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Brother SE1900 Embroidery Machine Basics

5:30pm–7:00pm
Adults
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace / DIAL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Technology Class
Registration Required
Event Details:

Learn the basics of the Brother SE1900 Embroidery machine that lives in the Royal Oak Public Library Makerspace! 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

2nd Annual Tiny Art Show!

All Day
Adults
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

2nd Annual Tiny Art Show @ The Royal Oak Public Library!

Ready to rock some tiny canvases? We certainly are!

Description: 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Colorful Chemistry with Sloan Museum: Ages 3 to 5 Years

4:30pm–5:30pm
Preschool
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Colorful Chemistry with Sloan Museum: Ages 3 to 5 Years

6:00pm–7:00pm
Preschool
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Preschool
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Performance
Registration Required
Event Details:

Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations.

Disclaimer(s)

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

The Fourth Great Puzzle Exchange!

3:00pm–3:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Self-Guided Program
Event Details:

 

Drop Puzzles Off: Tuesday, January 20 - Wednesday, February 4.

Puzzle Swap (for those with tickets): Saturday, February 7, 3:00 - 3:30 pm. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

Starting With Essential Oils - Make And Take

6:00pm–7:30pm
Adults
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Courtney Wlotkowski for an engaging, hands-on workshop where you'll discover the benefits of essential oils.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Maker Baby - Paint Resist: Ages Birth to 2 Years

6:30pm–7:30pm
Babies, Toddlers
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Sensory Play
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a mess free paint session for babies and toddlers! In this session we will be creating a resist style painting. 

Registration required. Please register only children attending. Limit 25.

 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Kawaii Paper Fidgets: Grades 6 to 12

5:30pm–6:30pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

It won't have the satisfying click of a keyboard key fidget, but you'll be able to personalize this paper fidget with your favorite kawaii character.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Youth Activity Room
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Makerspace Open House

5:30pm–7:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace / DIAL
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Come to the Makerspace Open house and learn what the Library’s Makerspace has to offer- including all of the equipment that can be reserved (Cricut Joy Xtra, Button Maker Machines, Adobe Computer Workstation, Cricut Mug Press, etc.), watch demos o

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Make & Mingle: Felt Shamrocks

6:30pm–7:30pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make & Mingle is a program designed as both a craft and social event. Bring a friend or family member to craft together. Don't have anyone to bring?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

March Adult Take and Make: Dried Flower Suncatcher

All Day
Teen/ High School, Adults
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Starting March 2nd come to the Adult Reference Desk to pick up a kit to make a Dried Flower Suncatcher that you can hang inside or outside- just in time for Spring! 

Limit 2 kits per adult. 

Disclaimer(s)

No Registration Required

You do not need to register for this program - it is first-come, first-served.

Pout-Pout Fish Party: Family

6:30pm–7:30pm
Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Babies, Toddlers, Preschool, Family
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us in celebration of the new Pout-Pout Fish movie this March! We'll have crafts and games all focusing around our favorite grumpy fish. 

Please register all adults and children attending.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Accompanying Adults

This program is designed for children and accompanying adults. Please plan to attend and be engaged with your child for this program. Drop offs are not permitted. Please view policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Family Program Audience

Family events are for youth and their adult caregivers. Please see policy 3.40 Unattended Children for more information.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Felt Bowls @ The Woodward Corner Market

12:00pm–2:30pm
Family, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Woodward Corner Market
Age Group: Family, Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Outreach
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us off-site @ The Woodward Corner Market near the cafe area to create a cute mini bowl out of felt!

All supplies will be provided!

All ages welcome!!

Registration Encouraged!

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Intro to Knitting

6:00pm–7:45pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Have you ever wanted to learn how to knit? Do the clicks and clacks of knitting needles sing sweetly to you? Are you continually mystified by the knits and purls in your favorite sweaters?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Make & Mingle: Pie Magnets for Pi Day

6:30pm–7:30pm
Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Tween/ Middle School, Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Make & Mingle is a program designed as both a craft and social event. Bring a friend or family member to craft together. Don't have anyone to bring?

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Participant Age

To ensure a successful experience in this program and socialization with one’s peers, age limits are enforced. 

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Canvas Acrylic Painting Class: Country Bouquet

5:00pm–7:00pm
Adults
Full
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join us for a relaxing acrylic painting class where you’ll create this cheerful bouquet in a mason jar! You’ll learn step-by-step how to paint bright yellow daisies, soft lavender blooms, and fresh green leaves on a rustic background.

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Pom-Pom Cacti Craft at the Senior Center

12:00pm–1:30pm
Adults
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Leo Mahany/ Harold Meininger Senior Community Center
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Event Details:

Make your own cute little desk friend with just yarn! These tiny pom pom cacti are easy, fun, and free to make at a convenient location, the Senior Center! 

Register by calling the Senior Center at 248-246-3900. 

Disclaimer(s)

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Mini Zen Garden Craft

6:30pm–7:30pm
Adults
Waitlist
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a relaxing oasis at your home or workplace by making a mini zen garden! Fill a small plastic container with sand, rocks, moss, and other tiny decorations to create a decoration that doubles as a way to practice mindfulness.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.

Closed for Easter holiday

All Day 4/3–4/5
Closing
Branches:
Royal Oak Public Library

Mending with Patches: A Mending Workshop

5:30pm–7:00pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Makerspace / DIAL
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Sustainability & the Environment, Workshop
Registration Required
Event Details:

In this workshop textile artist Jessica Spencer will teach attendees all about repairing a hole in their own woven garment using patching techniques. Different methods will be discussed, such as sashiko, kantha, and applique. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Resin Bookmarks with Wild Daisy Creative

6:30pm–7:45pm
Adults
Upcoming
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts
Registration Required
Event Details:

Create a resin and pressed flower bookmark and page holder with Lee Ann Walker of Wild Daisy Creative. 

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Required

Registration is required for this program. If you are more than 10 minutes late, your reservation will be cancelled and offered to others who are waiting.

Woolgatherers: A Fiber Arts Group

6:00pm–8:00pm
Teen/ High School, Adults
Open
Registration Required
Library Branch: Royal Oak Public Library
Room: Friends Auditorium
Age Group: Teen/ High School, Adults
Program Type: Arts & Crafts, Social Group
Registration Required
Event Details:

Join Woolgatherers, a social group for knitters, crocheters, and all other fiber art makers! The purpose is for all skill levels to sit and enjoy their craft and develop a community of learning.

Disclaimer(s)

Accessibility

The library makes every effort to ensure our programs can be enjoyed by all. If you have any concerns about accessibility or need to request specific accommodations, please contact the library.

Registration Encouraged

We encourage you to register for this program, but it is not required.