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The Library Card Makers

Card Making

2025-08-16 11:00:00 2025-08-16 13:00:00 America/Chicago The Library Card Makers Main Library - Room 208: Maker Activity B

Saturday, August 16
11:00am - 1:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-08-16 11:00:00 2025-08-16 13:00:00 America/Chicago The Library Card Makers Let’s make some creative cards! Bring your imagination and creativity to the class. Main Library - Room 208: Maker Activity B

Main Library

Room 208: Maker Activity B

Let’s make some creative cards! Bring your imagination and creativity to the class.

Join us as we create beautiful handmade cards that can be easy to make. If you love making cards come create this craft to keep in touch with your friends and family.

The library will provide everything you need—unless you have some special glue you’d like to use, feel free to bring it along!

TAGS: | Maker | Culture | Arts |

Main Library

info@rockfordpubliclibrary.org
Phone: 815-965-7606
Branch manager
Dunarene Hopson

Hours
Mon, Aug 11 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 12 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 13 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Aug 14 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Aug 15 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Aug 16 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 17 Closed

About the library

The 66,000 sq.ft. Main Library opened in spring of 2024 and serves as the Rockford Public Library's main downtown facility. The newly constructed space boasts a 1st floor Children's Area complete with a dedicated computer lab, three program rooms, play structure with slide, and baby garden, a Maker Lab with access to 3D printers and scanners and small board computers, podcasting room, green screen video room, a large Young Adult Zone with gaming center, adult computer lab, local history room, and several meeting and study rooms accommodating groups of 2-8 people. Additional features include a large interactive screen, two roof-top terraces, one of which is available for rent as part of our large event space on the third floor, underground parking, and drive-thru book drop holds pickup!

Upcoming events

Tue, Aug 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Room 115B: Story Time
Dance and sing the morning away at this active storytime for toddlers and preschoolers.

Tue, Aug 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room 208: Maker Activity B
Bring in the projects you've started with the RPL sewing group, and let's complete them together!"
Registration is now closed

Tue, Aug 12, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
RPLF Teen Zone / Active Zone
It's a full moon, and we have one night to find the werewolf before our village is doomed! Come learn how to play One Night Ultimate Werewolf with the Teen Zone team and see if you can survive!

Tue, Aug 12, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Ahlstrand Family Foundation Craft Room
We invite children 6-12 to drop in to Creative Corner every other Tuesday evening. In each session different materials will be provided for young artists to explore various media and new techniques.

Wed, Aug 13, 10:00am - 11:00am
Children's Event Space
This interactive storytime for young children from birth to 24 months, focuses on their development, incorporating music, movement, and reading.

Thu, Aug 14, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Join us for Virtual Open Sewing We encourage you to register so you can receive the link."

Fri, Aug 15, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Room 211: Recording Studio
Open Maker Lab lets you use Maker Lab equipment after completing Maker Lab 101 and getting certified.
Please contact the library to register for this event.

Sat, Aug 16, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Room 208: Maker Activity B
Let’s make some creative cards! Bring your imagination and creativity to the class.

Mon, Aug 18, 10:00am - 10:45am
Room 115B: Story Time
Books, songs, rhymes, and crafts for children ages 3-5

Tue, Aug 19, 10:00am - 10:30am
Room 115B: Story Time
Dance and sing the morning away at this active storytime for toddlers and preschoolers.

Tue, Aug 19, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Room 208: Maker Activity B
Bring in the projects you've started with the RPL sewing group, and let's complete them together!"