Upcoming Events

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Learn how to needle felt by hand to create your favorite movie character! Needle felting uses a barbed needle to mat fibers together, typically in wool.

Ages 5-10 | Registration Required

Ages 8-11 | Registration Required

Using the Japanese art of paper folding, learn to create different animals and objects.

Let’s get inspired by Van Gogh’s famous painting, Starry Night, and create a doodle doppelganger with lines, patterns and color.

Come join us for a weekly program to forge new connections with folks you might otherwise never get to know!

Grades 4-8 | Registration required

Learn the basics of stop motion and work in groups to create your own stop motion videos. 

Are you an avid crafter with too many neglected supplies? Or an aspiring artist who would rather try before you buy? Then our craft supply swap is for you!

How It Works:

Join our Wallingford Ukulele Club to practice and play with other uke enthusiasts! The club meets on the first Monday of the month from 10-11:30 am and the second Wednesday and final Monday of the month from 6:30-8 pm.

Do you have a logo for your business? If so, you are already halfway done with tons of different projects! Learn how to use a logo to make stickers, pins/buttons, keychains, and more in the Collaboratory.

Knit @ WPL is a place where knitters and crocheters can practice their work in the company of others. Newcomers are welcome to join, but knitting experience is required.

No registration required.

Create a polymer clay tile decorated with leaves, flowers, and insects.

Ages 3-12 | Registration Required

The Stories, Science, and History of Birds with Smithsonian Biologist Jay Falk

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

To mark and acknowledge the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, volunteers from the Japan Society of Greater Hartford will lead a special workshop on origami cranes & their significance in Japanese culture.

Suggested for ages 3-5 | Drop-In

Put on your artist’s hat and drop by to make a different craft each week.

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Join us for an exclusive peek at Hollywood costume design! Wardrobe engineer Dr. Pat Trautman will share her journey through the years into the magic of costuming, shedding light on the changes and challenges that have shaped the industry.

Grades 6-12 | Registration required