Youth

Join us for a cozy craft at the O'Connell Branch!

Celebrate the start of 2026 without staying awake until midnight! Play games and create crafts with friends, family and neighbors. For children of all ages and their caregivers.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week!

Start the year off right by getting to know Cambridge birds!

Join us for a community building party at Valente as we build structures with LEGOS, wooden sticks, cards, and any other materials we can get our hands on!

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required. 

Join friends at the O'Neill Branch to build, build, BUILD!

It's a weekly block party!

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Learn a new hobby and make a textured art piece with cardboard loom weaving! All materials are provided. Recommended for ages 5 and up. Registration is not required for this event.

Families with elementary school-age children join us for hands-on activities focused on Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering and Math.

Come to the Library for games and a different activity each week! Kids of all ages can hang out and do crafts or STEAM activities. No registration required.

What's a zine?

Come to the Library to create something special!

Join in to reflect on and identify goals for the new year as we create visual representations of those goals with collage!

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Join us for stories and a craft project! This month we will practice counting and sorting. 

For children of all ages and their grown-ups. 

Choose a "Paint by Sticker" design and match the numbered stickers to the numbered spaces, then watch your artwork come alive. Recommended for children ages 6-12 and their caregivers.

Free event at the Cambridge Public Library.

Join us for a relaxing walk of Fresh Pond with Park Ranger Amanda Garms!

Party like you just got your first library card! All Kindergartners, along with their families and friends, are welcome to attend. We will have activities, crafts and snacks.

Stop by the Boudreau Branch after school to create something using 3D pens! This drop-in event is intended for school aged children and their families.

Come make hydrogels while you learn about polymers and biomaterials.

Come on your own, with friends, or bring the whole family to the museum for a special week of programming.

Can we mimic the extreme resilience of human tissues? Can we grow alternatives to traditional plastics? Can we engineer a bio-inspired future?

Join Science Club for Girls to bring a little summer into March and explore the science of making BUBBLES!