SATURDAY, MARCH 25th
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
NJ Makers Day is designed to be a statewide event that celebrates, promotes, and in many cases may introduce maker culture, as well as the values associated with making, tinkering and STEM-based learning. Come celebrate (& create!) with us!
JACK FOLEY MEETING ROOM
(BASEMENT)
11:00 am – 1:00 pm: LEGO Robotics
- Live demonstrations from the Livingston Robotics Club
YOUTH ACTIVITY ROOM
(BASEMENT)
- 10:00 – 11:00 am: Shrinky Dink Jewelry
- Description: Design, color, and bake your own jewelry or keychain!
- Age: 10+
- 11:15 am – 12:15 pm: Grasping with Straws
- Description: In this robotics engineering project, you will learn how to use drinking straws, string, and a little tape to make a remarkably lifelike robot hand.
- Age: 7+
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm: No-Sew Sock Penguins
- Description: Create your very own huggable penguin friend – no sewing skills needed!
- Age: 7+
- 2:00 – 4:00 pm: Marshmallow Catapults + Gumdrop Structures
- Description: Try out your engineering skills! Make a marshmallow soar through the air, then build a tower with only gumdrops and toothpicks.
- Ages 6 – adult
TEEN ROOM
Drop in all day!
- Wearable Bookmarks
- Description: Never be tempted to turn down the corner of a page again! With Wearable Bookmarks, you will always have a bookmark ready to go—just unsnap it from your wrist, arm, ankle, or backpack! Your duct tape bracelet becomes a bookmark in a snap.
- Age: 10+
- Maker Cart
- Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner
- Description: Make and decorate your own penny spinner!
- Age: 5+
- Build-a-Bouquet
- Description: Spring is right around the corner. Build a bouquet to celebrate!
- Age: 5+
- Upcycled Book Bird Ornament
- Description: Give new life to old book pages by making a bird ornament to hang in your window.
- Age: 5+
- Make Your Own Lucky Penny Spinner
CHILDREN’S ROOM
Drop in all day!
- Basket of Mystery Take & Makes
- Description: See what you get when you take home one of our mystery take & make craft bags. It could be anything!
- Age: 3+
- Paper Helicopter Spinner
- Description: Make & decorate your own helicopter spinner only using paper, scissors, & glue.
- Age: 3+
MAKER SPACE
Drop in all day
- 3D printing
- Live demonstration of the Library’s 3D printer
- Button Making
- Description: Color and create your very own button design and punch it with the library’s button maker!
- Age: 7+
MAIN FLOOR
Drop in all day
- Jewelry Making: make a beautiful piece of jewelry for yourself or as a gift
- All ages
- HBW Maker Club: Future Cities Models on display
CONFERENCE ROOM
(UPSTAIRS)
Drop in all day
- Book Page Animal Craft