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All sorts of wild activities will be going on at local libraries for the Easter School holidays, from crazy crafts and competitions to stories, songs and famous author visits.
Mahurangi East will get things off to a flying start with a “wild, messy play afternoon” to celebrate the end of term on Friday, April 12 from 3.30pm onwards at the library in Hamatana Road. Kids will be encouraged to make exciting things that portray a favourite book, show, movie or song, and there will be the chance to make and win water bottles that are edible.
On Tuesday, April 16, hilarious musician and children’s author Mr Yipadee will be performing shows at Warkworth Library at 10.30am and 2pm at Wellsford Library. There will be singing, dancing, comedy and fun reads from some of Mr Yipadee’s books, which include Nee Naw the Little Fire Engine, Stinkosaurus and Monster Slime.
The chance to create weird, wild and wonderful pompom creatures will be offered at Warkworth on Thursday, April 18 from 10.30am to 11.30am, and on Tuesday, April 24, celebrated local author Maria Gill will visit to talk about New Zealand’s most endangered animals from her latest book, On the Brink, at 10.30am. The library will also be organising various activities to mark ANZAC Day on Wednesday, April 24, between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Wellsford Library will be going wild about upcycling for many of its holiday activities, showing how to make weird and wonderful sock puppet creatures and reusable “no sew” bags from old t-shirts. They will also be running Lego, ‘minute to win it’ and catapult events, and have a Wild Animal Art competition.
On the final Friday of the holidays, Warkworth Library will be staging a Wild New Zealand Amazing Race for children aged 8 and over at 10.30am, while Mahurangi East is holding a Where The Wild Things Are Onesie Funsie Library Lockdown after-hours event from 6.30pm to 8.30pm.
All three libraries will also have drop-in activities being run throughout the holidays.
