Vancouver Community Library

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Celebrate Dinovember with dinosaur trivia and crafts! Play solo or as part of a team. Test your knowledge and win bragging rights!

Adventures in Art is a monthly program for adults to make art using different media. We make space for exploration, observation, discovery, and joy. No experience needed, all materials provided.

Fall Projects:

September: Experimental Watercolor

October: Wire Sculpture

November: Block Printing

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Adventures in Art is a monthly program for adults to make art using different media. We make space for exploration, observation, discovery, and joy. No experience needed, all materials provided.

Fall Projects:

September: Experimental Watercolor

October: Wire Sculpture

November: Block Printing

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Learn how to thread a sewing machine, select stitches, and create a simple project.

Registration will open one week before each class and space is limited to eight participants. Classes start promptly at 4:30 pm and no-show registrant spots will open up to walk-ins by 4:35 pm.

Each child under 12 must be accompanied by an individual adult.

For ages 9+

Fall project lineup:

October: Trick-or-Treat bag

November: Drawstring pouch

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Join us to discover and celebrate Día de los Muertos, an important Mexican holiday honoring loved ones.

We will tell stories, create block print artwork, and experience a vibrant performance by Folkloric Ballet of SW Washington. We’ll also share traditional pan de muerto and other festive treats. Come explore, create, and celebrate together!

Events are offered in partnership with La Casita Art Gallery & Cultural Center.

Participe con nosotros para descubrir y celebrar el Día de los Muertos, un importante día festivo mexicano que honra a los seres queridos.

Contaremos historias, crearemos grabados en bloque y presenciaremos una interpretación vibrante del Ballet Folklórico del Sudoeste de Washington. También compartiremos el tradicional pan de muerto y otras delicias festivas. ¡Venga a conocer, crear y celebrar junto con nosotros!

Los eventos se ofrecen en colaboración con La Casita Art Gallery & Cultural Center.

Join us to discover and celebrate Día de los Muertos, an important Mexican holiday honoring loved ones.

We'll share stories, create block prints, and enjoy a vibrant performance by Ballet Folklórico of Southwest Washington. We'll also share traditional pan de muerto and other festive treats. Come learn, create, and celebrate with us!

Events are offered in partnership with La Casita Art Gallery & Cultural Center.

Participe con nosotros para descubrir y celebrar el Día de los Muertos, un importante día festivo mexicano que honra a los seres queridos.

Contaremos historias, crearemos grabados en bloque y presenciaremos una interpretación vibrante del Ballet Folklórico del Sudoeste de Washington. También compartiremos el tradicional pan de muerto y otras delicias festivas. ¡Venga a conocer, crear y celebrar junto con nosotros!

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Join us for an exhilarating Lights Out Mystery Experience - after hours at the library!

Four friends meet at a remote lodge in the mountains for a birthday celebration on the longest night of the year. But a light snowfall becomes a blizzard, burying the access road and causing a power outage. And when a body is discovered, long-standing rivalries and resentments emerge and simmer to the surface while old secrets begin to unravel . . .

Which of the friends did it? How was the murder committed? In this after-hours collaborative mystery program, you become the detective tasked with solving the case! Search the library for clues and use your wits to catch the culprit. Gather your friends and prepare to hone your sleuthing skills!

Registration required. Ages 18+

Make a small bag using the ancient technique of looping. Foundational to knitting, netting, and lacemaking—looping is a very early form of making textiles. Participants will be provided with the material, blunt needle, and a wood block for structure. Sharon will guide you through the process by demonstration and hands-on assistance.

Find it hard to express yourself with words? Try art journaling! Art journaling is a fun way to explore your thoughts and get creative! You do not have to be an artist. We'll learn a new medium together, trade tips and tricks, try monthly art challenges, chat and have snacks. Ages 13 - 19.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Make a small bag using the ancient technique of looping. Foundational to knitting, netting, and lacemaking—looping is a very early form of making textiles. Participants will be provided with the material, blunt needle, and a wood block for structure. Sharon will guide you through the process by demonstration and hands-on assistance.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Celebrate the winter season by making a beautiful wreath. Greenery, wire, and framework are provided (or bring your own). If you have any, please bring clippers and any additional embellishments to personalize your wreath.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Unleash your inner artist and paint a present for a friend or family member this holiday season! Paint and canvases provided.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Learn how to thread a sewing machine, select stitches, and create a simple project.

Registration will open one week before each class. Space is limited to eight participants. No-show registrant spots will open up to walk-ins by 4:35 pm.

Each child under 12 must be accompanied by an individual adult.

For ages 9+

Winter project lineup:

December: Stockings

January: Valentine envelopes

February: Aprons

Come decorate your own beautiful gingerbread house! All supplies provided, while supplies last.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Find it hard to express yourself with words? Try art journaling! Art journaling is a fun way to explore your thoughts and get creative! You do not have to be an artist. We'll learn a new medium together, trade tips and tricks, try monthly art challenges, chat and have snacks. Ages 13 - 19.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Ring in the new year by learning to make your very own Bullet Journal (or BuJo)! Bullet Journals are like customizable planners, ones perfectly suited to your needs and goals because you decide the layout yourself.

We will go over the ideas behind Bullet Journaling and the basics of setting one up. Materials will be provided for you to make your very own practice journal! Staff will be on hand to help in this hands-on making program.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Comics are a great way to tell stories and make people laugh, but did you know they can also bring positive change to the world? Join Wildfire cartoonist Breena Bard for this workshop demonstrating the basics of making comics, designing characters, and writing a script. Then put your skills to work to write a one-page comic about an issue you care about! Let's change the world, one comic at a time.

Join us this month as we create miniature scenes with natural and found objects. No experience needed, all materials provided.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Join us this month as we create miniature scenes with natural and found objects. No experience needed, all materials provided.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come join an art program where participants will learn to paint a winter landscape using watercolors. Mara Bazua will teach the class and provide the materials, she also is bilingual and this program is offered in Spanish and English.

Pintura de paisajes con acuarelas impartida por Mara Bazua, una artista originaria de Guadalajara, México. La clase se enseñará en inglés y en español. Se incluyen los materiales de artes plásticas, pero puede traer los suyos.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Learn how to thread a sewing machine, select stitches, and create a simple project.

Registration will open one week before each class. Space is limited to eight participants. No-show registrant spots will open up to walk-ins by 4:35 pm.

Each child under 12 must be accompanied by an individual adult.

For ages 9+

Winter project lineup:

December: Stockings

January: Valentine envelopes

February: Aprons

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every week for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 9–12

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.

Drop in for creative and interactive projects. Use your imagination, stretch your creativity, or practice a new artistic skill.

For ages 5–12

Come hang out with friends, play games, craft, and chat about your favorite things! Join us every Thursday for a couple hours of fun.

For ages 13–19

Snacks are provided by Friends of Vancouver Community Library.