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The Bad Guys, whale tails, Hungerball and poppies all feature in a diverse range of activities being put on by local libraries during the school holidays.
Auckland Council’s theme of Over, Under, Upside-Down has given librarians a broad scope for activities, with all sorts of water-themed and land-based competitions, crafts and challenges on offer.
Warkworth Library
Warkworth Library is running a competition to coincide with the release of DreamWorks’ latest movie, The Bad Guys, which features criminal creatures Mr Wolf, Mr Snake, Mr Piranha, Mr Shark and Ms Tarantula trying to go straight. The film is based on a series of popular children’s novels by Aaron Blabey and Warkworth Library has one of the books and a Matakana Cinemas voucher for the winner. To enter, children need to pick up an entry form from the library, draw and describe their own Bad Guys character and return the form by May 1.
Warkworth will also be running regular craft activities, scavenger hunts and poppy-making sessions for Anzac Day.
Mahurangi East Library
At Snells Beach, Mahurangi East Library has a Friends Family Fun Day at the Goodall Reserve skatepark on Easter Saturday, April 16 from 10am to 2pm. An inflatable Hungerball arena will be set up, which features six goals, where players will have to block and attack at the same time. There will also be a sausage sizzle, chalk drawing, plus a special appearance by the Easter Bunny on wheels. Kids are welcome to bring their own wheels along to play and there will be a draw for some super-sized “Kiwi eggs”.
Other holiday activities include a poi workshop, Easter storytime and, on Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, an all-day arts and crafts extravaganza to create a life-sized panorama rock pool, with artist Shelly Gray.
Wellsford Library
Wellsford Library’s display and activities will focus on life under the sea, with sea-themed activities and scavenger hunts, as well as a Whale Tale colouring competition to tie in with the current Auckland Whale Tales art trail. Daily craft sessions will be held from 2pm to 4pm or take-home packs are available.
There are also reading challenge booklets available at all libraries, or via the Beanstack Tracker app or at www.aucklandlibraries.beanstack.com. There are two challenges – one for children aged five to12 and one for teens aged 13 to 18. Activities include creating a Rube Goldberg/Heath Robinson-inspired machine, creating and using “exercise dice”, writing a poem, taking climate action and learning about pop culture.
For further information about any of these activities, call in to or contact your nearest library.
