

Adults

Event Details:

(Adults) Adults will become one with nature during this morning meditational art program by creating an art frame using elements from the outdoors. 

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Library Branch: Gheens Branch
Room: Gheens - Main Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Adults) Adults will become one with nature during this morning meditational art program by creating an art frame using elements from the outdoors. 

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Baby Time: April Showers

Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Thibodaux - Activity Room at Thibodaux Branch

Program Type:

Baby Times, Story Times

Age Group:

Early Learners

Event Details:

(Ages 0-3) An interactive story time geared towards infants and toddlers.  

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Library Branch: Thibodaux Branch
Room: Thibodaux - Activity Room
Age Group: Early Learners
Program Type: Baby Times, Story Times
Event Details:

(Ages 0-3) An interactive story time geared towards infants and toddlers.  

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*Designer Flower Pots

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Choctaw Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Choctaw Branch
Room: Choctaw - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Ages 19-up) Socialize with your friends while designing a terra cotta flower pot.  Registration Required.

Cricut for Beginners

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
Larose Branch
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Library Branch: Larose Branch
Room: Larose - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Clinics, DIY & MakerSpace
Event Details:

(Ages 18+) Want to learn how to use a Cricut cutting machine?  Stop by for this introduction class to Cricut Design Space and functions of the machine to get you started on a world of crafting possibilities. 

Diamond Art

10:30am - 11:30am
Adults
South Lafourche Storefront
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Library Branch: South Lafourche Storefront
Room: Storefront - Circulation Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Adults) Looking for a new hobby? Join us to create your own unique work of art using multi-colored rhinestones on a numbered canvas.

*Morning Meditation Flow: Sunflower Canvas

10:00am - 11:00am
Adults
Gheens Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Gheens Branch
Room: Gheens - Main Area
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Health, Wellness, & Fitness
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Adults) Join us for a morning flow of art therapy with acrylic paint on canvas. Registration is required.
11 am

Johnny Appleseed Trees

11:00am - 12:00pm
Early Learners
Lockport Branch
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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Early Learners
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Ages 0-4): It’s Johnny Appleseed Day. Celebrate the man, the myth, the legend with your own recycled craft.
12 pm
1 pm

*Terra Cotta Toadstool

1:00pm - 2:00pm
Adults
Lockport Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Adults): Add some whimsy to your garden with colorful clay pot toadstools that are decorated with bright and cheery paint colors. Registration is required. 

Leaves of Change Painting

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Adults
Bayou Blue Branch
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Library Branch: Bayou Blue Branch
Room: Bayou Blue - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Adults) Let’s celebrate fall by painting a fall-themed canvas.
2 pm

Sharpie Painting

2:30pm - 4:30pm
Teens
Choctaw Branch
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Library Branch: Choctaw Branch
Room: Choctaw - Reading Area
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Ages 12-18) Create a bit of magic using a canvas board, colorful sharpies and rubbing alcohol.

Sketchbook Club

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Teens
Thibodaux Branch
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Library Branch: Thibodaux Branch
Room: Thibodaux - Activity Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Clinics
Event Details:

(Ages 12-18): Are you interested in art? Come join us in our new sketchbook club! Each meeting will be filled with creative activities, games, and collaborative exercises to fuel your creativity!
3 pm

Ooey Gooey Tuesday: Sand Slime

3:45pm - 4:45pm
Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Bayou Blue Branch
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Library Branch: Bayou Blue Branch
Room: Bayou Blue - Meeting Room
Age Group: Early Learners, Kids, Teens, Adults, All Ages
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(All Ages) Come to the library to make cool sand slime!

Landscape Art

3:00pm - 4:00pm
Teens
Lockport Branch
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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Ages 13-17): Participants will learn how to create art like visual artist Etel Adnan.
4 pm

*Cajun Heirlooms Crocheting

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids
Gheens Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Gheens Branch
Room: Gheens - Children's Area
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Clinics, DIY & MakerSpace
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Ages 6-11) Rachel Bellanger with Cajun Heirloom Crocheting will hold two beginners’ workshops in September. Children will have hands-on instruction in learning different crocheting techniques. Registration is required.

Autumn Potpourri Craft

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Adults
Raceland Branch
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Library Branch: Raceland Branch
Room: Raceland - Meeting Room
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Adults) Bring in the scents of fall with your own potpourri jar.

Watercolor Hummingbird

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Kids
Lockport Branch
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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Ages 5-12): Have fun experimenting with colors with this watercolor project.

*Basic Beginner Sewing

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids, Teens
Gheens Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Gheens Branch
Room: Gheens - Children's Area
Age Group: Kids, Teens
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Classes & Clinics, DIY & MakerSpace
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Ages 6-17) Children and teens will have hands-on instruction in learning basic sewing skills. Registration is required.

Bubble Fish

4:30pm - 5:30pm
Kids
Lockport Branch
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Library Branch: Lockport Branch
Room: Lockport - Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Ages 5-12): Create a sensory work of art with bubble wrap for this ocean-themed project.

My Tool Belt

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Early Learners
Raceland Branch
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Library Branch: Raceland Branch
Room: Raceland - Meeting Room
Age Group: Early Learners
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Early Learners) This will be a handy craft to have around.                                                &nb

Puffy Paint Caramel Apple Craft

4:00pm - 5:00pm
Kids
Raceland Branch
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Library Branch: Raceland Branch
Room: Raceland - Meeting Room
Age Group: Kids
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

(Kids) A yummy (not edible) craft in preparation for fall.
5 pm

*Paper Flower Craft - Chamomile

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Adults
Thibodaux Branch
Closed
Registration Required
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Library Branch: Thibodaux Branch
Room: Thibodaux - Conference Room 120
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, DIY & MakerSpace
Registration Required
Event Details:

(Adults) Learn how to transform crepe paper into colorful art. Registration is required to attend, so don’t wait to reserve your spot.