Please read descriptions below, and join us for some fun at the library!
Registration is required for all programs unless otherwise noted, and are open to teens, ages 11-18.
Spring Flower Arranging
They say April showers bring May flowers but why wait until May? Join us at the Franklin Branch on Wednesday, April 9th, to build your own bouquet of fresh flowers! Vases and flowers will be provided and teens will be able to decorate their own vase with glass makers, stickers, and ribbon. If you have a favorite flower you’d like to see at the event for your bouquet, feel free to fill out this google form and we will search for it as we buy supplies! ❀
- Date: Wednesday, April 9
- Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m.
- Location: Franklin
Tiny Art Time
Join us for our Tiny Art Time program on Tuesday, April 29th, at the Franklin Library and finally learn what it feels like to be a giant as you paint on tiny items! Mini canvases and mini easels, itty bitty bookshelves, and various art supplies like paint and stickers will be provided. Feel free to bring anything else you’d like to include in your tiny art as well, but all you really need to bring is yourself and your creativity!
- Date: Tuesday, April 29
- Time: 5:00-6:30 p.m.
- Location: Franklin
Color Our World: Summer Reading Program
Join us as we “Color Our World” by participating in our Summer Reading Program for teens! Beginning Tuesday, May 27th, you can come to either branch of the library to pick up a reading log that will help you track your reading and your activity points this summer. Earn prizes by completing your reading log and stop by the library along the way as you receive prizes to celebrate your reading journey at the 10 and 20 hour marks. At 30 hours you’ll receive a grand prize for completing your log and have the opportunity to enter for a chance to win one of our raffle baskets. Additionally this summer, you can earn points by coming to the library’s teen programs and doing the activities on the back of your reading log. At 100 points, come back to the library for another prize!
- Date: Tuesday, May 27 - Saturday, July 19
- Location: Franklin and Springboro
JA All About Cars
Buying your first car is both exciting and daunting. During this program, in collaboration with Junior Achievement USA, you will learn the essential costs related to buying and operating your first car. So join us at the Springboro branch, interact with a local business owner, and make a real-world connection to the car-buying experience.
- Date: Wednesday, June 4
- Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Location: Springboro
Hanging Yarn Art
Come “hang” out with us at the Franklin branch for our Hanging Yarn Art Program on Friday, June 6th and make a fun and functional piece of yarn art! Together, we will make yarn mobiles out of wooden hoops and rods, yarn, cardboard shapes, and beads which can be hung up as a fun piece of home decor. All supplies will be provided so all you’ll need to bring is yourself and your sense of whimsy!
Not sure what we mean by yarn mobiles? Click here to see the DIY tutorial and the example that inspired the program!
- Date: Friday, June 6
- Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Location: Franklin
Nailed It! Bad Art Afternoon
Sure, they say all art is good art but do they really mean it? At the Franklin-Springboro Public Library we do! Join us for our Nailed It! Bad Art Afternoon based on the popular Netflix series Nailed It! on Wednesday, June 18th at the Springboro Branch to recreate classic paintings and in the process make your own wonky masterpiece! Let loose and help normalize celebrating failure and trying your best by participating! Craft supplies and examples of classic paintings will be provided, but feel free to bring your own inspiration.
- Date: Wednesday, June 18
- Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- Location: Springboro
Think Like an Entrepreneur with JA
Do you know what it takes to become an entrepreneur? Just over the course of this one program, local entrepreneurs will guide you in learning how to develop an entrepreneurial mindset, assess and demonstrate your potential, and craft your own action plan. So join us at the Franklin branch, and start thinking like an entrepreneur and turn your daily life into career aspirations!
- Date: Thursday, July 3
- Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- Location: Franklin
Poetry Party
Sylvia Plath, Ocean Vuong, Walt Whitman, and now… YOU! Join us for our Poetry Party at the Franklin Branch on Friday, July 11th, to try your hand at poetry collages and find out if you have what it takes to be one of the poetry greats! Cut out words and pictures from old magazines, embellish with scrapbook paper and stickers, and let your creativity flow during this teen program. All supplies needed will be provided but feel free to bring anything you’d like to add to your collage! And don’t worry, no one will have to read their poems aloud but everyone is welcome to do so if they’d like. ☺
- Date: Friday, July 11
- Time: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
- Location: Franklin
JA It's My Future
In this one-day camp, you will learn practical information to help prepare for the working world. Explore career resources to develop the job-hunting skills needed to earn a job with the guidance of Junior Achievement volunteers. Join us at the Springboro branch to start your future today!
- Date: Wednesday, July 30
- Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
- Location: Springboro
Back to School Crafternoon
Join us for our last summer program before school starts by coming to our Back to School Crafternoon at the Springboro Branch on Wednesday, August 6th, to say goodbye to summer and prepare for the new school year! Bring your own school supplies to decorate, make something new to hang up in your locker, or do something totally unrelated to school as we spend one last summer afternoon together. A variety of craft supplies will be provided to teens so no need to bring anything except yourself, your creativity, and whatever you want to decorate! ☺
- Date: Wednesday, August 6
- Time: 1:00-2:30 p.m.
- Location: Springboro